Wild Women of Anatolia

Over two evenings at Nil Filmhaus, we invite you into the world of Wild Women of Anatolia, a documentary that listens to women across Turkey speak about pleasure, freedom, and what it means to live wildly inside one's own body. Each night stands on its own, but together they move from screen to body, from watching to making, from theory to practice.

Friday, May 22: Screening & Masterclass in Feminist Filmmaking (18:30–21:30)

Saturday, May 23: Wild Within Workshop (18:30–20:30)

Masterclass language: English

Film language: Turkish with English subtitles

The evening opens with a screening of Wild Women of Anatolia, followed by a masterclass on the craft and ethics of feminist documentary-making.

Structured as a guided conversation, the masterclass moves through three movements: an introduction to the film, a grounding in feminist theory and the ethics of filmmaking, and a closer look at the choices made behind the camera, in the field, and in the editing room. We'll talk about relational and ethical engagement, the politics of looking, and what it means to hold a camera with care. The session closes with an open Q&A. For filmmakers, students, researchers, and anyone curious about how feminist stories get made.

A two-hour embodied creativity workshop rooted in the elemental structure of the documentary itself. Where Friday invites you to think about feminist filmmaking, Saturday invites you to feel your way into your own creative source. After a brief welcome and context-setting, we move through four elements of Earth, Fire, Water and Air, each structured with its own creative exercise. We close with a grounding circle. No experience is necessary, only a willingness to arrive in your body and let something move.

"Five women across five Anatolian landscapes share intimate stories of resistance, desire, and connection, while revealing what it means to be wild, to belong to nature, and to dream of freedom."

Wild Women of Anatolia follows the daily lives of five women across regions, generations, and beliefs in Turkey — from a four-generation family harvesting hazelnuts in the Black Sea to a historic coffee shop in Istanbul's Eminönü; from a solitary childbirth by the Aegean to Alevi-Kurdish village life in Muş; to a trans rights activist in Ankara. Unfolding in four elemental chapters of Earth, Fire, Water, and Air, the film reveals how each woman relates to her landscape, creating a vibrant, multi-voiced portrait of womanhood in contemporary Anatolia.

Currently streaming on MUBI Turkey.

Info: Screening of the documentary film Wild Women of Anatolia
"Five women across five Anatolian landscapes share intimate stories of resistance,
desire, and connection, while revealing what it means to be wild, to belong to nature,
and to dream of freedom."

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