
Miraç Atabey
Directing
Biography
Mirac Atabey (1989, Rize, Turkey) is a director, screenwriter, and producer who graduated from the Doc Nomads Master's Programme in documentary filmmaking, held in Lisbon, Budapest, and Brussels. He is the founder of Micmuss Film Entertainment, a film production and distribution company based in Pazar, Rize. His short film trilogy, consisting of Stove (2012), Downtown (2014), and Yard (2018), has received recognition on the film festival circuit, with the final installment premiering at the Rotterdam Film Festival. His debut feature film, A Hero of Our Time (2023), showcases a refined version of his observational visual style and interactive cinema language, characterized by uninterrupted scenes with lengthy acting performances, which won the Best First Film Award at the Bosphorus Film Festival. He was also a participant in Talents Sarajevo 2017.
Known For

Quietly selfish, full of grandiose dreams, and fundamentally cold and insensitive toward those around him, Mert is an immature man in his early-30s who resides in a middle-class neighborhood in Istanbul. When he has to deal with his father's funeral preparations in a small town surrounded by tea plantations in the hills of northeastern Turkey, he finds himself trapped in the discrepancy between the world he has selfishly dreamed of and the world in which he actually lives. During the three days in the town, as he ignores every problem that he encounters, he can’t really help facing painful, tragic, and tragicomic experiences which lead him to go through inevitable moments of an instant and intense growing-up story while he discovers that the already existing cracks in his life are growing wider and deeper by the hour.
A Hero of Our Time

When Yagmur learns about the plans to build a nuclear power plant in her hometown, she decides to start an anti-nuclear campaign with the help of her friends.
The Children of the Rain

An unexpected incident in a village yard.
The Hawk

A cross-section of a high school boy's life at an important moment of having wings to spread.
Downtown

A man sneaks into a boathouse.
Stove

Permutations is a cinematic game in observing our fellow humans. With wry irony, the film focuses on the daily activities in a small coastal town and presents a series of self-contained chapters connected by the presence of several characters.
Permutations

In the hills of northeastern Turkey, in a village perched above a valley, a traditional funeral ceremony is performed in the front yard of one of the houses. But then, in the night, a mysterious dialogue between two men unveils humor and tragedy hidden beyond the yard.