Abdullah Harun ILHAN

Talent First Feature Lab 2025-2026

But I Didn’t Mean to Forget You / Seni Ben Unutmak İstemedim ki

Director: Abdullah Harun ILHAN

LINZ ISFF Pitch Session 2025-26

90′ Fiction
Genre: Mystery, Spiritual Sci-Fi, Psychological Thriller
Country of Production: Türkiye, Austria
Producer: Zeynep Dilan Süren

Looking for: Co-producer, Fund, Distributor, Agent


Logline:
A professor keeps communicating with his deceased father in his dreams. As the health condition of the father gets worse in the dream dimension, the professor struggles to bring divers reality perceptions he experiences.

Abdullah Harun İlhan is a film director and photographer from Türkiye. He began making films at age eleven and has since screened award-winning shorts and documentaries at hundreds of festivals worldwide. Ilhan graduated from various universities and film schools in Türkiye, the USA, the UK, Qatar, and South Korea, earning two master’s degrees in film directing and production. He has contributed to film and photography projects in more than 75 countries. Currently developing his debut feature, he continues to explore stories through audiovisual arts, guided by a deep interest in philosophy, memory, and human resilience.