Turkey
18′30″, 2021.
DIRECTED BY
PRODUCED BY
SCRIPTWRITER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITED BY
İlayda İşeri
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What happens to ordinary people when an empire collapses? 30 years ago, the Gagauzian minority living in the northern regions of the Black Sea was left abandoned in the middle of opposing political powers of Russia, European Union, Ukraine, Moldova, and Turkey. Today, Gagauzians have nothing other than their bonds to each other. The Fountain portrays the effects of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union on different generations while displaying the consequences of the vast social assimilation by following the daily lives of local families. The tradition of the Gagauz is unique and preserved almost intact for centuries. However, it is rapidly fading now, as the elderly pass away. Unfortunately, the fountain flows weaker through the new generations.

Ilayda Iseri is an 18-year-old director from Istanbul. As a student at Bogazici University, she participates in the sets of TV ads as the director's assistant and works on her new short film.