Experiment, mental health and trying to fly. Stuck at an unsettling border between dream and reality, a young man believes he can fly. A short experimental film on consciousness, mental health and trying to reach something unachievable.

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• Name of the movie: I Thought I Could Fly
• Movie block: 13. On the Soul: Forms
• Competition category: experimental (4D)
• Year of origin: 2022
• Country of origin: Turkey
• Duration : 5.16 min
• Authors / staff:

  Deniz Ünsal

• Reason for making the movie:

  Author's statement:
  My motivation for making this film was pure pleasure from my dream flying experience. When I woke up, I believed that I could fly, and when I realized that I would not have this ability, it was a great disappointment. Reality felt inadequate to me.

• Other information:

  This film was made by a then 20-year-old Deniz Ünsal, a student of Art History at Anadolu Üniversitesi in Turkey.
  
  

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