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11 Feb 2019 Time: 22:00 Venue: Berlinale Palast (Gala)12 Feb 2019 Time: 12:30 Venue: Zoo Palast 1 (Additional Screenings)12 Feb 2019 Time: 15:15 Venue: Friedrichstadt-Palast12 Feb 2019 Time: 19:00 Venue: Haus der Berliner Festspiele17 Feb 2019 Time: 19:00 Venue: Friedrichstadt-Palast
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Three sisters Reyhan, Nurhan and Havva are reunited in the remote mountain village where they grew up with their father, after having lived as ‘besleme’ (foster child and maid) with their foster parents in the city. All three desire to return to the city as soon as possible, whether this might be achieved depends on their tactics of sol-idarity, competition, and on the decisions of the men around them including their father, their foster-father, and Reyhan’s husband.
Director: Emin Alper Producer: Nadir Öperli, Muzaffer
Yıldırım Script: Emin Alper DoP: Emre Erkmen Editing: Çiçek Kahraman Music: Giorgos Papaioannou, Nikos
Papaioannou Cast: Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin
Kandemir, Kayhan Açıkgöz, Müfit Kayacan, Kubilay
Tuncer
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS KIZ KARDEŞLER
Turkey, Germany, The Netherlands, Greece, 2019,107’ Colour
Emin Alper was born in 1974 in Ermenek, Karaman.
Trained in economics and history at Bogazici Universi-
ty-Istanbul, Alper holds a PhD in Turkish Modern History.
His first feature, BEYOND THE HILL (2012), received
numerous awards including the Caligari Film Prize at
Berlinale Forum and Best Film at Asia Pacific Awards.
His second feature FRENZY (2015) premiered at 72nd
Venice Film Festival’s in Official Selection’s competition
and received Jury Special Prize. Aside from his filmmak-
ing career, Emin Alper teaches modern history in the
Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Istanbul
Technical University.
Filmography
Frenzy, Abluka, 2015
Beyond The Hill, Tepenin Ardı, 2012
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Belonging, makes a topographic observa-tion 15 years later by following the loca-tions of a criminal case, accompanied by statements given by the suspects at the police station. Then, it shows the night that the murderer couple met.
Burak Çevik received his BA in Film & TV at the Istanbul
Bilgi University. His debut feature film ‘The Pillar of Salt’
premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2018 His second
feature film ‘Belonging’ premiered at the Berlinale Forum
in 2019
Filmography
Belonging, Aidiyet, 2019
The Pillar of Salt, Tuzdan Kaide, 2018
9 Feb 2019 Time: 20:00 Venue: Arsenal 110 Feb 2019 Time: 09:00 Venue: CinemaxX 1512 Feb 2019 Time: 22:15 Venue: Cubix 914 Feb 2019 Time: 13:45 Venue: CineStar 817 Feb 2019 Time: 22:30 Venue: Arsenal 1
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Director: Burak Çevik Producer: Selman Nacar, Burak
Çevik Script: Burak Çevik DoP: Barış Aygen Editing: Burak Çevik, Ali Aga Music: Mine Pakel Cast: Eylül Su
Kapan, Çağlar Yalçınkaya
Turkey, Canada, France, 2019, 72’ Colour
BELONGINGAİDİYET
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Ömür Atay began his cinema education at the Faculty
of Fine Arts of 9 Eylül University and completed it at the
Film Direction Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of
Marmara University in Istanbul. He directed several short
films while still a student at film school. “Necropolis”, a
film he directed in 1998, won the first prize at Ifsak Short
Film Competition. His short films have been screened
at numerous national and international film festivals. In
2006, he directed the “Little Red Riding Hood” segment
of “Anlat Istanbul / Istanbul Tales”, a feature-length film
comprised of five intertwined tales.
Filmography
Brothers, Kardeşler, 2018
Istanbul Tales, Anlat İstanbul, 2006
Necropolis, 1998 (short)
Seventeen-year-old Yusuf comes home after spending four years at a detention center. His return to the family circle freshly recalls the act that his loved ones, bound by rigid tradition, forced Yusuf to commit. Directed with an assured hand, this intimate debut concerns guilt and punishment and how difficult it is to choose between blood ties and tradition on the one hand, and what is morally right on the other. Contact
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Director: Ömür Atay Producer: Funda Ödemiş
Script: Ömür Atay DoP: A. Emre Tanyıldız Editing: Doruk
Kaya, Amon Guilliard Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Victor
Chouchkov Cast: Yiğit Ege Yazar, Caner Şahin, Gözde
Mutluer, Cem Zeynel Kılıç
Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, 2018, 103’ Colour
BROTHERS KARDEŞLER
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Tolga Karaçelik, Born in Istanbul, 1981. Directed three
feature films and several award winning shorts. His debut
film Toll Booth (2010) screened on festivals worldwide,
winning thirteen awards. His second film Ivy (2015)
premiered in Sundance and was shown at more than
thirty festivals and been awarded more than 20 awards
worldwide.
Filmography
Butterflies, Kelebekler, 2018
Ivy, Sarmaşık, 2014
Toll Booth, Gişe Memuru, 2011
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Cemal, Kenan and Suzan are Mazhar’s children. Now, after being 30 years apart, their father calls them back home to their village. As they start to find out more about their father and about each other, they also start to know more about themselves.
BUTTERFLIESKELEBEKLER
Director: Tolga Karaçelik Producer: Tolga Karaçelik, Diloy
Gülün, Metin Anter Script: Tolga Karaçelik DoP: Andaç
Şahan Editing: Evren Luş Music: Ahmet K. Bilgiç Cast: Tuğçe Altuğ, Tolga Tekin, Bartu Küçükçağlayan
Turkey 2018, 117’ Colour
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Serdar Akar is a Turkish director, producer, writer who
found his passion in all-things cinema. Akar has taken
the writer and director’s chair in some critically acclaimed
films. He created the TV drama “Behzat Ç.”, which
became a cult classic, he’s also directed other critically
dramas on the TV screen.
