İki Laborantın Yorgun Saatleri

The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants

Forum Expanded 2026

At midnight, two lab assistants study an unknown substance using machines and procedures that are unclear to us. They pursue knowledge through the strict logic of the laboratory. As exhaustion settles in, one of the assistants brews Turkish coffee for the other, and the night shifts. The process becomes a fortune-telling, and the scientific gaze gives way to intuition. Moving from analysis to foresight, the two women imagine another method of knowing, a space where rational inquiry and intuitive perception coexist.

by Burak Çevik (Director, Screenplay)
with Nalan Kuruçim, Bahar Çevik, Didar Püren Erbek Turkey / Germany / United Kingdom / Croatia 2026 Turkish 22' Colour World premiere

With

Nalan Kuruçim (Lab Technician)
Bahar Çevik (Lab Technician)
Didar Püren Erbek (Lab Technician)

Crew

Director	Burak Çevik
Screenplay	Burak Çevik
Cinematography	Gregory Oke
Editing	Burak Çevik
Music	Zeynep Toraman
Sound Design	Taylan Geçit, Deniz Can Barış
Production Design	Dilşad Aladağ
Costumes	Dilşad Aladağ
Art Director	Dilşad Aladağ
Producer	Burak Çevik
Co-Producers	Kanat Doğramacı, Nuri Cem Erbak, Vanja Vascarac, Stjepan Hundic

Produced by

Fol Film

Istanbul, Turkey

Co-produced by

Maya Film

London, United Kingdom

Vertigo Media

Zagreb, Croatia

Robot 22

Zagreb, Croatia

Photos

Burak Çevik

Burak Çevik is a producer and filmmaker. He completed his studies in film and television at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2016. His films The Pillar of Salt (2018), Belonging (2019) and Forms of Forgetting (2023) all premiered at the Berlinale. His latest film, Nothing in Its Place (2024), screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. His work has also been shown at MoMA, Locarno and the New York Film Festival.

Filmography

2018 The Pillar of Salt; Forum 2018 2019 Belonging; Forum 2019 · A Topography of Memory 2023 Forms of Forgetting; Forum 2023 2024 Nothing in Its Place 2026 İki Laborantın Yorgun Saatleri (The Weary Hours of Two Lab Assistants); Forum Expanded 2026

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026