‘In Passing’
69′
United Kingdom, Turkey
2026
Director: Yusuf Emre Yalçın
Producers: Ezgi Selin Ülkü, Kanat Doğramacı, Yusuf Emre Yalçın
Production Companies: Paspas Film, Maya Films
Post Production: Postgarden
In Passing is a self-portrait of a life in transition, exploring the fragmented nature of memory, belonging, and starting over. A hybrid feature blending documentary, fiction, and essayistic elements.
After moving to London, Emre works in cafés to make a living. He drifts through a dissolving marriage and a series of brief encounters. The safe space exercises he uses for relief recur throughout the film; intended to offer comfort, they instead bring fragments of memory to the surface and intensify his sense of alienation.
Moving among rooms, homes, cities, and the filmmaker’s inner world, the film unfolds as a visual journal of an attempt to build a new life. People come and go, and the daily routine continues. It traces how places change, how connections form and unravel, and how a sense of belonging shifts over time.