Blindsight
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2025 – Romania, Turkey
91 mins
CASTIoana Flora, Bogdan Albulescu, Cosmina Stratan, András Buzási
A FILM BY Adrian Sitaru
PRODUCER Anamaria Antoci (Tangaj Production)
CO-PRODUCERS Arda Çiltepe, Semih Gülen (Vigo Film)
CINEMATOGRAPHER Adrian Silișteanu RSC
PRODUCTION DESIGN Miruna Bălașa
EDITING Alex Pintică
SOUND Florin Tăbăcaru
PRODUCTION Domestic Film, Tangaj Production
CO-PRODUCTION Vigo Film, 4 Proof Film, Avanpost Media
WORLD PREMIERE Talinn Black Nights Film Festival, Rebels With a Cause Competition
SCREENINGS
IFFI Goa International Film Festival
21_11_2025 BLINDSIGHT WAS AWARDED BEST DIRECTOR AT THE REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE SECTION AT TALINN BLACK NIGHTS
21_11_2025 NEW DAWN FADES RELEASED IN CINEMAS IN TURKEY
21_11_2025 ATHLETE WON BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AND BEST SCORE AT ANKARA FILM FESTIVAL, TURKEY
03_07_2025 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA WAS FUNDED BY MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG
22_04_2025 NEW DAWN FADES WON THE BEST DIRECTOR AWARD & ATHLETE WON THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD AT ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL
02_03_2025 ATHLETE AT ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL
10_07_2024 NEW DAWN FADES PREMIERED AT THE MAIN COMPETITION OF LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
10_07_2023 ATHLETE WAS SUPPORTED BY WORLD CINEMA FUND OF BERLINALE
30_06_2023 ATHLETE WAS FUNDED BY HUBERT BALS FUND
12_06_2023 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES (NEW YORK CITY, USA)
12_04_2023 NEW DAWN FADES WAS PRESENTED AT WORK-IN-PROGRESS OF MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE (ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL)
09_02_2023 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT KINO ARMATA (PRISHTINA, KOSOVO)
30_10_2022 ATHLETE WAS PRESENTED AT LES FILMS DE CANNES À BUCAREST / WORK-IN-PROGRESS
02_10_2022 NEW DAWN FADES WAS PRESENTED AT WORK-IN-PROGRESS OF ANTALYA FILM FORUM
28_09_2022 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT UNIVERSAL SCI-FI & FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)
12_07_2022 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT ARSENAL KINO (BERLIN, GERMANY)
24_06_2022 ATHLETE WAS SUPPORTED BY İZMIR CINEMA OFFICE
25_03_2022 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG
10_12_2021 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY EURIMAGES
30_07_2021 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY ITALIAN CO-PRODUCTION FUND
16_07_2021 NEW DAWN FADES WAS GRANTED CO-PRODUCTION FUNDING BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE
22_06_2021 BATTAL WAS PRESENTED AT TRT 12 PUNTO
15_02_2021 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY MEDIENBOARD
18_11_2020 BLACK SUN AT KFFK / KURZFILMFESTIVAL KÖLN
14_11_2020 BLACK SUN AT SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION
09_11_2020 BLACK SUN AT IZMIR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
02_11_2020 BLACK SUN AT INTERNATIONALES FILMFESTIVAL BRAUNSCHWEIG
01_11_2020 BLACK SUN AT L'ALTERNATIVE IN BARCELONA
28_10_2020 BATTAL WAS PRESENTED AT BOSPHORUS FILM LAB PITCHING
29_07_2020 BLACK SUN WON THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD AT ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL
21_07_2020 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY WORLD CINEMA FUND
22_05_2020 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY SORFOND
20_05_2020 BLACK SUN AT VIENNE SHORTS
25_03_2020 BLACK SUN TO HAVE ITS NEW YORK PREMIERE IN NEW DIRECTORS / NEW FILMS WAS PRESENTED BY THE LINCOLN FILM CENTER AND MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
05_03_2020 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL
27_01_2020 BLACK SUN AT THE SHORT COMPETITION AT VILNIUS FILM FESTIVAL
21_01_2020 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
21_01_2020 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT SUDAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (KHARTOUM, SUDAN)
15_12_2019 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT ISTANBUL MODERN
28_11_2019 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT BELGRADE AUTEUR FILM FESTIVAL
20_11_2019 ATHLETE WAS PRESENTED AT COCOPITCH
10_11_2019 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT LA CASA ENCENDIDA (MADRID, SPAIN)
05_11_2019 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT CINEMISTICA FESTIVAL (GRANADA, SPAIN)
26_10_2019 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT ANTALYA FILM FESTIVAL
18_10_2019 ATHLETE SELECTED FOR THE CO-PRODUCTION AND PITCHING FORUM AT MIA MARKET ROME
16_10_2019 BLACK SUN TO HAVE ITS NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AT THE PORTLAND INT'L FILM FESTIVAL
08_10_2019 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT AYVALIK FILM FESTIVAL
01_10_2019 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT BOGAZICI FILM FESTIVAL
19_09_2019 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT REYKJAVÍK FILM FESTIVAL
17_09_2019 ATHLETE TO BE PITCHED AT COCOPITCH
14_09_2019 ATHLETE WAS PRESENTED AT MIA
21_08_2019 BLACK SUN SCREENED AT SARAJEVO
17_08_2019 BLACK SUN WON THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD AT LOCARNO
10_06_2019 ATHLETE AWARDED A SPECIAL MENTION FOR EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD AT THE TRANSILVANIA PITCH STOP.
