Hello My Dear(2021)

Hello My Dear Synopsis

The documentary is titled after Arkadaş Z. Özger’s poem “Hello My Dear” which had caused much controversy in the period it was first published. Considered to be in defiance of heteronormativity, the said poem includes references to the poet’s personality, his family, his relationship to the society, and his “unexpected” death, which came three years after its publication. Today, 50 years after it was written, the documentary follows these same lines in the poem utilising cinematic elements. The documentary also rediscovers the poetics; reaches out to the family, the comrades, the friendships, departing from the official historical accounts, cognizant of his experience of otherness, in pursuit of the “lost” portrait of Arkadaş Z. Özger.

Hello My Dear (2021) is a documentary film directed by Ulaş Tosun, released on May 1, 2021 with a runtime of 58m. It stars Arkadaş Z. Özger, Ahmed Saka, Ahmet İnam and Akın Evren. Viewers rate it 7.5 out of 10 across 2 ratings.