To the world, Beraat Gökkuş is known as an accomplished journalist and mobile moviemaker. But in the opening title card of “Entre-retiens,” he reveals a different identify. He writes: “I’m a refugee.” Born in Turkey, he faced French authorities three times, seeking to establish permanent residency. While waiting to learn his fate, he documented the world…
read more →Beraat Gökkuş is a jack of many genres. A Turkish-born journalist by trade, his body of smartphone videos includes a docudrama (“The Lost Pen“), a fantasy (“Take a Breath“), and now a single-shot music video (“Sweat”). An interview with the director follows the movie. Interview with Beraat Gökkuş MobileMovieMaking: How did you connect with Joseph Langley?…
read more →“Take a Breath” is a short animation about a man named Murat who takes a walk in Paris while dreaming of nature and freedom. The film was directed by Turkish journalist Beraat Gokkus and shot on an iPhone 11 using the FiLMiCPro camera app. The director provides a brief note about the production following the film…
read more →The opening shot of “Paris Lockdown” features a street singer, two people dancing, and scores of others enjoying themselves near the Eiffel Tower. Given the film’s title, the image is surprising—even shocking. But with the second shot—the same plaza although now deserted—we realize that the filmmaker Beraat Gokkus has brilliantly used narrative contrast to accentuate…
read more →“The Lost Pen” is a moving docudrama about journalists pushed out of their native lands. The filmmaker Beraat Gökkuş has firsthand knowledge of the subject. A Turkish director and journalist, he has lived in exile in Paris since 2016. The fourteen-and-a-half minute, single-shot film will be distributed in 2022, but the trailer does a fine…
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