FINALIST TOMATO, PEPPER, DEPRESSION Domates, Biber, Depresyon Directed by Aybüke Avcı Doc. | 68 min. | 2024 | with English subtitles Tomatoes, peppers, and all the other plants in Adana’s Çetirevli village survive on medications, just like the diagnosed depression patients who make up half of the village population. As the production of pepper paste—the village’s source of livelihood—goes through various stages such as harvesting, sorting, and grinding, the burden of physically heavy work on people’s mental worlds gradually increases. During a summer coinciding with the pepper harvest, the director retraces the summer memories of her childhood and pursues the question, "how to make pepper paste when depressed? The camera follows her uncle Mehmet, who suffers from depression, his wife Naziye, and her elder uncle Yakup, who lives in the same house and also grapples with depression. Selected Festivals and Awards Istanbul International Film Festival, Türkiye (2024): Special Mention Çalı Village Films Festival, Türkiye (2024) Yalova Film Festival, Türkiye (2024) Ankara International Film Festival, Türkiye (2024) Kayseri Film Festival, Türkiye (2024) Aybüke AVCI After graduating from Gazi University’s Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 2003, Fatma Karakuş Kaçmaz worked in the education sector as both a student counselor and a senior executive. In 2020, she resigned from her corporate job and turned to the world of cinema. Together with Serkan Kaçmaz, she started independently producing short documentaries for their YouTube channel. In 2024, she completed her feature-length documentary film, The Clock Without a Dial, which was adapted from her doctoral thesis. This film is her first feature-length documentary. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2025 2:00 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