GRAMNet

GRAMNet Film Series: MY NAME IS ANIK

Thu 15 February 2024

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English subtitling

Wheelchair accessible

Grandmother Anik, an older woman with glasses, sits at a table, a scarf round her head, pouring tea into a glass cup.

Images courtesy of Scottish Documentary Institute / Bircan Birol

Bircan is a documentary filmmaker based between Scotland and Turkey.

In 2019, she directed her debut creative documentary, 'My Name is Anik,' through Bridging the Gap program at the Scottish Documentary Institute. The film has been selected for multiple BAFTA and Oscar-Qualifying festivals.

This beautiful short follows Bircan as she has decided to learn Kurdish, her once-forbidden mothertongue, with all the words her grandmother has forgotten and all the stories that have remained unspoken.

The GRAMNet/Bemis film series is honoured to welcome Bircan to the CCA for a post-screening discussion, exploring themes of heritage, language, family, and connection.

Anik sits at a busily laid table in the foreground, a younger woman sits on a sofa. The two are talking happily.

Images courtesy of Scottish Documentary Institute / Bircan Birol

Details

Event Type

Film

Location

Cinema

Time

5:30pm — 8:30pm

Ages

All ages

Ticketing

Free but ticketed

Accessibility