FINALIST THINGS I LEARNED AT 30 30 Yaşında Öğrendiğim Şeyler November 25 - December 6, 2024 Doc. | 21 min. | 2024 | with English subtitles Directed by Sezer Ağgez Everyone has a moment of explosive coincidence in their life when they need to pause and reflect. Each coincidence brings with it a new set of questions and new beginnings. The path of graffiti artist Hasan Alveroğlu, aka Chek, is shaped by similar coincidences. Chek, whose career is based on abandoned spaces, has to say goodbye to the place he has been painting for years at a time when he is psychologically collapsing. This farewell due to the loss of traces of abandonment pushes him to search for a new place. In this search, he enters into a process he never expected and drifts to Lebanon. In Lebanon, Hassan witnesses the 'famous' explosion that has a profound impact on life and witnesses this destruction that he will never forget for the rest of his life. But this destruction also leads him to meet himself again in the place where he was dragged. This meeting, which influences his art, will provide him with a deep-rooted teaching from coincidences, and will also be the force that pushes him to rethink the things he learned at the age of 30.   Sezer AĞGEZ Sezer Ağgez (Istanbul, 1993) began his studies in Cinema at Istanbul Kültür University's Vocational School of Technical Sciences in 2011. In 2013, he continued his cinematic pursuits at the Communication Design department of the same university's Faculty of Art and Design. His work during this time garnered recognition at numerous national and international competitions, including the International Pula Film Festival (Croatia), International FIFEQ Ethnographic Film Festival (Canada), TRT Documentary Awards, Istanbul Film Festival, Ankara Film Festival, and Izmir Short Film Festival. After completing his master's degree in 2021, Ağgez continued his academic journey as a doctoral candidate at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, while also pursuing a career as a Research Assistant and delving deeper into documentary cinema studies. “The Forty Years After Fatma” (Fatma’dan Sonra 40 Yıl), directed by Sezer Ağgez was the recipient of Special Jury Prize at BTF’s Documentary and Short Film Competition in 2023.