FINALIST YAY YOUR ADVENTURE YARD HOP Hayal Gücü Oyun Parkı Directed by Jale İncekol Doc. | 45 min. | 2025 | with English subtitles Following the major earthquake on February 6, 2023, game provider Nedim Buğral, along with a group of volunteers, set up play areas in various locations across Hatay. The project, named “Your Adventure Yard (YAY)”, is inspired by the "flexible playground" approach developed in Europe after World War II. It is based on the idea of children transforming easily found waste materials in their environment into the toys and objects they imagine. This collective healing process, which began in tent cities just two weeks after the earthquake, has been continuing for over two years in container cities. The film recounts the world of children holding onto life through play, the importance of solidarity, and the transformative effect of dreaming. Jale İNCEKOL Jale İncekol, born in Istanbul, graduated from Ege University, School of Press and Publication in 1990. She worked as an assistant director on numerous television series starting in 1993, and began directing in 2004. For the last 8 years, she has been shooting independent documentary films. HOP (2025), There is No Such Place as Far (Uzak Diye Bir Yer Yok) (2023), Feyza's Kitchen (Feyza’nın Mutfağı) (2023), Narperi's Bracelet (Narperi'nin Bileziği) (2022), Aşağı Karaçay Primary School Film (in process), My School Has Opened (Okulum Açıldı) (2022), Let My School Open (Okulum Açılsın) (2021), There is Hope in This Job (Bu İşte Bir Umut Var) (2019), A Hopeful Story (Umutlu Bir Hikaye) (2018), A Musical Story (Müzikli Bir Hikaye) (2017). Some of Jale Incekol’s films were finalists and some received awards at previous BTF Documentary and Short Film Competition: A Musical Story (Best Documentary), Feyza’s Kitchen (Special Mention), Narperi’s Bracelet, A Hopeful Story.   FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2025 2:30 p.m. GSU Auditorium, Boston University 775 Commonwealth Avenue (2nd Floor) GET YOUR DAILY PASS With the Daily Pass you can watch any or all the films screened on this day. Co-presented with the Boston University Turkish Student Association