Untitled - Gezici Festival

96 Pages·2016·7.35 MB·English

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dust cloth toz bezi
turkey, germany 2015, 98’, colour
director Ahu Öztürk
script Ahu Öztürk
cinematography Meryem Yavuz
editing Ali Aga
cast Asiye Dinçsoy, Nazan Kesal, Mehmet Özgür,
Didem İnselel, Serra Yılmaz
production-distribution Ret Film, (Çiğdem
Mater), Roni Film (Nesra Gürbüz)
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Nesrin and Hatun are both cleaning women living Ahu Öztürk (Istanbul,
in Istanbul. Life is an endless round of shuttling 1976) studied phi-
between their shantytown homes and the classy losophy and cinema.
neighbourhoods of their employers. They live in the In 2004, she directed
same apartment building and there is a hierarchy to her first documentary,
their friendship: Hatun is like the older sister. While Chest. In 2010, she con-
Nesrin struggles to survive with her young daughter tributed her short, Open Wound, to the omnibus
in the big city and to understand why her husband film, Tales from Kars. Open Wound was shown at
left her, Hatun dreams in vain of buying a house in many international film festivals including Rotter-
the districts where she goes to work. dam, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Sarajevo, and Beirut. Dust
Cloth, her first feature film project, was selected to
take part at the Istanbul Film Festival’s Meetings
on the Bridge where it won the CNC award. Dust
Cloth was also awarded the EAVE Scholarship at the
CineLink Co-production Market and Turkish Ministry
of Culture production support in 2012.
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blue bicycle mavi bisiklet
turkey, germany 2016, 96’, colour
director Ümit Köreken
script Ümit Köreken, Nursen Çetin Köreken
cinematography Niklas Lindschau
editing Ali Aga
cast Selim Kaya, Eray Kılıçarslan, Katya
Shenkova, Fatih Koca, Turan Özdemir
production-distribution Drama Film Production,
Papermoon Films GmbH, Ümit Köreken
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Ali lives with his mother, Halime and his sister, Inci. Ümit Köreken (Akşehir,
He lost his father, a laborer, two years earlier in a 1978) graduated from
suspicious train accident. When he isn’t at school, the Business Manage-
Ali works at a tire repair shop on the motorway. ment Faculty of Anadolu
Fahri owns almost all the land in the town. Like University. He has been
everyone else in the town, Ali’s father also worked writing radio plays, short
for Fahri before he died. Two weeks into the school plays, stage plays, short stories, memoirs/stories
term, Fahri’s grandson, Emre, is enrolled at the and film scripts since 2001. His plays and stories
school. Thereupon, the newly appointed school have been published in various print and online
principal relieves Elif, Ali’s platonic love for the last magazines. He attended a digital filmmaking course
five years, of her elected duties as class president in 2011. Blue Bicycle is his debut feature.
and replaces her with Emre.
filmography
Ali sees this as an unacceptable injustice. He de- 2011 Çizgi The Line (short)
cides to launch a campaign to reinstate Elif and is
prepared to spend all the money he has saved for his
coveted blue bicycle on the cause.
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rauf
turkey 2016, 94’, colour
director Barış Kaya, Soner Caner
script Soner Caner
cinematography Vedat Özdemir
editing Ali Emre Uzsuz, Ahmet Boyacıoğlu
music Ayşe Önder, Ümit Önder, Kemal Sahir Gürel
cast Alen Hüseyin Gürsoy, Yavuz Gürbüz, Şeyda
Sözüer, Veli Ubiç, Muhammed Ubiç
production-distribution Peri Istanbul (Burak Ozan)
Aslan Film (Selman Kızılaslan, Uğur Kızılaslan)
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Rauf is the story of nine-year-old Rauf, who lives Barış Kaya graduated
in a rural village under the shadow of an invisible from the Cinema & TV
endless, war. Rauf embarks on a journey to find the Department of Eskişehir
color pink for the girl he has fallen in love with - who University. He has di-
happens to be the 20-year-old daughter of the car- rected numerous award-
penter he works for as an apprentice. For Rauf, pink winning commercials.
is the color of the love of his dreams, of the courage He worked as second unit director on the feature,
to hope, of the peace he has never seen. The quest Breath, directed by Levent Semerci. He founded the
for pink begins with his wish to make her smile. But production company, Peri Istanbul, in 2013.
