Aleyna Şafak

Movies

“As an independent female director, I love going beyond the unseen in cinema. Telling unconventional stories, breaking the rules, and offering the audience a different perspective is my greatest thrill. In each of my films, I aim to make a difference by expressing my own voice and unique style. I enjoy using metaphors to add multiple layers of meaning and offer the audience different interpretations. I see cinema not just as a medium of expression, but as a space where people find their reflection and find freedom."

Between The Path (Yol Arasında)

The film I wrote and directed, Yol Arasında (Between The Path), which premiered in 2024, is actually the first film in a trilogy, yet it tells a story that takes place at the end of the narrative. The second film in the series, Yol Arasında: Karanlık ve Aydınlığın Doğuşu (Between The Path: The Birth of Darkness and Light), is structured around a narrative rooted in origins and the past, answering all the questions and metaphors left unresolved in the first film. Thus, although Yol Arasında is the first step in the trilogy, it actually represents the final chapter.

Click to watch the trailer and gala screening of Yol Arasında.

The Yellow That Remains

The Yellow That Remains is a short film about a woman confronting the traces of her past and walking through ruins toward hope. Through an abandoned space, broken glass, the sound of rain, and a yellow umbrella, the film explores memory, loss, inner transformation, and the quiet strength of beginning again.

The film explores a woman’s encounter with the wounds she thought she had left behind, and her quiet walk from the ruins toward the small hope that still remains.

Mask and Dance

This project was prepared as a team effort. I am the actor in the film. The idea and concept of the film are mine, while my groupmates prepared the animations in the film.

Experimental 2D Short Film – Touch

“Touch” is an experimental animation that depicts the moment when souls touch each other through geometric forms. The triangle, square, and circle symbolize the sharpness, resistance, and flow of touch. Each time the object makes contact, it changes shape, sometimes approaching, sometimes retreating—just as souls fear touching each other yet still gravitate toward one another.

Inspired by different shades of green, the film explores the connection between balance in nature and spiritual contact through an intuitive language.

Experimental Short Film - The Story of a Shadow

Filmed with real shots, “A Shadow Story” tells the silent resistance of a being lost in light. The tripod-less, shaky camera reflects the inner instability of the human being, mirroring the vibrations of the space in which they are trapped. In the reflection of the yellow wall light and white marble, the shadow becomes less a trace of a body and more a trace of a feeling. “A Shadow Story” is a brief tale of making the invisible visible, of existing by disappearing.

Film Sample Design

The Yellow That Remains Short Film Poster Design — Coming Soon

After the Mirror is a short documentary film focusing on breast cancer awareness and the importance of early detection, sharing the real-life stories of people who have experienced the disease through interviews. These personal narratives are supported by reenactments and metaphorical, symbolic imagery, creating a visual journey of awareness, hope, and the life-saving significance of early diagnosis.

A young woman, growing increasingly detached from life, strikes up a brief conversation with a mysterious stranger on a deserted beach. A tiny object washed ashore and this unexpected encounter remind her of hope once again, on the fragile line between holding on to life and giving up: Maybe.

The Third Almond is a short film where the boundary between reality and perception briefly begins to blur. An ordinary moment takes an unexpected turn through a strange encounter.