Shortlist Torture is not a fate. It's a crime. COMMERCIAL WORK: CULTURAL IMPACT

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DIRECTOR(S)CHRIS SANTIAGO

PRODUCER(S)DERYA TUNA

CLIENTACAT

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ATILA ULCAY

EDITOR CHRIS SANTIAGO

SCRIPT CHRIS SANTIAGO, ATILA ULCAY

VISUAL EFFECTS MUSTAFA SERT

SOUND DESIGN JOEL RODRIGUEZ

SHORT SYNOPSIS ANYONE CAN BECOME A VICTIM OF TORTURE. EVEN TODAY AND IN ENLIGHTENED WESTERN CULTURES. ALTHOUGH ALMOST 90 PER CENT OF THE WORLD'S STATES HAVE RATIFIED THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE, TORTURE IS STILL PRACTISED IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE COUNTRIES. GOVERNMENTS AND THE ECONOMY SHOULD CONSIDER TORTURE AS A CRIME AND ACT ACCORDINGLY, SAYS ACAT.
BECAUSE TORTURE IS NOT A FATE, BUT A CRIME. ON THE OCCASION OF ACAT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, MOVING IMAGES ARE BEING USED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE. ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES AND MOVEMENTS DEPICT THE BODY AS A CONTEMPORARY WITNESS WHO REMEMBERS THE SCENES OF TORTURE WITH THE HELP OF FLASHBACKS. VICTIMS, SOME OF THEM ANONYMOUS, MAKE THE SUBJECT OF TORTURE REAL.