E Blok, Daire 5
Block E, No. 5
A young woman and her parents navigate the dislocation of temporary spaces, struggling to find belonging between an unfinished home and a transitory dormitory.
Director's Biography
Çağla Gillis is a PhD candidate in Artistic Research at the University of Art and Design Linz. Her films blend experimental and documentary forms, exploring women's experiences, everyday life, and imaginary topographies while linking personal narratives to broader historical and contemporary movements. Director's Filmography (Selection)
E Blok, Daire 5 (Block E, No. 5, 2025) - Different/Same/Both/Neither (2024) - A Cup of Topography (2023) - Me, My Mother and Dust (2022)
E Blok, Daire 5 (Block E, No. 5, 2025) - Different/Same/Both/Neither (2024) - A Cup of Topography (2023) - Me, My Mother and Dust (2022)
Local Artists 2025
Çağla Gillis
Austria / Turkey 2025
color
13 minutes
Turkish OV with English subtitles
Screenings / Tickets
LOCAL ARTISTS 2 - ENDS OF A WORLD, 81 min
Film guest(s) present: Cagla Gillis (Director)
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Screenplay Çağla Gillis
Cinematography Çağla Gillis
Editing Zeynep Demirhan, Çağla Gillis
Sound/Sounddesign Andreea-Mandi Vladut, Sashe Urdovski
With Sadık Çalışkan, Alican Çalışkan, Sevingül Çalışkan, Gülay Doygun, Çağla Gillis
Producer(s) Çağla Gillis
Additional Credits
Kamera | Camera Tolga Karaaslan Çağla Gillis İrem Çakır Family Archive Contributors Gülçin Ayık Ağbilek Çaylar Ali Çaylar Özlem Çalışkan Vahap Çalışkan Eylem Çalışkan Süleyma
World Premiere
Diagonale 2025
LOCAL ARTISTS 2 - ENDS OF A WORLD, 81 min
Sunflower
Anton Spielmann, AT/UA 2024, 25 min, Ukrainisch, OmeU
E Blok, Daire 5 / Block E, No. 5
Çağla Gillis, AT/TR 2025, 13 min, Türkisch, OmeU
Majnoon – Daffodils (ft. Mona Matbou Riahi)
Clemens Niel, AT 2024, 3 min, MuVi
Those Boring Bleeding Humans
Florian Winkler, Jascha Hanisch, AT/GB 2024, 7 min, Englisch, OmeU
World's End – Mavi Phoenix
Dominik Galleya, Amanda Burzić, AT 2024, 3 min, MuVi
One Way Ticket to Tbilisi
Paul Ploberger, AT 2025, 30 min, Englisch/Deutsch/Georgisch, OmdU