(Küçük Pencereli Evler)

Bülent Öztürk, Belgium, 2013, 16’, Color

Houses with Small Windows is a powerful and yet muted portrait of an honour killing
in the rural Kurdish Southeast of Turkey. 22-year old Dilan pays for her forbidden love
for a young man in a neighbouring village with her life. She has shamed the family and therefore must die at the hands of her own brothers. And as tradition will have it, the killing must be compensated. Yet another victim is made. 6-year old Emine is given to the relatives of Dilan. A sobbing child, snatched away from its mother, reduced to a mere commodity.

Award:
European Short Film 2013 - EFA Award - Venice Film Festival