Ayris Alptekin

For Deniz and her family, the end of summer marks the return to the rhythms of middle-class life. Children go back to school, friends reunite, men return to their shops and women start their work on local events. Deniz and her friends start thinking about a university, a career and the possibility of having a life of their own. Every decision, friend, crush and responsibility starts acquiring a new gravity, manifest themselves in subtle ways.

An aspiring young rapper living in the Istanbul slum of Karacinar is addicted to a cheap drug, bonzai, which threatens his career ambitions and his relationship with an upper class DJ.