Filmography
Cicero, Çiçero, 2018
Valley of the Wolves: Homeland, Kurtlar Vadisi: Vatan,
2017
Behzat Ç., 2017
The Wings of the Night, Gecenin Kanatları, 2009
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq, Kurtlar Vadisi Irak, 2006
In Bar, Barda, 2007
Offside, Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar, 2000
On Board, Gemide, 1998
Elyesa Bazna, codename Cicero, one of the most famous spies of the World War II, photographed secret documents from the British Embassy safe and turned the films over to the former German ambassador in Ankara while he was employed as valet to British ambassador.
Director: Serdar Akar Producer: Mustafa Uslu
Script: Gürkan Tanyaş DoP: Peter Strauger
Editing: Mustafa Presheva Music: Onur Özmen
Cast: Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Burcu Biricik, Ertan Saban, Murat
Garipağaoğlu, Tamer Levent
Turkey, 2019, 115’ Colour
CICERO ÇİÇERO
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Murat Şeker, He was born on June 25, 1973 in Istanbul. He graduated from Mimar Sinan University Cinema-Television Department. In 1996, he made his first short film. Later, he made video clip works for Turkish rock and pop music. He began to produce electronic and alternative music reviews in newspapers such as Milliyet, Radikal, Hurriyet Daily News, Max and Roll. He directed Dancing with Jackals film series, Turkish Tiger, Misson: Vacation, Love Eclipse and many more.
FilmographyDancing with Jackals 5, Çakallarla Dans 5, 2018Mission: Vacation, Görevimiz Tatil, 2018 Turkish Tiger, Deliormanlı, 2016My Friend Max, Arkadaşım Max, 2013Life is Good To You, Hayat Sana Güzel, 2013 Love Eclipse,Aşk Tutuması, 2008 On The Beach,Plajda, 2007
Our jackals go on separate ways for the first time in their lives because they were released by the court on the condition that they stay away at least 100 meters from each other. Leyla, a 17 year old young girl who is the fruit of Gökhan’s one night stand from years ago, pops up. As Gökhan tries to get used to this, he gets another shock. Leyla has a rich, snob boy friend named Sinan, who has some bad intentions.
Gökhan has no other choice than make his daughter break up with that boy. Our crew breaks the ban and comes together again to break up Leyla, from her boyfriend Sinan. And so they set sail into a fun, action and laughter laden adventure.
Director: Murat Şeker Producer: Taff Pictures &
Sugarworkz Script: Murat Şeker, Ali Tanrıverdi
DoP: Bülent Özer Editing: Levent Çelebi
Music: Serhat Ersöz Cast: Şevket Çoruh, İlker Ayrık, Timur
Acar, Murat Akkoyunlu, Didem Balçın
Turkey 2018, 105’ Colour
DANCING WITH JACKALS 5ÇAKALLARLA DANS 5
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Osman Kaya was born in 1980. He graduated from Isik
University in 2003. After graduation he started to work
at different TV Serials and Feature Films as Assistant
Director and Second Director. Since 2014, he has been
shooting TV Dramas as Director. He shot his first movie
“Deliler” in 2018.
In the middle of the 15th century... Vlad Tepes, The Eflak Voivode that assigned by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in person, had shown loyality to The Ottomans during the first years of his ruling but afterwards had begun to grind down cruelly to people living under his rules. At the end of his tether, Fatih Sultan Mehmet gave the order to Baba Sultan to put an end to this cruelness. And sent his special troops “Deliler” that built-up with seven heroes which names, Gökkurt Aşkar, Mübariz, Çebi, Suskun, Kongar and Adsız to Targovishte where the cruel Vlad govern
Director: Osman Kaya Producer: Angel Film
Script: Mustafa Burak Doğu, İbrahim Ethem Arslan DoP: Sami Saydan Editing: Mestan Sakallı Music: Levent Güneş
Cast: Erkan Petekkaya, Cem Uçan, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur
Fettahoğlu, İsmail Filiz
Turkey 2018, 119’ Colour
DELİLER
9 Feb 2019 Time: 18:30 Venue: CinemaxX 18
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Deniz is set to marry Nurperi because of his fathers’ pressures. Before the marriage ceremony the couple decides to attend Otilia concert which leads them to Burgaz island in Nurperi’s fancy yacht. While scuba diving Deniz meets Gunes. Thinking Gunes is hearing-impaired, Deniz decides to learn sign language to communicate with her. When the young man starts to communicate through sign language Gunes assumes Deniz is hearing impaired. They are enamoured with each other in short time. In spite of his father, Nurperi and Doruk who is the platonic admirer of Gunes, Deniz decides to follow his heart.
Baris Denge was born in 1975. He graduated from Bilgi
University Department of Motion Pictures and Television.
He got his masters degree from the same university from
the Visual Communication Design. Between 2002 – 2014,
he worked as Director, Editor, Post Production Executive
and an Assistant Director of Sinan Cetin. He now
independently carries on projects as Director.
Director: Barış Denge Producer: Barış Denge Script: Tolga Bozkurt DoP: Feza Çaldıran Editing: Barış Denge
Music: Fırat Yükselir Cast: Şafak Pekdemir, Burak Serdar
Şanal, Melissa Giz Cengiz, Eylül Öztürk, Tolga Bozkurt,
Yener Gürsoy
Turkey, 2018, 87’ Colour
DENIZ AND GUNESDENİZ VE GÜNEŞ
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Kerem, son of an elite Istanbul family and an architect in high demand, is married to Yeşim. Their biggest disappointment is not to be able to have a baby. Kerem realizes Yesim’s hopes are shattered and that she needs moral support. He offers to go to their summer house to take the edge off. They hit the road with Kerem driving. All of a sudden, a child jumps in front of the speeding car. Kerem gets heavily injured. Yeşim and the child die at the scene of the accident. Kerem holds himself responsible for their deaths and can’t overcome feelings of pain and guilt.
Çağan Irmak, born in 1970, studied Radio, TV and Film Studies at Ege University, receiving the Sedat Simavi Award for two short films, Masal (The Tale) and Kurban (The Sacrifice), which he made in the course of his studies. A period of great success followed with popular TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya, and hit films Everything (2004) and My Father and My Son (2005), which according to Rekin Teksoy” successfully exploited the melodramatic idiom and was a huge box-office success,” which, “showed that popular cinema was successful in appealing to wide audiences” as well as receiving six Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards including Best Director.
