Poster for Salman Wants to Go

Salman Wants to Go

Director
Ozan Takis
Producer
Ozan Takış
Duration
20:00
Country
Turkey
Language
French, Turkish
Category
Documentary, Experimental, Short
Festival Year
2025
Screening Date
Screening Time
14:00
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Synopsis

Salmane, a young refugee from Senegal living in Turkey, dreams of reaching Europex{2014}of resuming the university studies he was forced to abandon, and of supporting the family who depends on him. Each attempt to cross the border ends in violence, his hopes beaten back. On the very day filming of this documentary was to begin, Salmane vanished. Guided by his own words and fragments stored in his phone, the documentary retraces the echoes of a life suspended between memory and disappearance. Months later, a message from Salmane reaches the filmmakerx{2014}an unexpected return that reveals a reality more haunting than imagined.