Invitation to the Screening of Sweet Home Adana

The French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA), through its research axes—the Urban Observatory of Istanbul (OUI) and the Migrations & Mobilities Axis (aMiMo)—invites you to the screening of the documentary Sweet Home Adana on Friday, March 21, at 6:30 PM. The screening will take place in the presence of its director, Nagehan Uskan, offering a visual journey that confronts oblivion and denial.

Sweet Home Adana

2024, 21 minutes
Directed by Nagehan Uskan
In Turkish and Armenian, with English subtitles

Synopsis

Sweet Home Adana is a personal narrative documentary that traces the journey of Marie, an Armenian woman who was coerced into converting to Islam, originally from the city of Adana. The film explores her unfinished quest for roots, moving from the Armenian memory sites of Adana to the diplomatic archives in Nantes, and through the destructive pursuits of treasure hunters. By weaving together these fragmented narratives, Sweet Home Adana uncovers the complex layers of denial and forgetting.

Organizers:
Verda Kimyonok (IFEA - OUI & EHESS) & Öykü Aytaçoğlu (IFEA - aMiMo & Paris 8)