Synopsis
The rowing women carry us from Dalyan town to the Kaunos Tombs and Çandır village located on both sides of the canal joining the Aegean Sea. Homes and boats for these women, who have been making a living from rowing for many years without destructing the harmony of the nature, have become an extension of each other; and the relationships they established in these places and with these places have been intertwined. ‘There and Back’ follows the daily lives of the rowing women whose lives are organized away from the patterns of the urban theories.
Directors
Özlem Arıyıldız
Özlem Sarıyıldız studied Industrial Design and Media and Cultural Studies at METU, before she started her PhD in Graphic Design at Bilkent University. She uses audio-visual materials as the main research and expression tool, where the subject matter and time determine the form. Her works focus on memory, gender, commons and justice movements, and construct an intimate relation between politics, culture and aesthetics. She lives and works in Berlin since 2017.
Bilge Demirtaş
Following her graduation from METU Philosophy Department she started working as a research assistant in METU Audio Visual Systems Research Center. During the same period she studied for her graduate degree in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies. She co-directed the documentary “Kürek Çeken Kadınlar”, the short film “Ağdalı Bir Film”, and video-documentary “BUrası Ankara”. Between 2007-2011 she attended Polytechnic University Integrated Digital Media Institute in Brooklyn, New York, for her second graduate degree and worked with her professors on multi-media projects. She currently is a part-time lecturer and carries on independent projects. She lives in Izmir.