FINALIST THE SURROGATE GIRL Hangi Gece Büyüdüysem Directed by Onur Güler Short | 17 min. | 2023 | with English subtitles Cast: Nilperi Şahinkaya, Aslıhan Kapanşahin, Ersin Arıcı, Şükran Aktı High school student Mira is forced to hide her pregnancy for 9 months. She decides to sell her baby to an infertile couple in her neighborhood. To cover their arrangement, the couple lies to everyone, claiming the wife, Serpil, is pregnant. Mira arrives at their house to give birth, but things don't go as planned, forcing the three of them to confront a deep, shared secret. Selected Festivals and Awards Izmir Short Film Festival, Türkiye (2023): Best Art Director (Güzin Erkyamaz) JCI Istanbul Crossroads Short Film Competition (2024): Best Film Jury & Audience Awards Uşak Short Film Festival, Türkiye (2024): Best Supporting Actress (Nilperi Şahinkaya), Best Makeup (Melek Komonovalı) Lions International Short Film Festival, Türkiye (2024): Second Prize for Best Film Gemlik Short Film Festival, Short Film Competition, Türkiye (2024): Third Prize for Best Feature Short Film TAYF International Film Festival, Short Film Competition, Istanbul, Türkiye (2025): Best Actress (Aslıhan Kapanşahin) NARFEST Film Festival, Short Film Competition, Ordu, Türkiye (2025): Best Director, Best Actress (Aslıhan Kapanşahin) Eskişehir Independent Short Film Festival, Short Film Competition, Türkiye (2025): Third Prize for Best Film Onur GÜLER Onur Güler graduated from the Theatre Department at Haliç University Conservatory. He has worked as a director and actor in many theater institutions. He served as an assistant director on the feature film 'Winds'. The director's first short film, 'The Emptiness', competed in numerous national and international film festivals, going on to win the Special Jury Award at the 20th Golden Boll Film Festival. His second short film, 'The Hurt' (Yara), received production support from the Ministry of Culture in 2019, and was later honored with the Best Film Award at the 21st İzmir Short Film Festival (an Oscar-Qualifying festival). The film thus officially became eligible for an Oscar nomination. The movie 'The Hurt' received many awards that same year and was nominated in the Best Short Film category at the SIYAD, Altın Koza, and Ankara Film Festivals, and received BTF’s Documentary & Short Film Competition Best Short Film Audience Award in 2021. Most recently, the director served as an assistant director on the documentary film 'Crossroads', directed by the award-winning director Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2025 8:00 p.m. Goethe-Institut Boston 170 Beacon Street GET YOUR DAILY PASS With the Daily Pass you can watch any or all the films screened on this day.