ŞehrinPerdeleri.

A documentary by Sedanur Çiftçi

A city’s cinemas.
A city’s memory.

2026 · Türkiye · Short documentary · 14:27

A cinema auditorium with burgundy seats, from Şehrin Perdeleri — Şehrin PerdeleriAydın, Türkiye

About the film

The curtains close.
The memory stays.

Şehrin Perdeleri traces the history of cinema in Aydın. From the city’s urban history to Yeşilçam, from former picture houses to the projection booth of Efes Cinema, personal recollections bring Aydın’s relationship with the silver screen back into view. The film asks what remains after the cinemas close.

Aydın / Türkiye: Cinema history and urban memory

Official poster for Şehrin Perdeleri — Download the poster

Cinemas and documentary stills

From the Park Sineması archive and the documentary.

Black-and-white archival photograph of Park Sineması and the street in front — Park SinemasıArchival image

Sepia archival photograph of a gathering in the square in front of Park Sineması — Park SinemasıArchival image

Colour archival image of Park Sineması behind a fountain and trees — Park SinemasıArchival image

Subtitle-free documentary still of Havva Çetintürk speaking with a book in her hands — Havva ÇetintürkDocumentary still

Subtitle-free documentary still of Kemal Ovalı speaking in front of an arched window — Kemal OvalıDocumentary still

Witnesses in the documentary

A city’s cinema memory, told by those who lived it.

Havva Çetintürk

Researcher of Aydın’s urban history

Kemal Ovalı

Former projectionist at Efes Cinema

The crew

The people behind Şehrin Perdeleri.

Sedanur Çiftçi

Director · Producer · Cinematographer · Camera

Alp Kutay Çavaş

Editing · Sound · Drone · Camera

Cemalcan Emir Tiğ

Camera

Esma Kılıç

Assistant director

Ece Nayır

Production assistant

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sumru Yıldırım

Academic advisor

Music and acknowledgements

Music

Fecri Ebcioğlu · Marc Aryan · Durul Gence 5’lisi · Kevin MacLeod · Line Neesgaard · Hanna Ekstrom · Franz Gordon

Acknowledgements

Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyesi · Söke Belediyesi · Yeşilçam Kafe · Havva Çetintürk · Kemal Ovalı · Erdem Şanlıtürk · Enes Uzun · Mükerrem Kürüm · Sezgin Sukayar · Hakan Uluçay · Levent Tuncer

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Technical details

Production: 2026 / Türkiye
Running time: 14 minutes 27 seconds
Screening copy: 2K SMPTE DCP
Frame rate: 25 fps
Sound: Stereo
Language: Turkish
Subtitles: Burned-in English