MAMAVILLE, A FILM BY IRMAK KARASU, 2020. Between a grandmother’s TV shows and the hush of summer heat, a girl begins to change.

Summer moves slow in Mamaville—but change comes fast. In Irmak Karasu’s award-winning short, 15-year-old Ferah is stuck between reality TV reruns with grandma and the quiet confusion of growing up. Set in a sleepy seaside town, this sun-drenched coming-of-age story captures the weird, in-between feeling of being not-quite-a-kid and not-quite-an-adult.

Premiering at Oberhausen and winning Best Short Film at Antalya Golden Orange, Mamaville has quietly made waves on the festival circuit with its raw honesty and emotional depth. Starring Ece Yüksel, the film draws a beautifully unexpected parallel between puberty and aging—Mamaville is a quietly powerful statement on aging, identity, and becoming.

"It is by growing up that one learns to live. It is by growing old that one learns to understand."
— J. F. Masterman

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MAMAVILLE, A FILM BY IRMAK KARASU, 2020. Between a grandmother’s TV shows and the hush of summer heat, a girl begins to change.

"It is by growing up that one learns to live. It is by growing old that one learns to understand."— J. F. Masterman

one handpicked film every month, for free. only on the 8th.

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"It is by growing up that one learns to live. It is by growing old that one learns to understand."
— J. F. Masterman