FilmographyMy Name is Feridun, Benim Adım Feridun, 2016Nadide Hayat, 2015Whisper If I Forget, Unutursam Fısılda, 2014Are We Okay?, Tamam Mıyız?, 2013My Grandfather’s People, Dedemin İnsanları, 2011Sleeping Princess, Prensesin Uykusu, 2010In Darkness, Karanlıktakiler, 2009Alone, Issız Adam, 2008The Messenger, Ulak, 2007My Father and My Son, Babam ve Oğlum, 2005Wish Me Luck, Bana Şans Dile, 2001
Director: Çağan Irmak Producer: Avşar Film
Script: Çağan Irmak DoP: Gökhan Tiryaki
Editing: Alparslan Burak Altıntaş Music: Aria
Cast: Engin Akyürek, Hilal Altınbilek, Şerif Sezer, Birsen
Dürülü
Turkey, 2018, 105’ Colour
ENTRUSTED ÇOCUKLAR SANA EMANET
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Perihan is a coming of age story about a little girl born without a mouth, searching for her lost mother, in a distant post-apocalyptic Turkish town.
ContactMüge Büyüktalaş
Can Evrenol, born in Istanbul in 1982, Can Evrenol later
studied Art History & Film Studies at The University of
Kent at Canterbury.While working as a TVC director in
Istanbul since 2010, Evrenol, independently co-wrote,
directed and co-produced 2 feature films; Baskin (2015)
and Housewife (2017). Both films are heavily influenced
by Italian horror cinema of the 70\’s and early 80\’s,
and share similar dream-like structure and themes of
cult, ritual, family, childhood and parent horror. He also
co-wrote and directed a segment in the upcoming horror
anthology film, A Field Guide To Evil.
Filmography
Field Guide to Evil - segment Al Karısı, 2018
Housewife, 2017
Baskın, 2015
Baskın, 2013 (short)
To My Mother and Father, 2010 (short)
My Grandmother, 2008 (short)
Chest, Sandık, 2007 (short)
Screws,Vidalar, 2006 (short)
Director: Can Evrenol Producer: Müge Büyüktalaş, Mete
Evrenol, Can Evrenol, Caner Özyurtlu, Müge Özen
Script: Can Evrenol DoP: Meryem Yavuz
Editing: Erkan Özekan Music: Deniz Güngören
Turkey, 2018, 114’ Colour
GIRL WITH NO MOUTHPERİHAN
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Umut Aral: Multi-screen storyteller and award-winning
director Umut Aral, directed his first short film called
“Otuzdört / Thirtyfour” in 1999. The film won awards in
national film festivals and screened in numerous interna-
tional film festivals receiving his first global recognition.
Since 2001, has been leading a prolific career directing
over 250 TV commercials.Cenk, a high school graduate, works at a café and plays League of Legends on behalf of other players for money, to support his family. One day, he gets discovered and joins pro-esports team, 5B (The Odd Five). Will Cenk carry his team to victory as a team or fall apart?
Director: Umut Aral Producer: Eludis Script: Emre Sirel
DoP: Sebastian Weber Editing: Özcan Vardar
Music: Tolga Böyük, Yasin Vural Cast: Mert Yazıcıoğlu,
Afra Saraçoğlu, Kerem Bürsin, Yiğit Kirazcı
Turkey 2018, 115’ Colour
GOOD GAME: THE BEGINNING İYİ OYUN
10 Feb 2019 Time: 18:35 Venue: CinemaxX 11
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ContactTele Yapım, Ahmet Edebali
This cartoon adapdation from the novel named “Hay Bin Yakzan” written by İbn-i Tufeyl is telling the story of a child that is stranded on an island.Hay, discoveres that he is diffirent than other animals on the island because of his toughts and love. At the end a stranger comes to the island and they sail to the city.
Haşim Vatandaş: Born in 1952 at Konya.Graduated from
İstanbul Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi Sinema-TV.
Directed Emre, Hay, Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Endülüs(car-
toon), Vakıf Şehir İstanbul(documentary) and between
2005-2008 project desinged and directed “Panaroma
1453 History Museum”.
Director: Haşim Vatandaş Producer: Aliosman
Emirosmanoğlu, Ahmet Edebali Script: Haşim Vatandaş
Music: Mustafa Budan
Turkey, 2018, 79’ Colour
HAY
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ContactBeşiktaş Kültür Merkezi,
Berk Tokay is an actor and director, known for Grafi
2000 (2002) Harbi TV (2009) and Fırıldak Ailesi (2017).
The cartoon series King Shakir comes to the silver screen! A favorite of audiences of all ages, King Shakir is ready to take you to a whole new adventure. When a lab experiment goes wrong, a portal opens between a game on Fil Necati’s phone and real life. Shakir finds himself and his family trapped in the games on Fil Necati’s phone, on a quest to save the world. Shakir and his family must now complete all the games and stop the game before the real world comes to an end. In this adventure, our heroes will face many enemies who will try to stop them, and go through many perilous video games. The fun-filled King Shakir by Grafi2000 and the BKM team will be in theaters on 11 May!
Director: Haluk Can Dizdaroğlu, Berk Tokay
Producer: Necati Akpınar Script: Haluk Can Dizdaroğlu
DoP: Bilal Hamurcular Editing: Varol Yaşaroğlu
Music: Kadir Süzgün Voice: Atilla Şendil, Levent Ünsal,
Mustafa Oral, Didem Atlıhan, Sema Kahriman
Turkey 2018, 90’ Colour
KING ŞAKİR: PLAY TIME KRAL ŞAKİR: OYUN ZAMANI
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Murat Şeker, he was born on June 25, 1973 in Istanbul.
He graduated from Mimar Sinan University Cinema-Tele-
vision Department. In 1996, he made his first short film.
Later, he made video clip works for Turkish rock and pop
music. He began to write electronic and alternative music
reviews in newspapers such as Milliyet, Radikal, Hurriyet
Daily News, Max and Roll. He directed Dancing with
Jackals film series, Turkish Tiger, Misson: Vacation, Love
Eclipse and many more.
