The Wasted Effort (2019)
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General Information
Completed On: 07 Nov, 2019
Duration: 5 min 5 sec
Genres: Documentary, Experimental, Fiction, Short, St...
Language: English, Turkish,
Country: Turkey
Submitted By: Muhammed Bozbey
Festival Rating
Attila lives alone in a small town and finds a lira while walking on the road. Attila then uses a lira to buy a loaf of bread from the oven and returns to his home. At his house, he starts to prepare lunch. He sits down with the lunch he made and the bread he got from the bakery.
After eating half of the bread, he decides to rest a little. Half of the bread on the table is stale after a day. When Attila sees the bread stale on the table, he throws it in the trash. After he throws the bread in that trash, time flows backward. All details are shown, from making bread in the oven to planting wheat in the ground. The farmer spreads wheat on the ground. And then a few wheat grains fall on the side of the road. At another time, one lira falls on the roadside wheat grains.
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DirectorsMuhammed Bozbey
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ProducersMuhammed Bozbey
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ProducersHaricAdam Film
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WritersMuhammed Bozbey
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Film TypeDocumentary, Experimental, Fiction, Short, Student
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GenresDrama, Experimental, Documentary, Fiction, Feature, Short
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Runtime5 minutes 5 seconds
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Completion Date07 Nov, 2019
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Production Budget7000 USD
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Country of OriginTurkey
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Country of FilmingTurkey
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Film LanguageEnglish, Turkish,
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Shooting FormatHD
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Aspect Ratio21:9
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectYes
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First-time FilmmakerYes
International Film Festival di Rivoli
Italy
Torino
11/27/2020
Torino Theater
Official Selection
Lisbon Film Rendezvous
Portugal
Lisbon
11/01/2020
LACS - Conde de Óbidos
Finalist
VIVA Film Festival
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
09/19/2020
Centar za kulturu i mlade
Finalist
Barnes Film Festival
United Kingdom
London
06/19/2020
Olympic Studios
Finalist
Fist Up Film Festival
United States
Oakland, California
05/23/2020
Eastside Arts Alliance
Official Selection
Reel Work Labor Film Festival
United States
Santa Cruz, California
05/01/2020
Del Mar Theatre
Official Selection
F5 FPP Financial Focus Film Festival
United States
Sanford, Florida
04/15/2020
Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate
Finalist
International Nature Film Festival Gödöllö
Hungary
Budapest
04/15/2020
Gödöllö Királyi Kastély
Official Selection
BLUE2BLUE Drone Film Festival
Australia
New South Wales, Sydney
04/03/2020
Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
Finalist
International Environmental Short Film Festival
Turkey
Istanbul
04/01/2020
BASAD
Finalist
Realtime International Film Festival
United States
Ikeja, Lagos
04/01/2020
RTF Complex
Finalist
West Chester International Film Festival
United States
West Chester, Philadelphia
03/15/2020
Knauer Performing Arts Center
Official Selection
Chennai International Short Film Festival
India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
02/15/2020
Seethammal Extension Teynampet
Official Selection
Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival
United States
Philadelphia
02/08/2020
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Official Selection
The BeBop Channel Content Festival
United States
New York
01/23/2020
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Art Center
Official Selection
KRAF International Short Film Festival
Croatia
Rijeka
12/11/2019
Art-kino Croatia
Award Winner
AltFF Alternative Film Festival
Canada
Toronto, Ontario
12/09/2019
Richmond Theatre
Finalist
The Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
United Kingdom
London
12/02/2019
Pinewood Studios
Official Selection
The Lift-Off Global Network Sessions
United Kingdom
London
11/26/2019
Pinewood Studios
Official Selection
Director's Biography
He was born in Turkey in 1988. He completed elementary, middle, and high school in Istanbul. Throughout his education, he carried out many artistic activities in school and other social areas. In 2009 he was accepted into the Istanbul Halic University Conservatory. He graduated from the same school in 2013. He studied music, acting and film directing.
He went to Los Angeles to learn better methods in the film industry. He was part of the team that organized the 1st Hollywood Turkish Film Festival in Los Angeles in the fall of 2017. In 2018, he worked as an assistant director for music videos, live broadcasts, and TV programs in Los Angeles. He returned to Turkey after completing his education in America.
He is the founder of "Haric Adam Film" in Turkey. His first short film, "The Wasted Effort," written and directed. This short film created worldwide awareness. "The Wasted Effort" met with the audience at many festivals around the world. This movie is the beginning of a long career for projects that benefit humanity.
His other short films, "The Secret in the Purgatory" and "The 100+1 in the Quarantine," written and directed.
Director's Statement
This short film tells you everything that you need to know before you deiced to throw away any amount of food or clothing. Sometimes it can be bought for large or small fees, or even at no cost. A loaf of bread goes through an incredible process to come to your table. In the process of making bread, many people, including farmers and bakers, put a lot of effort. Therefore, nobody in the world should cause effort and food waste. Sharing with living else in need is the best behavior that suits a person.
As I have always said, The food might not have cost you much, but it took a lot of effort and sacrifice to get to your plate. Every piece of food thrown away adds to another man's hunger and wastes another person's labor.