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Blog, disappointment guaranteed

Operations

Thank You, San Sebastian

miracatabey, July 4, 2026July 5, 2026

The journey of my second feature film, Marriage A-la-Mode, continues. Its second rejection came from…

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Curations

Lessons from Turkish Masters

miracatabey, July 1, 2026July 12, 2026

Art historians, media, critics, they all love to use the word revolution. Because every artist…

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Conceptualizations

Keywords for Mirac Atabey

miracatabey, June 7, 2026June 10, 2026

Here, I lay out the cinematic concepts that interest me in filmmaking. I believe they…

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Conceptualizations

Keywords for The Children of Festivalism

miracatabey, June 1, 2026June 6, 2026

Ben’Imana (2026) Elephants in the Fog (2026) First Feature Film of a Rwandan Director First…

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Operations

A Message from Cannes

miracatabey, May 1, 2026June 7, 2026

I announced that when I finished my recent film (Marriage A-la-Mode), I would keep everything…

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Operations

Mission Completed: Marriage A-la-Mode

miracatabey, April 2, 2026June 7, 2026

To anyone who might be interested: my second feature film, Marriage A-la-Mode, is officially completed…

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Curations

Character Cheat Sheet

miracatabey, March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Good films don’t simply portray a character; they have a specific perspective on and approach…

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Curations

The Camera Stays Still, But You Don’t

miracatabey, February 1, 2026February 1, 2026

When I started filmmaking, I had almost no crew behind the camera. I had to…

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Reflections

Ballad of Consolation

miracatabey, January 9, 2026February 1, 2026

I am back here with something very personal, and it has to be that way….

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Operations

Micmuss Curation

miracatabey, December 2, 2025January 9, 2026

I wish films could be appreciated without any influence, but it is impossible to keep…

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Latest Updates

June 7, 2026 Added reflections on Marriage-Ala-Mode to the Films section.

May 16, 2026 Added a new section titled Reactions, where I share viewer reactions to my films.

May 4, 2026 Added info about my next project, Germakochi, to the In Progress section.

Mar 20, 2026 Added a Sound Effects & Ambience category to the Library section.

Oct 13, 2025 Created a Letterboxd page where I share lists of films I mention in my blog posts.

Jan 19, 2025 Added an update in the My Damned Film is Now Available post about our collaboration with the streaming service MUBI.

Nov 11, 2024 Updated the list of film festivals that rejected my film in the Films section (under the title of Festival Circuit).

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Latest Posts

  • Thank You, San Sebastian
  • Lessons from Turkish Masters
  • Keywords for Mirac Atabey
  • Keywords for The Children of Festivalism
  • A Message from Cannes
  • Mission Completed: Marriage A-la-Mode
  • Character Cheat Sheet
  • The Camera Stays Still, But You Don’t
  • Ballad of Consolation
  • Micmuss Curation
  • Criticism is Impudence
  • Fair Laurels for Film Festivals
  • Meet Ramazan the Great
  • I Want to be Popular
  • Status: Fishing in the Ocean of Possibilities
  • Experimental Redefined
  • Helping, Collaborating and Prejudices
  • Humans on Report
  • Reminders
  • Shakespeare Humbled
  • Confessions
  • Cinema Myths Debunked
  • Inside The Jury
  • Flowers, Foxes and Self-Promotion
  • A Guide to Self-Censorship
  • Temperate Melancholy
  • My Damned Film is Now Available
  • The Filmmaker’s Prayer
  • Don’t Underestimate Your Everyday Films
  • World Cinema 101
  • A Manifesto to Break
  • How I Met My Kindred Spirit
  • Don’t Expect to Get Rid of the Labels
  • Unstoppable Paranoias: Symbols
  • Award Guaranteed Synopsis
  • We are All Re-Mixers
  • Our Old Friends
  • A Summary of All Poems
  • Three Masters in the Grasp of Fate
  • The Death of Independent Cinema
  • Director Curve
  • My Favorite Filmmaker from the 16th Century
  • A Scale for Artistic Depth
  • Kick-off: Let’s Praise the Act of Writing

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