Domestic Goods

October 2023 - June 2024
MARDIN

Domestic Goods is a fictional short film project directed by Rojda Ezgi Oral. While the project invites us to question and rethink the domestic concept in a century where the indigenous has been destroyed, it strives to establish a narrative by exposing the monistic, authoritarian, oppressive and exclusionary aspects of the education system in the background.

It tells the story of Gabriel (12) and his friends, who want to prepare a product for the Domestic Products Week in line with the criteria set by their teacher. Gabriel is uncertain about what to bring to school for the Domestic Products Week. Upon a question asked by Esma (12), they decide to take the wine in the church, which meets all the criteria. After the chaos at the school, the grumpy principal Ziya (52) enters the classroom, realizes what’s going on and intervenes. A surprise awaits Gabriel, who is called to the principal’s office the next day.

Rojda Ezgi Oral

Rojda Ezgi Oral was born in Nusaybin in 1991. She graduated from Mardin Artuklu University Department of Television and Cinema and received her master's degree from the same university. She wrote and directed the short film “Her hayat eve sığar mı?” (Can every life fit into the house?) and participated in the 59th Antalya Film Festival. She was assistant director in the film “Bîraxane,” produced in 2022. Festival procedures of the film Dua, which she wrote and directed in 2023, are in progress. Shootings of her documentary Bûka Baranê, addressing the theme of drought, are also in progress. She continues her cinema activities as a director and screenwriter.

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This page is published on 8 December 2023.