Surela Film Production

What happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents in this conservative society.

Following the military intervention of 1980 the number of people who died during interrogation or in prison increased. As a result of the unsanitary conditions and torture in prisons, 299 people died while incarcerated.

In Turkey, once every year, about 1.5 million young people take the infamous Student Selection Exam hoping to have the right to a university education. “3 HOURS” focuses on the personal dimension of this “life-and-death matter” by following the lives of 6 high school seniors for a year, observing and witnessing their experiences before, during and after this exam. The thoughts, emotions and experiences of the candidates and those around them are not sifted through any kind of scientific procedure and are represented as directly as possible, as the filmmakers are the observers,ing witnesses, guestsintruders, and guests inof the lives of these young women and men.