Shaereh (2026)
A poetic short following a woman shaped by protest and exile. Through Sufi whirling, private remembrance becomes a collective vision of freedom—borders loosen, silence breaks, and women reclaim the body as a vessel of light.
Director · Editor · Writer · Producer: Elif Koyutürk
The Story of Lost Goddess (2027)
A cinematic journey tracing the rise, fracture, and survival of the feminine divine—from the first Mother in Çatalhöyük and the Lion Mother Cybele, through Greek recasting and Marian veiling, to living traditions today.
Episodic series
Current status — R&D · Fundraising · Director & Writer: Elif Koyutürk
A women-led Sarıkeçili nomadic family crosses the Taurus Mountains. Seasons, routes, and ritual work reveal a vanishing culture—and a bond with nature carried step by step.
Director · Editor · Cinematographer · Producer: Elif Koyutürk
Guardians of Anatolia (2026-2027)
Peaks of Belonging (2025)
A movement-driven portrait of belonging and body memory across Oregon and Washington. In alpine and desert light, a Turkish artist traces home through ritual and landscape—rivers, braids, mountains—revealing that belonging is not a place but an act of being.
Director · Editor · Writer · Producer: Elif Koyutürk & Aly Arnold
Bridging the Gap (2022)
A season with Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital—rescues, triage, and release. Quiet labors and small miracles show how science and tenderness return injured lives to the wild, one patient at a time.
Director · Editor · Cinematographer · Producer: Elif Koyutürk
Capacity Unrestricted
A performance-led short without dialogue: a soul takes first hold; impulse answers, body meets the beyond, dualities bridge, disassemble, and begin again.
*diary film series Director · Editor · Cinematographer: Elif Koyutürk
A diary film about the quiet season between ideas—showing up anyway, listening to textures and small omens until the next shape arrives.
*diary film series Director · Editor · Cinematographer: Elif Koyutürk
In Between
Moving Within
When you listen, every detail returns you to yourself. Moving with nature is moving with yourself; the colors become you. It started with listening—this film is about that.
*diary film series Director · Editor · Cinematographer: Elif Koyutürk