Official Selection

Accepted Reality: Denial

Turkey 2025
Duration: 00:03:19
Directed by: Gözde Alicikoğlu
Screenplay: Gözde Alicikoğlu

Story begins in a post-apocalyptic attic research room. Main character needs an object to operate her mysterious machine, and in order to have this object, she must reach another world. She was able to open the portal that she had been trying to open for a long time, and then she entered the portal and arrived at another world. The object she is looking for is inside the chest. While trying to open it, she gets caught in the trap and opens her eyes underground. She encounters two robots, one friendly and the other skeptical. She begs the robots but cannot persuade them then she convinces the robots with machine oil. She then takes the tear crystal, the object she was looking for, from the treasure chest. She returns by re-entering the portal. She would put an end to her dreary life by placing the last missing piece. The machine works. For the audience, the purpose of activating the machine seemed to be to fix the apocalypse, but it was actually to bring back her sister. The little girl came out of the machine and hugged her older sister. They forget the situation they are in for a moment and become happy. But later, when the child looks at the window, she sees the situation outside and cries. Because of her sister's selfishness, she was imprisoned in the room with her sister.



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