Filmography
Dancing with Jackals 5, Çakallarla Dans 5, 2018
Mission: Vacation, Görevimiz Tatil, 2018
Turkish Tiger, Deliormanlı, 2016
My Friend Max, Arkadaşım Max, 2013
Life is Good To You, Hayat Sana Güzel, 2013
Love Eclipse,Aşk Tutuması, 2008
On The Beach,Plajda, 2007
Mutlu family who is a middle class town-dweller in the lap of luxury. The mother of the family, Türkan Mutlu is unhappy because of the disconnection and the absence of communication in her family. As a result of this, family decides to see a therapist. When the family therapist finds out they haven’t been on a holiday for several years, he suggests them to take some time off. A funny and adventurous journey is waiting for our family who is going on a holiday after 9 years.
Director: Murat Şeker Producer: Taff Pictures & Sugar-
workz Script: Murat Şeker, Ali Tanrıverdi
DoP: Bülent Özer Editing: Levent Çelebi
Music: Serhat Ersöz Cast: Demet Akbağ, Zafer Algöz,
Deniz Altan, Ali Keçeli
Turkey 2018, 112’ Colour
MISSION: VACATIONGÖREVİMİZ TATİL
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Mermer Family lives a double life working at their family owned restaurant while being undercover assassins for an international organisation. After their secret is revealed, this dysfunctional family needs to work together to survive.
Ali Atay is a talented filmmaker, actor, musician and writ-
er known for his roles on hit TV shows “Leyla ile Mecnun”
and “Masum”. He also starred in 2017 blockbuster hit
“Ayla: The Daughter of War”, which had 5,5 million viewers
at the box office. Atay has 22 credits (13 TV series and 9
motion pictures) as an actor, 4 soundtrack credits and 2
credits as a writer - director. He is currently in pre-pro-
duction for his 3rd film as a writer/director, produced
by TAFF Pictures. He has a passionate fan base mostly
comprised of young people.
Filmography
You’ve Got Murder, Cinayet Süsü, 2019
Mortal World, Ölümlü Dünya, 2018
Lemonade, Limonata, 2015
Director: Ali Atay Producer: Taff Pictures
Script: Ali Atay, Aziz Kedi, Feyyaz Yiğit, Volkan Sümbül,
Ali Demirel DoP: Ahmet Bayer Editing: Çiçek Kahraman
Music: Murat Çekem, Ozan Tügen, Deniz Doğançay Cast: Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Alper Kul, Sarp Apak, İrem Sak,
Doğu Demirkol, Feyyaz Yiğit
Turkey 2018, 107’ Colour
MORTAL WORLD ÖLÜMLÜ DÜNYA
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ContactPapyon Film, Neslihan Bilgin Çelik
Özkan Çelik: He was born in 1981. In 2004 he graduated
from Erciyes Üniversity with a diploma in Cinema-TV. He
is worked as a first assistant director in various Cinema,
TV and Commercial takes. His career as a director began
with feature film Muska in 2014.
The tragicomic story of a man who left his village when he was a teenager because of an unpleasant incident and has sworn to not to go back ever again. One day he had to back to get his father’s bones to fulfill his mother’s last will.
Director: Özkan Çelik Producer: Mustafa Ensari Dal
Script: İsmail Doruk DoP: Serdar Özdemir
Editing: Nilay Atılgan, Özkan Çelik Music: Neşet Ertaş
Cast: Cem Davran, Ömer Aydede, Goncagül Sunar, Tanju
Tuncel, Uğur Çavuşoğlu
Turkey, 2018, 98’ Colour
MY FATHER’S BONESBABAMIN KEMİKLERİ
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A man’s life is transformed by becoming a father; he’s ready to take on the world for his son.
Bora Egemen was graduated from Eskisehir University
Department of Cinema and Television. He is directing
TV and digital commercial films for about 20 years and
has more than 300 commercial films. He gave lectures
for Bahcesehir University Faculty of Communication.
Hadi Be Oğlum is the first feature film of Bora Egemen.
Advertising sector.
Director: Bora Egemen Producer: Koray Şahin,
Fırat Parlak Script: Fırat Parlak DoP: Stefano Morcaldo
Music: Fahir Atakoğlu Cast: Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Sezai Aydın,
Büşra Develi, Feridun Düzağaç, Alihan Türkdemir
Turkey, 2018, 118’ Colour
MY SON HADİ OĞLUM
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A construction company creates a stability report of the houses in the neighborhood and a rumor of evacuation rapidly spreads between the residents.
Kuşçu Baba who is infamous with his confused memory, tries to comfort people by reminding the historical importance of the neighborhood and nobody but Rafadan Tayfa pays attention.
ContactISF STUDIOS, İsmail Fidan
İsmail Fidan has started his career in entertainment
industry as a Technical Director in animations and in
year 2012 he founded ISF STUDIOS to produce his
own projects. In 2014 he starting to produce and direct
Rafadan Tayfa the series which is still the most popular
animation series in Turkey.
Director: İsmail Fidan Producer: İsmail Fidan
Script: Ozan Çivit Editing: Burak Kalaç
Music: İsmail Fidan Voice: Şirin Giobbi, Levent Kol,
Yağmur Sergen, Hakan Coşar, Emine Sergen Kazbek
Turkey 2018, Animation, Colour, 84’
RAFADAN TAYFA: UNDERGROUND ADVENTURERAFADAN TAYFA: DEHLİZ MACERASI
9 Feb 2019 Time: 11:15 Venue: Parliament Studio
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Serkan Acar: he studied Psychology at Istanbul
University. Since 1996, he has been working with
prominent names of cinema world such as Yusuf Kurçenli,
Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Ünal Küpeli, Feyzi Tuna, Kadir Sözen,
Aydın Sayman, Hüseyin Kuzu as director, scriptwriter and
producer. He administrated at Sine-Sen (Union of Cinema
Workers) for a while. He is the producer of Sonbahar
which was awarded the Best Feature Film in the Golden
Boll Film Festival. ‘Love and Revolution’ directed by Acar
has been screened in many National and International
Film Festivals.
Filmography
Rüzgar, 2018
Love and Revolution, Aşk ve Devrim, 2011
‘Rüzgar’ is a story of becoming a family. Rüzgar (10), a member of a purse snatching gang, meets Ece (35), an assistant manager of a diaper manifacturing company, after a long chain of coincidences and their journey on becoming a family evolves. As the relationship of Ece and Alper moves in the direction of marriage, they can’t find themselves tying the knot because Ece resists Alper’s desire to have a child. But Rüzgar changes everything when he becomes a part of their lives. They bring down a street gang, take control of their lives and manage to become a big family.
