FADE IN:
EXT. KABATAŞ ERKEK LİSESİ — ISTANBUL — DAY (2008)
A teenager with a camera and too many questions about people. Five years of Bosphorus views pass in a montage.
INT. KOÇ UNIVERSITY — LECTURE HALL — 2013
He studies Psychology — why people do what they do — and doubles up with Media and Visual Arts, how to show it.
EXT. HONG KONG — NEON STREET — NIGHT (2017)
An exchange term at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. New cities, new approaches to psychology and media.
INT. THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK — 2019
A Fulbright scholar now. MFA in Film. A BAFTA New York fellowship. Projects written, directed and produced across several states.
PROFESSOR (O.S.)
The Chantal Akerman Student Prize goes to… Pasaj.
CUT TO:
EXT. ISTANBUL — ROOFTOP — GOLDEN HOUR (2021)
He comes home and co-founds the commercial agency Flek* and the entertainment network Garaj Content. A talk show is born. It does not stay small.
BURAK (V.O.)
(to camera)
Practicing both film and commercial, I seek to tell stories.
INT. SET — PRESENT DAY
Freelance director. Writing the next one. The slate is up. Everyone's waiting for one word.
SMASH CUT TO: CONTACT.