FINALIST EXAM ON THE EDGE OF TIME Zamanın Kıyısında Sınav Directed by İlkay Nişancı Doc. | 100 min. | 2024 | with English subtitles While people hadn't even buried their deceased, they fell into the anxiety of exams after earthquake in Hatay. While the students see the university exam as a way out of this city where they have lost all their memories, the teachers unwittingly build their own utopia. In this period of civil inattention, while trying to memorise the exam contents, they also try to push the memories of their ruined city out of their minds. But each exam question reminds students of something. For some, distances, for some, the state, for some, a pile of debris by the sea. If the memory of a city is imprisoned in that pile of debris by the sea, the struggle for existence of people trying to build a future is nothing but an exam on the edge of time. Selected Festivals and Awards Istanbul International Film Festival, Türkiye (2025): Best Documentary, Best Editing, Best Original Score Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Türkiye (2024): Best Documentary Ankara International Film Festival, Türkiye (2024): Special Jury Prize International Labor Films Festival, Türkiye (2025) Safranbolu Golden Saffron Film Festival, Türkiye (2025) Sinop Film Festival, Türkiye (2025) Eskişehir Film Festival, Türkiye (2025) Munich Turkish Film Days, Germany (2024) İlkay NİŞANCI İlkay Nişancı (Ereğli, 1976) studied at the Radio-TV and Cinema Department of the Faculty of Communication at Istanbul University, and then completed his master's degree in Journalism and his doctorate in the Radio-Tv and Cinema Department of the same faculty. Throughout his education, Nişancı reinforced his theoretical knowledge with practical knowledge and worked as a director, cinematographer and editor in many short fiction and documentary films. After joining the faculty of the Faculty of Communication, Nişancı taught film directing, cinematography and editing courses in the Department of Cinema and also conducted the faculty's cinema workshops. In addition to his academic studies, Nişancı has also appeared as a director and editor in various documentary and fiction films, music videos, commercials and TV programs. In addition he continues his professional music life actively and has signed two music albums as a songwriter, composer and solo guitarist in the rock band ELA. İlkay Nişancı continues his academic life as an assistant professor at Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication.   FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2025 3:15 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