Director: Serkan Acar Producer: Avşar Film
Script: Volkan Girgin DoP: Ercan Özkan
Editing: Aykut Yıldırım Music: Ruhin İsmayilov
Cast: Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Burcu Biricik, Ertan Saban, Murat
Garipağaoğlu, Tamer Levent
Turkey, 2018, 97’ Colour
RÜZGAR
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Fikirtepe, a district of Istanbul, where urban transformation is sweeping away the poor communities and deserted buildings shelter Syrian refugees. Kamil, a naïve worker, lands a job at a construction site nearby, going against his principles of opposing urban transformation. The former jobholder, a Syrian refugee, starts pressuring him to leave. Oppression and anxiety both in his neighbourhood and at work gradually transform him. His wife faces the consequences.
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Ali Vatansever: born in Istanbul. Studied Industrial Design
and Film. Ali is directing within Terminal Film, a produc-
tion company he co-founded and teaching Film Produc-
tion at Koç University. His debut feature EL YAZISI has
been distributed in theatres in 2012. His second feature
SAF was premiered in Toronto International Film Festival
in 2018. Ali is also an urban activist, working closely with
NGOs on local democracy.
Filmography
Saf, 2019
One Day or Another, El Yazısı, 2012
Marc the Autologiste (medium lenght)
Modern Art, 2006 (short)
Director: Ali Vatansever Producer: Selin Vatansever
Tezcan, Oya Özden, Harry Floeter, Joerg Siepmann,
Anamaria Antoci Script: Ali Vatansever
DoP: Tudor Vladimir Panduru Editing: Evren Luş
Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu Cast: Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Erol
Afşin, Onur Buldu, Ümmü Putgül, Kida Khodr Ramadan
Turkey, Germany, Romania 2019, 102’ Colour
SAF
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Serdar Yıldırım, who served as the captain in special forces, loses 16 fellow soldiers as a result of a malicious ambush. He was dismissed because of internal traitors, on the grounds that he disobeyed the order after the operation by turning off the radios in order not to get the return order. The President, aware of the games being played on his country, inside and outside, says that it is time to stop these events and that action must be taken as soon as possible.
ContactMatch Point, Melis Nersesoğlu Konca
Onur Yiğit Born in 1984, İzmit. He was graduated from
Academy Ege Cinema and TV with a degree. He is
interested in photography.
Director: Onur Yiğit Producer: Turan Film Script: Serdar
Atacan, Emre Uzun, Barış Cansağır, İsmet Müstecep
DoP: Ercan Durmuş Editing: Bahadır Aydın
Music: Yıldıray Gürgen Cast: Serdar Atacan, Emre Uzun,
Barış Can Sağır, Hatice Kalit
Turkey 2018, 90’ Colour
T.İ.M.
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The film tells the story of four former soldiers and their extraordinary one-night journey. Lieutenant Şinasi, Commander Kemal, Commander Rıfat and Colonel Reha plan to announce a manifesto of the military coup on Istanbul Radio which will commence in Ankara on the same night. They are certain that a strong and an efficient manifesto leads to a successful coup and public support. However, nothing goes as they planned. These four soldiers who believe in that everything can be managed by planning and a military force also believe that they can decide on behalf of others. However, what lets them down is the invisible power of civilian life.
ContactHeretic Outreach
Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, he began filmmaking with direct-
ing documentaries in year 2000. He made his first fiction
film Wrong Rosary (Uzak İhtimal) in 2009 with which he
won several national and international awards including
Rotterdam Film Festival’s “Tiger Award” and İstanbul Film
Festival’s Best Director award. His second film Yozgat
Blues was finished in 2013 and premiered at 61. San
Sebastian Film Festival. The Announcement (Anons) is
his third film.
Filmography
The Announcement, Anons, 2018
Yozgat Blues, 2013
Wrong Rosary, Uzak ihtimal, 2009
Director: Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun Producer: Halil Kardaş,
Tarık Tufan Script: Ercan Kesal, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
DoP: Krum Rodriguez Editing: Çiçek Kahraman
Music: Okan Kaya Cast: Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Murat Kılıç,
Tarhan Karagöz, Şencan Güleryüz, Serkan Ercan, Erdem
Şenocak
Turkey, Bulgaria, 2018, 94’ Colour
THE ANNOUNCEMENTANONS
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ContactJaguarProjects, Emre Akay
Police officer Sedat raids a young couple. The boy is killed instantly while the girl, Ayse, manages to escape. Now with four men hunting her in the name of honor, and out in the wild, Ayşe will have to evolve from prey to hunter in order to survive.
Emre Akay started out making shorts and music videos.
His first feature BTKF, made for 1000 USD was locally
critically acclaimed and set Akay as a cult indie director.
He went on to make documentaries and commercials. Av
is his second feature-length fiction.
Filmography
The Hunt, Av, 2019
Byzantin Games, 2016 (short)
Forever Onward, 2009 (documentary)
La Rupture, 2001 (short)
Proxemique, 2001 (short)
Director: Emre Akay Producer: Emre Akay, Tolga Topçu,
Diloy Gülün Script: Emre Akay, Deniz Cuylan
DoP: Barış Özbiçer Editing: Taner Sarf, Emre Akay
Music: Deni Cuylan, Brian Bender Cast: Billur Melis Koç,
Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Yağız Can Konyalı, Yılmaz Adam
Bayraktar, Baki Rıdvan Kaymaz
Turkey, 2019, 85’ Colour
THE HUNT AV
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Turkey, 2019, 94’ Colour
One day, Sami learns that his grandmother left him a small chest full of calligraphy materials. Then he meets Selma at the library where he has been commissioned to do a mural, and the introduction marks a turning point for him. With her encouragement, Sami embarks on learning the practice of calligraphy. He is helped in his endeavours by Eşref Efendi. The master is quick to steer Sami towards love. For Sami, who finds himself caught between Selma and Eşref, the practice of calligraphy becomes a challenging journey in which he is forced to confront his memory.
ContactRasathane Film
Murat Pay graduated from the Radio, Television &
Cinema Department of Marmara University in 2003. His
first job combining the theory and practice of film was
at the BİSAV in Istanbul, where he has been leading
workshops since 2005. He has written on film for the
magazines, Hayal Perdesi and Anlayış. From 2012-2014,
he continued his film career at Semih Kaplanoğlu’s
Kaplan Film. And since 2014, he has been working at
Rasathane Film.
