Ah is an experimental short film exploring the inner landscape of a young woman struggling with questions of belonging, displacement, and emotional turbulence.

Rather than following a linear narrative, the film unfolds as an abstract and sensory journey through fragments of memory, emotion, and perception. It reflects on the fragile relationship between the self and the world, tracing a psychological terrain where order and chaos coexist.

In Turkish, âh is the sound of deep sorrow; a sigh that emerges when words become insufficient to express grief. It carries emotions that resist explanation and condenses an entire story into a single breath. Much like its title, the film seeks to evoke rather than explain, offering a visual meditation on longing, loss, and the search for belonging.

Screenings & Awards

Venice Film Week (2017)

 Lisbon International Film Festival (2017)

Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (2017)

Moviate Underground Film Festival (2017)

ARFF Berlin – Around International Film Festival (2017)

Stockholm Independent Film Festival (2017)

Cast: Esin Alpogan
Written and Directed by: S. Buse Yıldırım
Producer: S. Buse Yıldırım
Director of Photography: Fırat Sözbir & Onur Özden 
Editor: Doruk Kaya
Director Assistant: Burcu Bilgiç 
Producer Assistant: Derya Doğan
Set Designed by: Burcu Bilgiç & Derya Doğan
Hair Stylist: İlker Yıldız
Sound Design: Ömer Ferhat Çınar
Color: Hakan Palioğlu
Camera Assistant: Barış Sözbir ve Atakan Küme
Focus Puller: Salih Dikmen
Sound: Çağdaş Karagöz
Boom Operator: Hasan Sayın