Ajotin
CLOSING NIGHT PROGRAM—SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 7:00 PM
*** 2022 JURY PRIZE-MEDAL ALTERNATE ***
Director: Muhammed Seyyid Yildiz
Producer: Roy Matias Mario Contini
United Kingdom/Turkey/Switzerland
Narrative, 2021, 19 min.
An illegal Kurdish refugee borrows the car of his dreams for a joyride around London. Freedom starts to get blurry when a series of misfortunes comes his way, leading him to make a fateful decision.
AJOTIN was nominated for a Student Academy Award. This is Muhammed’s thesis film from the University of Arts London film program.
Muhammed Seyyid Yildiz was born in Urfa, Turkey in 1994. He studied film at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. His short films have been selected to national and international film festivals. After working in the industry as a producer, director and editor he graduated from MA Film at the University of the Arts London with his short film AJOTIN.