Filmography
Miradjiyah Hidden Heritage, Mirâciyye Saklı Miras, 2017
Breath of the Beloved, Mâşuk’un Nefesi, 2014
Director: Murat Pay Producer: İsmail Murat Erdağı
Script: Selman Kılıçaslan, Murat Pay DoP: Andreas
Sinanos Editing: Taner Sarf Music: Ali Saran
Cast: Ozan Çelik, Mim Kemal Öke, Vildan Atasever, Emin
Gürsoy
THE MUTEDİLSİZ
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ContactFanus-u Hayal, Sinan Sertel
Osman Nail Doğan; after completing his education in
Yozgat, he moved to Istanbul. He entered the world of
cinema on the occasion of a director. He took script
lessons from Nilgün Öneş and Yavuz Turgul at a special
screenplay workshop. He attended New York Film
Academy\’s cinema classes. In addition to his first film,
Pigeon Thieves, he is writing a series of absurd comedy-
style serial film.16 year-old Mahmut’s life consists of feeding pigeons and making money from stealing others’ pigeons. His biggest dream is to have the best pigeons. One day, one of his pigeons escapes and does not return. When Mahmut finds a pigeon nesting on a roof, he meets Ismail, an 8-year-old living in that house. This meeting becomes one of the most important turning point that will affect both lives. Mahmut decides to steal the pigeons to help Ismail achieve his dream.
Director: Osman Nail Doğan Producer: Sinan Sertel,
Turgay Şahin Script: Osman Nail Doğan, Samet Doğan
DoP: Mehmet Başbaran Editing: Naim Kanat
Music: Ali Saran Cast: Seyit Nizam Yilmaz, Mert Buğra
Tataroğlu, Kutay Sandikçi, Gökhan Yikilkan, Burçin Sezen
Turkey, 2018, 82’ Colour
THE PIGEON THIEVESGÜVERCİN HIRSIZLARI
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ContactKarina Film
Görkem Yeltan: Gratuated from conservatory’s theatre
department, Görkem Yeltan has played in various tv
series and movies. Among the movies that she has
played, Uzak İhtimal and Eylül brought her the best
actress awards. Görkem Yeltan had also won the best
scenario award with the movie Wrong Rosary that she
had taken part in the scenario team. She served as a jury
member in many different national and international film
festivals.
Filmography:
The Shoelace, Bağcık, 2018
We Were Dining and I Decided / Yemekteydik ve Karar
Verdim, 2015
Two sisters, who lost their parents, have to stay temporarily with their uncle in Bodrum, upon their grandma\’s leaving. An intimacy develops between their uncle and the nanny, a pilates teacher hired to look after them during their stay. The kids want to live with them in Bodrum and are reluctant about moving to Canada. Never thought of parenting the kids due to his disability, Turgut finds out a truth the woman he loves kept from him, while he was leaning toward the idea of parenting the kids. Will the kids stay in Bodrum or move to Canada?
Director: Görkem Yeltan Producer: Karina Film
Script: Asuman Kafaoğlu Büke, Yalçın Akyıldız, Görkem
Yeltan DoP: Ercan Özkan Editing: Alican Özker
Music: Yalçın Akyıldız Cast: Kaan Çakır, Pınar Tuncegil,
Okan Yalabık
Turkey, 2018, 92’ colour
THE SHOELACEBAĞCIK
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ContactTAFF PICTURES
M. Çağatay Tosun was born in 1978 in İzmir. He
graduated from İstanbul University, Department of
Radio TV and Cinema and Television of Faculty of
Communication. He has started directing in 2005,
since then he directed many tv films and tv series. In
2009 he wrote and directed his debut feature Vali. In
2011 he founded Yedi Film. He wrote, directed and also
produced When Derin Falls (Derin Düşün-ce) which was
screened at 49. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and
international film festivals. He co-produced Seaburners
(Kumun Tadı) which premiered at the 64th International
Berlin Film Festival, Forum Section.
Filmography
To Die For, Can Feda, 2018
When Derin Falls, Derin Düşün-ce, 2012
The Governer, Vali, 2009
Turkish ground forces enter the most dangerous zone in the world, where a 7 year old civil war takes place, with no allies. In the meantime, special forces unit under the command of lieutenant Alpaslan (Burak Özçivit) reveal an ambush against Turkish army with the help of flight lieutenant Onur (Kerem Bürsin). Maybe the real test for this unit is to keep listening to their conscience and try to be humane under the barbarous conditions of warfare.
Director: M. Çağatay Tosun Producer: Taff Pictures
Script: Zafer Külünk DoP: Tolga Çetin
Editing: Aytekin Birkon Music: Toygar Işıklı
Cast: Burak Özçivit, Kerem Bürsin, Melike İpek Yalova,
Süleyman Karaahmet
Turkey 2018, 105’ Colour
TO DIE FOR CAN FEDA
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ContactZürafa Film, Seyid Çolak
Seyid Çolak: he was born in, Sisli, Istanbul. He’s graduated
from Beykent University of Cinema and Television
Department. In 2013, he held an exhibition named ‘’
My Africa’ with the photos which he took during his
Africa trip. ‘’Oyun’’ and ‘’Kara Kar’’ short films, written
and directed by him, won a lot of rewards in national
and international short film fests. Also in 2014, his short
film ‘’Soğuk’’ won ‘’10. Cinematographer of the Future’’
coordinated in the partnership with Ministiry of Culture
and TURSAK.
Filmography
Trap, Kapan, 2019
Serender, 2014 (short)
The Cold, Soğuk, 2014 (short)
Black Snow, Kara Kar, 2011 (short)
The Game, Oyun, 2010 (short)
Mada Island is located in the middle of Beyşehir Lake and it is the only lake in Turkey which hosts a habitat. The opportunities on this island are so limited. There are five characters living in the middle of a lake and trying to survive. There is no school, hospital or mosque on Mada Island. Still, they have to keep living there.
