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LEYLA  MANDEL 

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DAY OF WRATH - DEN HNEVU
(in festival)

7:43 min, 2024

Created in collaboration with CET FAMU film program in Prague.

A young girl expresses herself through the imagery in her home.


written & edited & concept: Leyla Mandel
written & directed: Melissa Romberg
directed: Thomas Grahling
dp: Stephen Cullina

shot with ARRI 35 mm film camera

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BALIK (first look)

5:11 min, 2022

First look at a short experimental documentary that explores life in the small fishing town of Urla, Turkey.

written & directed & edited: Leyla Mandel
shot with c100
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ISOLATION

6:21 min, 2022

The lonely experience of the COVID-19 pandemic shown through the perspective of a little girl.

written & directed & edited: Leyla Mandel
shot with Bolex 16mm film camera

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WHICH SIDE

ARE YOU ON?

PART 1
 

2:11 min, 2020

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A call for action for the environment from the perspective of a teenager. This film follows a Sunrise Movement High School Training Summit in Washington D.C. in 2019

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directed & edited: Leyla Mandel

camera: Leyla Mandel & Maud Neeley

shot with 4K Blackmagic & iPhone camera

song: Pete Seger & Sunrise Movement

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WHICH SIDE

ARE YOU ON?

PART 2

5:02 min, 2020

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Interview with three Watertown High School activists regarding their work in the youth movement towards a cleaner future. 

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interviewees: Alex Theune, Lana Taffel & May Cort

directed & edited: Leyla Mandel

camera: Leyla Mandel 

shot with 4K Blackmagic camera

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WHICH SIDE

ARE YOU ON?

PART 3

5:04 min, 2021

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Conversation with a first grader on what climate change is and why it's happening.

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interviewee: Ophelia B.

directed & edited: Leyla Mandel

camera: Leyla Mandel 

shot with 4K Blackmagic camera

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THE HAVEN PROJECT
27 min, 2020

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A dedicated high school student struggles to earn her place in a seemingly perfect society.

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written & directed: Erika Jolie

edited: Leyla Mandel

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Won a special mention at the Accolade Global Film Competition 2020.

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DIVEST TUFTS

3:02 min, 2021

Using google maps to create a visual connection between the Tufts campus and my family home in Turkey.

written & directed & edited: Leyla Mandel

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LEVANTINE COOKING
46:12 min, 2019-2020

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Recipes and family stories by members of my family told in French, Turkish and English. Edited within, videos of summer life with the family and the Turkish landscape.

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camera & edit: Leyla Mandel

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GREY TO BLUE
13:40 min, 2018

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A young woman's journey of finding a sustainable energy source through a small wind turbine, transforms her community.

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written & directed & edited: Leyla Mandel

This film was submitted to the UN Sustainable Development Goals film competition.

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EARTH DAY LETTER TO GOVERNOR BAKER
4:47 min, 2020

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On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Watertown Sunrise put together a collaborative video explaining their goals in regards to the climate crisis, as well as asking Governor Baker to agree to a Massachusetts Green New Deal.

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written & directed: WHS Strike Circle Recruitment Team

produced & edited: Leyla Mandel & Michael MacNeill

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Contribution by 40 members of the WHS Sunrise hub, this video was produced while in quarantine during the pandemic. Each contributor filmed themselves in their domestic setting and uploaded the clip for editing.

Article in Raider Times about WHS Sunrise Strike Circle, April 20, 2020

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"WHS Strike Circle has big plans for Earth Day"

by Iona Fleming

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SUNRISE WATERTOWN IS WIDE AWAKE
58 sec, 2020

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Sunrise teens lead a strike through Watertown, MA, calling for climate action, and for town residents to wake up to the climate crisis and approaching election.

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directed & edited: Leyla Mandel

camera: Leyla Mandel & Maud Neeley

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THE GINGER EMPIRE

1:52 min, 2018

 

Lana, a high school student, embarks on her election

campaign, calling all to join her red-headed cult.

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written by: Emily Azevedo, Ryan Leonard, Leyla Mandel, Lana Taffel

directed & edited by: Leyla Mandel

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