22_05_2019 NEW DAWN FADES AWARDED WITH THE SORFOND PITCH PRIZE AT L'ATELIER
16_05_2019 NEW DAWN FADES WAS PRESENTED AT CINEFONDATION L'ATELIER OF CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
17_12_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT SAKARYA UNIVERSITY (SAKARYA, TURKEY)
10_12_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY – SINEBU (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)
08_12_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT RANDEVU FILM FESTIVAL (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)
29_11_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT DEUTSCH-TÜRKISCHE FILMTAGE (STUTTGART, GERMANY)
28_11_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT ISTANBUL MODERN MUSEUM (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)
28_11_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT SINOPALE FILM FESTIVAL (SINOP, TURKEY)
19_11_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT ESKISEHIR FILM FESTIVAL (ESKISEHIR, TURKEY)
16_11_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT RABAT FILM FESTIVAL (RABAT, MOROCCO)
05_11_2018 NEW DAWN FADES GRANTED WITH DEVELOPMENT FUND OF THE GERMAN-TURKISH CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT FUND
26_10_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT BOGAZICI FILM FESTIVAL (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)
05_10_2018 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY TURKISH-GERMAN CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT FUND
05_10_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT AYVALIK FILM FESTIVAL (AYVALIK, TURKEY)
03_10_2018 ATHLETE & NEW DAWN FADES WERE PRESENTED AT ANTALYA FILM FORUM
24_09_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT ADANA FILM FESTIVAL (ADANA, TURKEY)
22_09_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT CERMODERN MUSEUM (ANKARA, TURKEY)
21_09_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT KAUNAS INT. FILM FESTIVAL (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA)
31_05_2018 NEW DAWN FADES WAS FUNDED BY NEW FILM FUND
09_05_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT KAYSERI FILM FESTIVAL (KAYSERI, TURKEY)
23_04_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT ANKARA FILM FESTIVAL (ANKARA, TURKEY)
19_04_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT SKOPJE FILM FESTIVAL (SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA)
14_04_2018 NEW DAWN FADES WAS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE OF ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL
14_04_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT SCREENED AT ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL (ISTANBUL, TURKEY)
22_02_2018 BLACK SUN WAS GRANTED SHORT FILM PRODUCTION FUND BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
21_02_2018 THE PILLAR OF SALT PREMIERED AT BERLINALE FORUM
19_11_2025 PROJ15 WAS REJECTED BY FFA FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT
28_04_2025 PROJ15 WAS REJECTED BY HUBERT BALS FUND
20_03_2025 UTDE WAS REJECTED BY MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG
06_03_2025 PROJ15 WAS REJECTED BY MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG
08_04_2024 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY TFL AUDIENCE LAB
30_06_2023 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY HUBERT BALS FUND
10_03_2023 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG
02_03_2023 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY DOHA FILM INSTITUTE
10_02_2023 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY VENTURA
12_12_2022 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY VISIONS SÜD EST / POST-PRODUCTION
17_11_2022 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY LES ARCS WORK-IN-PROGRESS
12_10_2022 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY WORLD CINEMA FUND
25_08_2022 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY MEDFILM WIP
07_07_2022 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CINELINK WORK-IN-PROGRESS
03_07_2022 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY DOHA FILM INSTITUTE
02_04_2022 PROJ07 WAS REJECTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
28_01_2022 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
25_11_2021 PROJ08 WAS REJECTED BY VISIONS SUD EST
18_10_2021 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY MFG BADEN- WÜRTTEMBERG / SCRIPT FUNDING
17_10_2021 PROJ07 WAS REJECTED BY LES ARCS COPRODUCTION VILLAGE
15_09_2021 PROJ07 WAS REJECTED BY ANTALYA FILM FESTIVALI'S SÜMER TILMAÇ PRODUCTION FUNDING
02_01_2021 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
14_12_2020 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CNC AIDE AUX CINÉMAS DU MONDE
10_12_2020 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CNC / AIDE AUX CINÉMAS DU MONDE
06_12_2020 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CINEMART
3_12_2020 PROJ07 WAS REJECTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
25_11_2020 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY VISIONS SUD EST / PRODUCTION
25_09_2020 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG
23_09_2020 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY FFHPROJ15
01_08_2020 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
26_04_2020 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY KAPADOKYA FILM PLATFORMU
11_03_2020 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY TRT 12 PUNTO
15_12_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
11_11_2019 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY HUBERT BALS FUND
05_11_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
24_09_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY CROSSROADS CO-PRO FORUM
24_09_2019 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CROSSROADS CO-PRO FORUM
16_09_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY CINEMED_BOURSE D’AIDE AU DÉVELOPPEMENT
02_09_2019 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY MIA
29_08_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY THE TURKISH MINISTRY OF CULTURE
25_07_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY ASIAN FILM MARKET
22_03_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE
22_02_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY SOFIA MEETINGS
02_02_2019 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
24_01_2019 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CPHFORUM
23_01_2019 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY TORINOFILMLAB
19_12_2018 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY LESS IS MORE
5_11_2018 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY
20_10_2018 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY LES ARCS
12_10_2018 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY PRODUIRE AU SUD NANTES
19_09_2018 PROJ11 WAS REJECTED BY PRODUIRE AU SUD WORKSHOP AT FESTIVAL 3 CONTINENTS
06_09_2018 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CONNECTING COTTBUS COCOPITCH
07_07_2018 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY CINELINK
08_05_2018 PROJ09 WAS REJECTED BY HUBERT BALS FUND
09_08_2017 PROJ04 WAS REJECTED BY DOHA FILM INSTITUTE
02_02_2017 PROJ02 WAS REJECTED SHORT FILM PRODUCTION FUND BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF TURKEY