Director: Seyid Çolak Producer: Seyid Çolak
Script: Seyid Çolak DoP: İlker Berke
Editing: Naim Kanat Music: Ali Saran
Cast: Onur Dilber, Yüksel Akça, Münibe Millet, Sami Aksu,
Güliz Oktar, Serkan Altıntaş, Yasemin Girgin
Turkey 2019, 84’ Colour
TRAPKAPAN
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ContactDilek Aydın
Sefa Öztürk: graduated from Civil Engineering at Yıldız
Technical University. Upon graduation, she chose to
work in Film&TV business. She worked as a journalist, TV
programmer and editor. Then she moved to directorial
department and worked as an assistant director in
various films and series directed by Ömer Uğur, Serkan
Acar, Umur Turagay and Osman Sınav. In the recent years
she has focused her attention onto scriptwriting, and
contributed various TV shows. Trust is her first feature
film.
Filmography:
Backyard, Arka Bahçe, 2011 (short)
Ali and Meryem are an ordinary family on the face of it. Meryem has a child from a previous relationship with Ferit. When Ferit reappears years later, Ali puts his wife to a test of trust. While Meryem is caught between her sense of gratitude and the agony of love, Ali’s self-esteem begins to crumble. Ferit’s murder fans the flames of distrust between them. They are too suspicious of one another to talk. During the police questioning, they cling to one another once again. Complicity becomes the glue of trust between them. Now they are a proper family.
Director: Sefa Öztürk Producer: Serkan Acar, Muhammet
Çakıral, Dilek Aydın Script: Sefa Öztürk
DoP: Feza Çaldıran Editing: Ömer Günüvar
Music: Erdem Helvacığlu Cast: Bülent Çolak, Gözde
Çığacı, Ahmet Kaynak
Turkey 2018, 126’ Colour
TRUST GÜVEN
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ContactDijital Sanatlar
Can Ulkay shot music videos and thousands of
commercials for major brands since 1994. He has
taken the director\’s chair in ‘Ayla’ the Official Entry
From Turkey for The 90th Academy Awards- Foreign
Language Film. He won the Best Director Award at the
2018 Richmond International Film Festival.
Filmography
Turkish Ice Cream, Turkish-i Dondurma, 2019
Müslüm, 2018
Ayla: The Daughter of War, Ayla, 2017
Director: Can Ulkay Producer: Mustafa Uslu
Script: Gürkan Tanyaş DoP: Peter Strauger
Editing: Mustafa Presheva Music: Fahir Atakoğlu
Cast: Ali Atay, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Şebnem Bozoklu,
Will Thorp, Marleen Matthews
A tale of a Turkish ice cream man and a cameleer living in a small town in Australia whose peaceful lives changed drastically after World War I broke out. When they learned that Ottoman Empire is in a war against Australia, they decided to join this bloody war.
Turkey, 2019, 120’ Colour
TURKISH ICE CREAMTURKISH-İ DONDURMA
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ContactMatch Point, Melis Nersesoğlu Konca
Picking up from the explosive cliffhanger of the sixth episode of the miniseries, the film follows the harrowing coup attempt night of July 15th, and the Police Special Operations and Special Forces heroes who put everything on the line to prevent a cultist takeover of Turkey.
Director: Can Emre, Cem Özüduru Producer: Insignia
Film Yapım & Çağlararts Sanat Script: Alper Çağlar
DoP: Ender Ercan Editing: Can Emre, Cem Özüduru,
Alper Çağlar Music: Lincoln Jaeger Cast: Serkan Çayoğlu,
Murat Arkın, Emir Benderliğlu, Can Nergis, Ahmet Pınar
Turkey 2018, 126’ Colour
WOLF BÖRÜ
Cem Özüduru: He was born in 1987, in İstanbul. He grad-
uated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts School in 2010 He is
the co-writer and visual concept,storyboard artist of the
Turkish Horror films such as Baskın and Housewife. He
directed various short films and music videos. In 2017 he
started writing and directing the series Börü; created by
Alper Çağlar. After the series ended he started drawing
atrworks for the Börü: The Movie, he also co-directed the
movie.
UPC
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FILMS
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ContactNursen Çetin Köreken
www.dramayapim.com
Ümit Köreken: born in 1978 in Akşehir. Graduated from
Business Management Faculty. Works in the fields of ra-
dio plays, short plays, theatrical plays, story, memoir/sto-
ry, and film scripts. His plays and stories were published
in various printed or online periodicals. Studied digital film
making in 2011. He directed the film “Blue Bicycle” which
was shown in many festivals in 2016 and received import-
ant awards. He directed and produced the docudrama
film that called “Muhammad Ali” in 2019.
Muhammed Ali, 2019 (docu drama)
Blue Bicycle, Mavi Bisiklet, 2016
A Hope tells the story of Umut, a small town boy, in his different age periods, as a fourteen and thirty five year old. When he is fourteen years old, Umut attends school’s theatre audition with the encouragement of one of his teachers. The lead role he plays in Chekhov’s Seagull leads to significant changes in his view of life. When he is invited to a drama school’s entrance exam, his construction worker father dies in an accident. He goes to Germany with his uncle and becomes a great actor there. He hasn’t spoken to his mother for twenty years. He thinks his mother doesn’t love him all his life. His mother is ill to MS. One day his mother comes to Germany to be treated. Umut has to take care of her for three days. Besides, he also learns that his lover is pregnant. In all this chaos, he tries to reconnect with himself, his childhood, his mother and his lover.
Director: Ümit Köreken Producer: Ümit Köreken, Nursen
Çetin Köreken Script: Ümit Köreken, Nursen Çetin
Köreken
Turkey, Germany, 2019, 110’ colour
A HOPE BİR UMUT
in pre-production
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ContactHalk Film, Ömer Mirac Tunç
Being a driver at a removal lorry, Şemsi took the young girl who strayed into his way in Southeast to Istanbul to make her a favor. Learning after a while that Fidan was enticed by the terror organization to be employed as a suicide bomber, Şemsi thinks that he would have a share in the future events as he was the one to took her to Istanbul. Şemsi, with the conscious responsibility of thinking that bad results might occur from a thing that he had done in the sake of humanity to do a favor, aims at taking back a young girl safe and sound to where he took him from before she causes a disaster.
Director: Nazif Tunç Producer: Ömer Mirac Tunç
Script: Halit Karaata, Nazif Tunç
Turkey, 2019, 121’ colour
ANTKARINCA
in post-production
Nazif Tunç was born in 1964 in Malkara, Tekirdağ. He
received his undergraduate degree from Istanbul Univer-
sity, Faculty of Communication. For many years he wrote
about cinema and theater in newspapers and magazines.
