Elif and her sisters, Funda and Aysun, miraculously survived a bus accident which killed their parents. Buckling under the strain of childhood trauma, Elif abandoned her siblings when they developed schizophrenia. After years of separation, their reunion is both poignant and troubling.

Fractured lives intersect against a background of unspoken histories in Yasemin Alkaya’s unflinching film. Capturing a resilience that endures despite societal neglect and generational trauma, Sidewalk Sisters shows how memory and reality can collide, exposing wounds only solidarity can heal.