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Category: Reflections

Curations

Lessons from Turkish Masters

miracatabey, July 1, 2026July 12, 2026

Art historians, media, critics, they all love to use the word revolution. Because every artist…

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Reflections

Ballad of Consolation

miracatabey, January 9, 2026February 1, 2026

I am back here with something very personal, and it has to be that way….

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Reflections

Criticism is Impudence

miracatabey, November 2, 2025January 9, 2026

Here, I gather some of my thoughts on criticism (in a broad sense) that perhaps…

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Reflections

I Want to be Popular

miracatabey, August 17, 2025December 21, 2025

Crowds have never been my thing. And I make types of films that are left…

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Conceptualizations

Helping, Collaborating and Prejudices

miracatabey, May 3, 2025April 2, 2026

Filmmakers who ask for help are a common thing for me. Even though I am…

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Conceptualizations

Reminders

miracatabey, March 2, 2025November 11, 2025

I am obsessed with little notes and aphorisms. They are like tiny portals that are…

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Reflections

Confessions

miracatabey, January 16, 2025November 11, 2025

If you are a filmmaker, you might be expected to like certain classics, which is…

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Reflections

Flowers, Foxes and Self-Promotion

miracatabey, September 22, 2024May 31, 2026

I have always been reluctant about marketing, particularly self-promotion as a part of it. I…

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Conceptualizations

A Guide to Self-Censorship

miracatabey, August 25, 2024May 6, 2026

I believe the predominant issue of independent filmmakers today is self-censorship. It is everywhere, just…

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Conceptualizations

A Manifesto to Break

miracatabey, April 13, 2024November 8, 2025

Cinema manifestos always evoke conflicting notions in me. On one hand, they are good as…

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Latest Updates

June 7, 2026 Added reflections on Marriage-Ala-Mode to the Films section.

May 16, 2026 Added a new section titled Reactions, where I share viewer reactions to my films.

May 4, 2026 Added info about my next project, Germakochi, to the In Progress section.

Mar 20, 2026 Added a Sound Effects & Ambience category to the Library section.

Oct 13, 2025 Created a Letterboxd page where I share lists of films I mention in my blog posts.

Jan 19, 2025 Added an update in the My Damned Film is Now Available post about our collaboration with the streaming service MUBI.

Nov 11, 2024 Updated the list of film festivals that rejected my film in the Films section (under the title of Festival Circuit).

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Latest Posts

  • Thank You, San Sebastian
  • Lessons from Turkish Masters
  • Keywords for Mirac Atabey
  • Keywords for The Children of Festivalism
  • A Message from Cannes
  • Mission Completed: Marriage A-la-Mode
  • Character Cheat Sheet
  • The Camera Stays Still, But You Don’t
  • Ballad of Consolation
  • Micmuss Curation
  • Criticism is Impudence
  • Fair Laurels for Film Festivals
  • Meet Ramazan the Great
  • I Want to be Popular
  • Status: Fishing in the Ocean of Possibilities
  • Experimental Redefined
  • Helping, Collaborating and Prejudices
  • Humans on Report
  • Reminders
  • Shakespeare Humbled
  • Confessions
  • Cinema Myths Debunked
  • Inside The Jury
  • Flowers, Foxes and Self-Promotion
  • A Guide to Self-Censorship
  • Temperate Melancholy
  • My Damned Film is Now Available
  • The Filmmaker’s Prayer
  • Don’t Underestimate Your Everyday Films
  • World Cinema 101
  • A Manifesto to Break
  • How I Met My Kindred Spirit
  • Don’t Expect to Get Rid of the Labels
  • Unstoppable Paranoias: Symbols
  • Award Guaranteed Synopsis
  • We are All Re-Mixers
  • Our Old Friends
  • A Summary of All Poems
  • Three Masters in the Grasp of Fate
  • The Death of Independent Cinema
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  • A Scale for Artistic Depth
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