his experiences in a grey world will teach him les-
sons in black and white. Soner Caner trained in plastics engineering tech-
nologies. In 2001 he began working in set design
and implementation, art direction and plastic make-
up for the cinema and advertising industries. In
2003, he undertook the make-up for Sultans of the
Dance, one of Turkey’s top dance events. He earned
art director credits on a number of feature films, in-
cluding Çağan Irmak’s Messenger, Levent Semerci’s
Breath and Ayhan Hanım, and Sinan Çetin’s Children
of Gallipoli, but also on several TV series. He won
Best Art Director Award at the Adana Golden Boll
Film Festival for Breath. Rauf is Caner and Kaya’s
debut feature.
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young wrestlers genç pehlivanlar
turkey, netherlands 2016, 90’, colour
director Mete Gümürhan
script Mete Gümürhan
cinematography André Jäger
editing Ali Aga
cast Muhammed Ceylan, Harun Kılıç, Beytullah
Onur, Halis Baran Kendirlioğlu, Ümit Yılmaz
production-distribution Kaliber Film/Filmaltı,
Mete Gümürhan
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The struggles and triumphs of 26 youngsters between Mete Gümürhan (1975)
the ages of 10 and 18 at Amasya Wrestling Centre graduated in 2009
Boarding school, who dream to be (Olympic, oil & folk) from Willem de Koon-
wrestling champions, as they face the usual challenges ing Academy Rotterdam
of adolescence in a male dominated environment and Audio-Visual Design &
contradictory contemporary Turkey. Art Department as a
filmmaker. He is for several years based between
They will start their new training period and educa- Rotterdam and Istanbul. He has co-produced sev-
tional year in September. Some will be away from their eral award-winning shorts and feature films, such as
families for the first time and try to adapt to this new Aslı Özge’s Men on the Bridge (premiere Locarno),
life. They will build themselves a new life and a new Adrian Sitaru’s The Cage (premiere Berlinale) and
family. Their biggest supporters will be and are their Willem Baptist’s I’m Never Afraid! (premiere IDFA).
teachers, coaches and boarding school principal. Most recently he coproduced Aslı Özge’s second
feature film Lifelong (premiere Berlinale). Young
The film will focus on the friendship, triumphs and Wrestlers will mark his directorial debut and he is
struggles of six 12-year olds. We see the children in currently working on his fiction film-project MNK
their daily routine at academy, at school, at wrestling Boy supported by Turkish Ministry of Culture. He is
practice and on wrestling fields. Beside success in an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents, IDFAcademy,
wrestling, they also have to succeed in their educa- CineMart’s Rotterdam Lab and EAVE.
tional lessons. Students, who cannot accomplish both,
unfortunately will have to leave the boarding school
and go back to their villages. The rivalry and hardships
of the children will be unveiled, in a richly textured
film spiced with humour, pathos, frustration, resent-
ment and love, and explores the myths and realities of
(blood) brotherly relationship and bond.
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61! iftarlık gazoz
turkey 2016, 109’, colour
director Yüksel Aksu
script Yüksel Aksu
cinematography Mirsad Herovic
editing Taner Sarf
music Evanthia Reboutsika
cast Cem Yılmaz, Berat Efe Parlar, Okan Avcı
production-distribution NuLook (Muzaffer Yıl-
dırım), EDGE CCF (Elif Dağdeviren), Teke Film
(Yüksel Aksu)
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The 1980s: Adem semiconsciously rants, ‘Soda, Yüksel Aksu (Muğla,
soda...’ at a prison. 1966) graduated from
the Dokuz Eylül Univer-
The 1970s: Adem is a diligent boy living with his sity Department of Film
family in one of those Aegean villages blessed with and Television, where he
peace and tranquility. He quarrels with his parents also completed a Mas-
about working as an apprentice to soda seller Cibar ter’s degree. He has worked as an assistant to many
Kemal, and he wins. prominent directors and directed several popular
TV series and films. He made his first feature, Ice
Just before Ramadan the local imam gives a ser- Cream, I Scream, in 2006. The film was chosen as
mon on fasting, which makes a deep impression Turkey’s official submission to the Academy Awards
on Adem. Besides, Berna, his childhood crush, will for Best Foreign Language Film.
also be fasting. But his parents, his boss Cibar Kemal
and his role model, the “leftist” Hasan, are openly filmography
against him fasting because he is so young. None- 2006 Dondurmam Gaymak Ice Cream, I Scream
theless, Adem secretly makes a vow to go ahead, no 2010 Sarıkeçililer Last Nomads in Anatolia: Sarike-
matter how tough it is to fast under the scorching cililer (documentary)
Aegean sun while trying to sell soda. Especially after 2011 Entelköy Efeköy’e Karşı Entelköy vs. Efeköy
learning that to break the fast intentionally would
require an additional 61 days of fasting as penance!
