The Turks Are Coming!
Dir. BariŞ Ulusoy & Orson Dijle
The Turks Are Coming! offers a look into a group of 1st and 2nd generation immigrants banding together to keep their culture alive in their home away from home.
Factual - 13 mins - Cultural Diversity - Music - Produced by Near Dark Productions - 2020
Mariam’s Garden
Dir. BariŞ Ulusoy, Tiffanie Jowie-Liew & Orson Dijle
Mariam arrived in Melbourne as a refugee from Somalia, fleeing civil war. She pursued studies in permaculture, which brought back memories of her homeland where community gardens are a natural part of every day life.
Factual - 3 mins - Produced by Near Dark Productions - Commissioned by Victorian Multicultural Commission and Swinburne University - 2019
Romeo is Not the Only Fruit
Dir. Aydin Bozkurt
Commissioned by the VMC and Swinburne University, this documentary follows Jean Tong, and her work producing the musical ‘Romeo is Not the Only Fruit’.
Factual - 4 mins - Produced by Near Dark Productions - Commissioned by the Victorian Multicultural Commission and Swinburne University - 2018
Katarsis
Dir. BariŞ Ulusoy
A childhood full of his father's stories leaves a young man questioning why his mother's never had the same attention
Factual / Experimental - 7 mins - Mental Health Awareness - Generational Trauma - Produced by Near Dark Productions - 2017
Little Sister
Dir. Orson Dijle
A day in the life of a young girl with selective mutism.
Factual - 7 mins - Family - Neurodivergence Awareness - Produced by Near Dark Productions - 2017