Even though ‘life fits in a house’, dreams don’t. They draw power from our recent past and worries, reaching beyond the limits of “reality”. The Balcony and Our Dreams offers a selection of dreams that are dreamt during the corona virus outbreak. The longings, worries and desires that have been quarantined in the depths of mind come to the surface and interfuse with sounds, music, applauses and protests from the streets. Dreams permeate reality, and reality pervade dreams. Dreams that are reported and researched during the pandemic reveal common patterns of anxiety and hope from various parts of the world. Yet, dreams also reveal cultural codes that are specific to one geography. Hence, while dreams’ surrealist imagery has a universal aspect, they are also highly specific to the context/region, reflecting past and present political and cultural issues, desires and traumas. Alongside the dreams, the images reflect the life in a central neighborhood in Izmir during partial lockdown, including the new forms of interaction between the neighbors through movement and sound, the various functions of balconies, the emergence of masks as one of the common everyday items, new street vendors such as bread and newspaper sellers, daily applause actions, 1st of May demonstrations and the usual systemic police violence. The Balcony and our Dreams brings together the dreams I collected during the pandemic in Turkey, juxtaposed with the footage I shot from the balcony of the house in Izmir, where I spent several months under partial lockdown. Being a filmmaker in isolation forced me to search for ways to communicate when the channels of communication were lessened and to move when movement is restricted. These restrictions lead to different and creative ways to explore where else movement and communication can be experienced. One of the answers to this question for many people in this period has been: dreams. Informal and formal sources showed that there was an increase in the vivid dreams people had during the pandemic, most likely related to confinement, lack of stimuli and need for interaction. I first started to record my own dreams. Then, I started asking friends; friends asked their friends. My collection of dreams started to grow.