FINALIST SOUND DREAMS OF ISTANBUL Directed by Anıl Eraslan Doc. | 70 min. | 2025 | with English subtitles Inspired by a dream, musician and filmmaker Anıl Eraslan returns to Istanbul to make a film with his Istanbulite musician friends. Along the way, he invites them to recite their sonic dreams and stage them as musical performances in unconventional urban settings. From Ottoman-Turkish music to electronic music, free improvisation to noise, Istanbul's avant-garde music scene offers a phantasmagoric insight of the city between dream and reality. Selected Festivals and Awards Istanbul Film Festival, Türkiye (2025) Documentarist, Istanbul, Türkiye (2025): Best Sound Design Award Istanbul Modern Art Museum, Türkiye (2025) Daragaç Film Festival, Izmir, Türkiye (2025) GMEA Dans l’Écart, Toulouse, France (2025) Les Habitées Music Festival, Strasbourg, France (2025) See The Sound, Cologne, Germany (2025) A-Minor Jazzkollektiv Halle, Germany (2025) Womex Tampere, Finland (October 2025) Unerhört, Hamburg, Germany (November 2025 Sound Watch, Berlin, Germany (November 2025) Kotsi, Thessaloniki, Greece (November 2025) Green Bridge, Trikala, Greece (November 2025) F45, Ioannina, Greece (November 2025) Nekubi, Kavala, Greece (November 2025) KET, Athens, Greece (November 2025) Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany (January 2026) La Fraternelle, Saint-Claude, France (April 2026) Archipel, Geneva, Switzerland (April 2026)   Anıl ERASLAN Musician and filmmaker Anıl Eraslan is working in various music and film projects in between Berlin, Paris, Strasbourg and Istanbul. From Anatolian traditional music to experimental/noise/free music, he multiplies his experiences with many ensembles and creative artists from all over the world. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2025 6:30 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.