London CLT
AT, 2020, 9’
Language: English
D: Yilmaz Vurucu
London CLT is London’s first Community Land Trust established in the former psychiatric hospital of St Clements, in the Mile End area. The CLT provides affordable housing, allowing long-term residents who would be priced out to stay in the area, countering the tendencies of displacement and housing unaffordability.
Sargfabrik
AT, 2020, 9’
Language: English
D: Yilmaz Vurucu
Sargfabrik, a transformed former coffin factory has been one of the most important adaptive reuse projects with an innovative housing aim. It’s a combined co-housing and social housing project, which was realized following a strong citizen-led campaign with the support of the Viennese municipality.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Yilmaz Vurucu (1975, London, Canada) is a Vienna-based director. He attended Temple University’s film program in Philadelphia. His professional career as a director started with promos and spots in Canadian TV, while simultaneously directing music videos. Following an offer from a Turkish TV station, he moved to Istanbul, where he became responsible for the station’s branding and on-air style. Since moving to Vienna, he has been producing shorts and documentaries that reflect his multilayered identities, a struggle of constant adaption to the demands of different societies. Developing and shooting his own independent projects as a self-financed producer has endowed him with the ability to take on and execute multiple roles: from writer and producer to videographer, editor & director.
His other film in a previous festival edition is The Sea in Me.