Tie Me (k)Not
Sõl(m)itte
CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY
Producers (EST): Umut Vedat & Triin Hook
Co-Production: TBA
Director: Umut Vedat
Editor: Eytan Ipeker
Composer: Andrea Sordano
Production Status: in-Development, est. release 2028
Length: 85 mins
Industry Participations:
>Esodoc European Social Documentary Development Program
Logline: Caught between ropes, fear, and inherited silence, filmmaker steps into the ritual world of Shibari—ancient Japanese rope practice reimagined in contemporary West as a language of trust, surrender, and emotional release. As the filmmaker moves from hesitant observer to vulnerable participant, the film unravels personal and political knots of body, trauma, and care across cultures and generations.
About the documentary
Tie Me (k)Not is a creative documentary that blends cinéma vérité with symbolic imagery and poetic design. At its core, the film is less about ropes than about what they reveal—offering an intimate exploration of masculinity, fear, and the search for release. Through encounters with diverse characters across different countries, and beyond, filmmaker turns the camera on not only others but also himself, weaving personal memory with collective experience into a cinematic meditation on care and surrender.
"I have always been drawn to the spaces where the personal and the political collide. Tie Me (k)Not is my most vulnerable work yet—turning the camera on my own body and fears. For me, the rope is both metaphor and method: tying past to present, shame to release, trauma to care. This film asks whether true strength lies in control—or in the courage to let go."