Thirst and hunger wear Adem down and the day be-
comes a real challenge. How will the ordeal end for
Adem and his boss, Cibar Kemal? And why is he still
thinking about soda at a prison 10 years later?
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a unique life nadide hayat
turkey 2015, 114’, colour
director Çağan Irmak
script Ali Demirel, Çağan Irmak, Emre Özdür,
Volkan Sümbül
cinematography Barış Özbiçer
editing Oğuz Çelik
music Evanthia Remboutsika
cast Demet Akbağ, Yetkin Dikinciler, Sevil Akı,
Batuhan Begimgil, Çisem Çancı, Efecan Şenolsun
production-distribution Taff Pictures, Dilara Okan
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Nadide chose marriage over college and a career, Çağan Irmak (Izmir,
and now she’s 50. After losing her husband, she 1970) is a writer and
finds herself struggling between her daughter and director for film and
grandchild, who visit once a week, and her son, who television. He graduated
just started his career and barely comes home. from the Radio and TV
Department of Ege Uni-
Happiness seems to elude her. She can’t find it in versity. He made his debut feature, Wish Me Luck,
sewing classes recommended for the elderly, nor in in 2001. His films and TV series have attracted large
choirs, travels, or even house visits. viewing audiences in Turkey, as well as winning him
multiple awards.
One day, she reads an article in the newspaper. Soon
after, Nadide finds herself first in college, then on a filmography
journey that throws her in at the deep end! She sets 1998 Bana ‘Old and Wise’ı Çal Play Me ‘Old and
sail for “a new start” along with a group of young Wise’ (short)
and mysterious captains. 2001 Bana Şans Dile Wish Me Luck
2004 Mustafa Hakkında Herşey All About Mustafa
2005 Babam ve Oğlum My Father and My Son
2007 Ulak The Messenger
2008 Issız Adam Alone
2009 Karanlıktakiler In Darkness
2010 Prensesin Uykusu Sleeping Princess
2011 Dedemin İnsanları My Grandfather’s People
2013 Tamam mıyız? Are We Ok?
2014 Unutursam Fısılda Whisper If I Forget
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the apprentice çırak
turkey 2015, 85’, colour

directorEmre Konuk

scriptEmre Konuk
cinematography Gürol Beşer
editing Emre Konuk
music Misc
cast Hakan Atalay, Çiğdem Selışık Onat, Tuğrul
Çetiner, Levent Öktem
production-distribution Erbay Medya, Musab Oğuz
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Alim has been working as a tailor’s apprentice to Emre Konuk gradu-
his master, Yakub, for 15 years. His life seems to be ated in 2009 from the
a ceaseless round of toing and froing between the Beykent University De-
atelier and his home. This is partly explained by his partment of Cinema &
obsession with necrophobia, as a result of which he TV. He has produced
hates to break out of his utterly monotonous and several award-winning
predictable routine. Every morning and evening he short films. He started his film career as a director
follows the same rituals. In the morning, he starts of photography and shot four award-winning mov-
the day by opening the store, watches TV or takes ies. In order to shoot the movie, Road To Aleppo, in
a nap until his master turns up. In the evening, he Syria in 2012, he entered Syria illegally and lived
drives home in the car of coffee shop owner Kemal, there for 50 days.
who lives in the same district.
filmography
One day, he learns from the TV news that LPG tanks 2009 Beklemek Waiting (short)
in cars might explode. After that, every time he 2011 Yeşilçam’ın İğnesi The Needle of Yeşilçam (short)
takes a cab, he checks the trunk to see if it contains
an LPG tank. And every time he opens the trunk of awards Best First Feature, Best Supporting Actress
a cab, an LPG tank comes back to haunt him. This is Antalya
why he decides to move to a closer neighborhood,
but the small change will be a milestone for him.
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