Distant Constellation

Distant Constellation is a 2017 Turkish documentary film directed by Shevaun Mizrahi. Produced by Deniz Buga and Shelly Grizim, the roughly 80-minute film features dialogue in Turkish, English, Armenian, French, Greek, and Kurdish. A quietly observed meditation on age and memory, it drew wide attention during its international festival run.

The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics Award at Viennale, the best film prize at the 2018 Jeonju International Film Festival, a special jury mention at Locarno, and the New Waves non-fiction award at the Seville Film Festival. It also earned best film honors at DokuFest and best documentary awards at the Tacoma and Yerevan Golden Apricot festivals. Nominated for a 2018 Independent Spirit Award, it appeared on Film Comment's list of the best undistributed films of 2017 and was chosen as film of the month by Sight & Sound. The Hollywood Reporter praised it as a "quiet gem."