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Daddy’s Girl

Year
2015
Country
Finland
Duration
52’
Director
Melisa Üneri

A tragicomic break-up story between a Turkish father Cengiz, living in Finland, and his 26-year-old half-Finnish daughter Melisa. Their symbiotic relationship begins to deteriorate when Melisa moves to Turkey to start a life of her own. Cengiz’s inability to deal with Melisa breaking free starts a chain of events where Melisa cuts her father off, and Cengiz – after years of deliberately avoiding Turkey and his dominating mother – travels to Istanbul to meet Melisa, and is thus forced to face his mother and Melisa’s Turkish boyfriend.

Production
Klaffi Productions, Nahkatehtaankatu 2, FI-90100 Oulu, Finland, +358104392903, [email protected], www.klaffi.com
Sales:
Rise and Shine, Schlesische Strasse 29/30, D-10997 Berlin, Germany, +493047372980, [email protected], www.riseandshine-berlin.de
Director
Melisa Üneri

Melisa Üneri was born in 1985 and raised in Oulu, northern Finland. Since moving to her father's homeland, Melisa has been working in Turkish production companies, and developing her first creative documentary Daddy’s Girl for Finnish Klaffi Productions. Melisa received her MA degree in dramaturgy and feature film development in 2008 from Exeter University, UK.

Selected Filmography

Faster Harder Stronger (2012)

Red Hall
Cinema House
vul. Saksahanskoho, 6
Q&A with director
Big Hall
Kinopanorama
vul. Shota Rustaveli, 19
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With or Without You
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With or Without You
Year
2015
Country
South Korea
Director
Park Hyuck-jee
Duration
86’
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Varta1, Lviv, Ukraine
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Varta1, Lviv, Ukraine
Year
2015
Country
Ukraine
Director
Yuriy Hrytsyna
Duration
63’
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Thy Father’s Chair
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Thy Father’s Chair
Year
2015
Country
Italy, USA, Spain
Directors
Àlex Lora, Antonio Tibaldi
Duration
74’
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Strange Particles
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Strange Particles
Year
2015
Country
Russia
Director
Denis Klebleev
Duration
52’
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Double Aliens
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Double Aliens
Year
2015
Country
Latvia, Georgia
Director
Uģis Olte
Duration
56’
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Clear Years
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Clear Years
Year
2015
Country
Belgium
Director
Frédéric Guillaume
Duration
76’
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Battles
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Battles
Year
2015
Country
Belgium, Netherlands
Director
Isabelle Tollenaere
Duration
88’
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Anthill
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Anthill
Year
2015
Country
Estonia
Director
Vladimir Loginov
Duration
83’
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Alisa in Warland
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Alisa in Warland
Year
2015
Country
Poland
Directors
Alisa Kovalenko, Liubov Durakova
Duration
76’
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