AS WE BREATHE ALDIĞIMIZ NEFE SEYHMUS ALTUN

  • TURKEY | DENMARK

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  • TURKISH

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  • 2025

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  • 95 mins

In the early 2000s, in a small Anatolian town, ten-year-old Esma watches her world slowly fall apart after a factory explosion triggers a fire that never seems to end. As smoke spreads across the land and her family struggles to get by, daily life becomes uncertain and fragile. Caught between fear and innocence, Esma clings to her childhood, finding quiet strength in small moments. AS WE BREATHE is a sensitive coming-of-age story about growing up amid unseen catastrophe, resilience, and the stubborn persistence of hope.

2000ದ ಆರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ಅನಾಟೋಲಿಯಾದ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಪಟ್ಟಣದಲ್ಲಿ, ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷದ ಎಸ್ಮಾ ಒಂದು ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆಯ ಸ್ಫೋಟದ ನಂತರ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ನಂದದ ಕಾಳ್ಗಿಚ್ಚಿನಿಂದ ತನ್ನ ಜಗತ್ತು ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಕುಸಿಯುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಹೊಗೆಯು ನಾಡಿನಾದ್ಯಂತ ಹರಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವಳ ಕುಟುಂಬವು ಜೀವನೋಪಾಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹೆಣಗಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ, ದೈನಂದಿನ ಜೀವನವು ಅಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಭಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಗ್ಧತೆಯ ನಡುವೆ ಸಿಲುಕಿರುವ ಎಸ್ಮಾ, ಸಣ್ಣ ಸಣ್ಣ ಕ್ಷಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಂತಿಯುತ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾ ತನ್ನ ಬಾಲ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. 'ಆಸ್ ವಿ ಬ್ರೀತ್' ಅದೃಶ್ಯ ಅನಾಹುತಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಬೆಳೆಯುವ ಹುಡುಗಿಯ ಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲ ಕಥೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಇದು ಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಭರವಸೆಯ ಹಠಮಾರಿ ಹಂಬಲವನ್ನು ಚಿತ್ರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ."

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Fevziye Hazal Yazan, Seyhmus Altun, Johanna Sveinsdottir

Screenplay :

Seyhmus Altun

Director of Photography :

Cevahir Sahin

Editor :

Evren Lus

Music :

Artem Litovchenko

Sound :

Doğukan Çiçek

Cast :

Defne Zeynep Enci, Hakan Karsak, Sacide Taşaner, Rüzgar Usta, Aras Kavak, Deniz Kavak

Awards - Winner :

Cairo IFF (Bronze Pyramid)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Toronto IFF (World Premier), San Sebastián IFF (Official Selection)

Seyhmus Altun (b. 1988, Diyarbakır, Turkey) graduated in Cinema and Television from Istanbul Bilgi University and later pursued a master’s degree there. He worked at Dinamo Istanbul before co-founding Mental Film in 2018. Alongside filmmaking, he has directed commercials for brands including P&G, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota. His short film ALL THE LIGHTS WE CANNOT SEE (2019) won awards at festivals in Turkey, Russia, Italy, and Canada. AS WE BREATHE is his debut feature.

  1. 1. DJ AHMET
  2. 2. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  3. 3. SOUND OF FALLING
  4. 4. MY FATHER'S SHADOW
  5. 5. NO OTHER CHOICE
  6. 6. WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM
  7. 7. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
  8. 8. RESURRECTION
  9. 9. A POET
  10. 10. MAGELLAN
  11. 11. SIRĀT
  12. 12. FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
  13. 13. THE MASTERMIND
  14. 14. LATE SHIFT
  15. 15. AMRUM
  16. 16. CASE 137
  17. 17. SKIN OF YOUTH
  18. 18. WE BELIEVE YOU
  19. 19. BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD
  20. 20. FATHER
  21. 21. MORTICIAN
  22. 22. TO THE VICTORY!
  23. 23. DREAMS
  24. 24. THE BLUE TRAIL
  25. 25. MOTHERTONGUE
  26. 26. A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
  27. 27. FIUME O MORTE!
  28. 28. THE THINGS YOU KILL
  29. 29. YOUNG MOTHERS
  30. 30. THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO
  31. 31. CATANE
  32. 32. PROMISED SKY
  33. 33. CHRISTY
  34. 34. I ONLY REST IN THE STORM
  35. 35. THE PUPIL
  36. 36. COMANDANTE FRITZ
  37. 37. IMPATIENCE OF THE HEART
  38. 38. STRAIGHT CIRCLE
  39. 39. DRY LEAF
  40. 40. A USEFUL GHOST
  41. 41. SLEEPLESS CITY
  42. 42. OUTCRY
  43. 43. MY UNCLE JENS
  44. 44. THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
  45. 45. KONTINENTAL '25
  46. 46. JANINE MOVES TO THE COUNTRY
  47. 47. DIVINE COMEDY
  48. 48. A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
  49. 49. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE
  50. 50. GOD WILL NOT HELP
  51. 51. TÊTES BRÛLÉES
  52. 52. REEDLAND
  53. 53. DEAD DOG
  54. 54. NINO
  55. 55. BEFORE THE BODY
  56. 56. LOVE ME TENDER
  57. 57. THE LAST AMBASSADOR
  58. 58. CARAVAN
  59. 59. WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU
  60. 60. AS WE BREATHE
  61. 61. TALES OF THE WOUNDED LAND
  62. 62. HALF MOON
  63. 63. THE PORTUGUESE HOUSE
  64. 64. FOLLIES
  65. 65. THE DEVIL SMOKES
  66. 66. VANILLA
  67. 67. BLUE HERON
  68. 68. KOKORAS
  69. 69. DRAGONFLY
  70. 70. KIKA
  71. 71. MAYSOON
  72. 72. BEACHCOMBER
  73. 73. WIND, TALK TO ME
  74. 74. BROKEN VOICES
  75. 75. RENOVATION
  76. 76. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
  77. 77. HUMAN RESOURCE
  78. 78. NOMAD SHADOW
  79. 79. THE DREAMED ONES
  80. 80. TWO PROSECUTORS
  81. 81. CLOISTERED SISTER
  82. 82. ORENDA
  83. 83. DE TAL PALO
  84. 84. MILITANTROPOS
  85. 85. RIVERSTONE
  86. 86. OSLO: A TAIL OF PROMISE
  87. 87. MAHIMA
  88. 88. BELÉN