About the Event

Close your festival journey with two powerful documentaries that explore themes of migration, resilience, identity, and belonging. Through intimate storytelling and poetic imagery, these films offer powerful reflections on memory, labor, exile, and human connection across different landscapes and generations.

The Program:

1. Harvest of Light: An intimate portrait of seasonal agricultural workers in rural Türkiye.

Run Time: 52 min | Türkiye | Turkish with English Subtitles
Director: Esin Özalp Öztürk

2. Whispering Walls: A visually rich exploration of memory, migration, and artistic identity through the experiences of a Turkish artist navigating life and exile in 1960s New York.

Run Time: 70 min | Türkiye | English and Turkish with English Subtitles
Director: Eylem Kaftan

The bar will be open for snacks and drinks as we toast to the conclusion of the 2026 Toronto Turkish Film Festival.