FIRST PERSON SINGULAR Birinci Tekil Şahıs
	SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2017 1:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Remis Auditorium 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston In Competition Directed by Mehmet Gülkanat Short / 13 min. / 2017 Cast: Mustafa Vural, Kübra Kip, Cem Zeynel Kılıç, Tarık Köksal
Birkan is a beginner script writer. He tries to get in touch with Ece whom he loves platonically. He attracts her attention through the social media however he can’t gather the courage to meet her in person. Birkan continuously stalks Ece. Upon overhearing the words of Ece sitting in a café with her friends one day, he finds the courage to actually meet her. First Person Singular depicts how the marginalization in the society really begins within the individual.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS International Golden Beggar International Film Festival, Slovakia: Honorable Mention Golden Baklava Film Festival, Turkey: Third Prize Lexus International Short Film Festival, USA Red Tulip Film Festival, The Netherlands Jahorina Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina Pink City International Short Film Festival, India WOW Film Festival, Tunisia International Izmir Short Film Festival, National Panorama, Turkey Art Nicomedia Short Film Days, Turkey Yıldız Short Film Festival, Turkey Akdeniz University Short Film Days, Turkey Marmaris International Short Film Festival, Turkey

MEHMET GÜLKANAT

Mehmet Gülkanat (Istanbul, 1987) graduated from Beykent University Department of Radio and TV Programming in 2010 and from Department of Cinema and Television in 2013. He is continuing graduate studies in Beykent University Institute of Social Sciences and works on various feature film projects. Filmography: Birinci Tekil Şahıs (short, 2017) Ukde (short, 2014) Sokaktaki Melodiler (doc., 2013) 7 Sanat Eşittir Sanat Filmi (short, 2013)