Leke - a short film | Nafi Ayvaci

A young woman tries to fill the void in her married life by cleaning, but her newly developed obsession leads the relationship to an even messier level. "Leke", "the Stain" is the first short film I shot in Istanbul in 2012. First and foremost I have to include two names here, our screenwriter Barış Kuranoğlu and our producer Selman Yücebıyık, because without them, "Leke" would never see the light of day as a short film. I also would like to give my thanks to our brilliant actors, Sercan Badur, Berna Balkaya and Yasemin Hadivent; they all said "yes" without hesitation even with their busy schedules, and gave great performances for our psycho-dramatic short film. It was a blast making it, thanks again to all of my friends and family who helped this movie come along Screenings: • 49th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival - National Short Film Competition Antalya, Turkey, October 2012 • 2nd Annual Winter Film Awards Independent Film Festival New York City, USA, February 2013 • Akdeniz Üniversitesi 3. Kısa Film Günleri Antalya, Turkey, March 2013 • Palais de Magenta - Special Screening Paris, France, March 2013 • 5th Annual Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival Schull, Ireland, May 2013 • 10th Annual Davis Film Festival Davis, USA, June 2013 • 1st Annual International Bosphorus Film Festival Istanbul, Turkey, November 2013