Öte

Malik Isasis is an American director, screenwriter, and producer known for his socially realistic works. He became known to a wider audience in 2023 as co-director of the film ÖTE, together with Esra Saydam. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and uses poetic imagery to tell the story of a black woman's solo journey through Turkey with a minimalist structure and quiet emotionality.

ÖTE (2023, directed by Malik Isasis and Esra Saydam) is a cinematic love letter to solo travel that departs from classic narrative styles to show the spirit of intercontinental travel and personal transformation in haunting images.

Malik Isasis' other works include independent short and feature film projects such as Bitter Sugar (2021, producer), New York Decalogue (2011, producer), and Lena's Complicated Machine (2015, producer), which are listed in his filmography.

Malik Isasis

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Öte