Phases of Matter (film)

Phases of Matter (Turkish: Maddenin Halleri) is a 2020 documentary directed by Deniz Tortum about the Cerrahpaşa Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2020,^[1] and won the Best Documentary Award in Both Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and Istanbul International Film Festival.^[2][3]

Phases of Matter
Directed by	Deniz Tortum
Produced by	Ana Maria Aslanoğlu Öykü Canlı Aslı Erdem
Cinematography	Deniz Tortum
Edited by	Sercan Sezgin
Music by	Alican Çamcı
Running time	71 minutes
Country	Turkey

Plot

Phases of Matter follows the day-to-day lives of various workers, such as surgeons, trainees, nurses, and imams at Istanbul's Cerrahpaşa Hospital.

Awards and nominations

Festival	Year	Category	Results
International Film Festival Rotterdam	2020	Bright Futures	Nomination
57. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival	2020	Best Documentary	Won
Istanbul International Film Festival	2020	Best Documentary	Won
Accessible Film Festival	2020	Best Film	Won

Reception

On the film aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100%.^[4]

Peter Keough of Boston Globe wrote "Had Frederick Wiseman’s ‘Hospital’ wandered into Lars von Trier's ‘The Kingdom’ the unlikely result might have resembled Deniz Tortum's haunting and hypnotic Phases of Matter,"^[5] while in his critique on Reverse Shot, James Wham wrote "We feel the hospital’s heartbeat; we hear this organism breathe."^[6]