He produced more than 100 television films in Halk Film
which he founded in 2006. He gave lectures about film
production at Marmara University, Faculty of Commu-
nication. For now, he is the Vice President of the Film
Producers Professional Association (Fiyab). And he con-
tinues to take films based on the historical development
of the Anatolian people, the national culture of Turkey,
the tradition of faith.
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ContactIMA Productions, Yuva Film, Baxter Films
Emrah Kılıç
Pierre-Louis Garnon
Like human beings, ants live in a self-structured society. But as human beings, sometimes this society gets disordered. So they disagree, and sometimes they fight.As they gather for their mother’s funeral, two brothers and a sister disagree about the place where she should be buried. They have less than 24 hours to decide and agree. 24 hours during which they will discuss, they will fight, they will have to overcome their truth, lies, silence, anger, vice…
Onur Yagiz (1986) was born in France to Turkish parents.
He studied literature, theatre and film at the Sorbonne-
Nouvelle University, before directing Patika (2013) and
Toprak (2017). Ants is his first feature film project.
Director: Onur Yağız Producer: Pierre- Louis Garnon
Turkey, France, 100’ colour
ANTS KARINCALAR
in development
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ContactNar Film, Soner Alper
Özcan Alper was born in 1975 in Artvin. He studied Physics in 1992-1996 and History of Science in 1996-2003 at Istanbul University. He attended various cinema workshops and worked as an assistant for various Turkish directors through 1996-2006. His first feature “Autumn” was shown at more than 60 international film festivals and won many awards. He was nominated for European Discovery by Europe Film Academy. His second feature film “Future Lasts Forever” had it’s World Premier at 36th Toronto International Film Festival. His third feature “Memories of the Wind” received support from Cinefoundation L’Atelier of Cannes Film Festival, Hubert Bals Fund of Rotterdam Film Festival and the Asian Film Market of Busan Film Festival. He is now working on his 4th feature film, Black Night.
FilmographyBlack Night, Karanlık Gece, 2019Among the Ruins, Yıkıntılar Arasında, 2018 (short anima-tion)Memories of the Wind, Rüzgarın Hatıraları, 2015Future Lasts Forever, Gelecek Uzun Sürer, 2011Autumn, Sonbahar, 2008
Ishak (35), a wandering musician from a small mountain town. A lynching he was a part of 7 years ago comes back to haunt him as he returns to his town to say farewell to his dying mother. Facing the other five perpetrators--his childhood friends as well as the community and government officials supporting them, Ishak struggles with the guilt weighing upon him.
Director: Özcan Alper Producer: Soner Alper
Script: Özcan Alper, Murat Uyurkulak
Turkey, Germany, France, 2019, colour, 90’
BLACK NIGHT KARANLIK GECE
in pre-production
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Contactistos film, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
Ziya Demirel: (Adana, 1988). Started theatre at high
school and continued at university. While studying
industrial engineering in Galatasaray Univ. he directed his
first short film. He continued his studies for film-directing
& scriptwriting at the Prague Film School. There he shot
his well-received short film Evicko. The last short film
he directed, SALI [Tuesday], premiered in the Official
Selection of Cannes FF in 2015, and was selected in
festivals such as Toronto, Sarajevo, Sundance, Rotterdam
etc. SALI was awarded as ‘Best Short Film’ in festivals
such as Les Arcs, Istanbul, Grenoble and with Special Jury
Mention in Sarajevo FF and as the Best Short Film of 2015
by the Turkish Film Critics Association.
Filmography:
Tuesday, Salı, 2015 (short)
Evicko, 2013 (short)
Pişmaniye, 2012 (short)
The Title of the Film, Filmin Adı, 2010 (short)
Ela and Hilmi and Ali tells the story of 7 different days of a constantly-form-changing relationship of a newly-wed couple: a maths teacher Hilmi (45), an earthquake survivor Ela (19) and a secret rapper, son of the building custodian Ali (15).
Director: Ziya Demirel Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
Script: Ziya Demirel, Nazlı Elif Durlu
Turkey, 2019, colour
ELA AND HILMI & ALIELA İLE HİLMİ VE ALİ
in pre-production
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ContactAslı Akdağ
Guzel is an unmarried woman, who takes care of her two brothers and one sister after their parents pass away. The family’s principal source of living, their one and only cow crosses River Arpacay one day and breaks into the lands of Armenia. Guzel leaves no stone unturned and starts searching for the ways of going to this country which Turkey has no diplomatic relations and there is no border gates in between since 1993, as she gives up bureaucratic solutions as well.
Yunus Ozan Korkut: He has been working since 2008 in
this industry and he directed one feature film and 6 short
films since then. He was awarded by Mexican, Crotia and
Italian film festivals. His debut feature film “My Suburban
Stories” was premiered in Turkey in September 2017 and
had widespread media coverage in glowing terms.
He wants to build up his career especially directing inde-
pendent movies and projects that consists stories that
are never been told.
Filmography
My Suburban Stories, Benim Varoş Hikayem, 2017
Director: Yunus Ozan Korkut Producer: Aslı Akdağ
Script: Zeynep Yalgın
Turkey, Germany, Georgia, 2019, colour, 90’
HI NEIGHBOUR! HAY KOMŞU!
in development
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ContactRTNT Film,
Sinan Yabgu Ünal: Born in Istanbul in 1988. Currently
works as film designer and producer, commercial film
director and street photographer. He has taken part in
various commercial and promotional film projects as pro-
duction assistant, production manager and line producer
from 2010 on. In 2015, he co-founded RTNT Film and
produced Öğretmen (short), Kurban (short), Sessiz Ortak
(short), and Emin Fırat Övür’s Anadolu Masalları (feature
docudrama). In 2016 and early 2017 he executed the pro-
duction of E. Fırat Övür’s Teneffüs (short) and Ümit Ünal’s
Sofra Sırları (feature). He continues to support many film
projects by supervising their production and design.
Two lovers come to the island where is full of Kerim’s memories about his mom and ex-girlfriend just for two days. Visit takes only 100 minutes.
Director: Sinan Yabgu Ünal Producer: Servan Güney,
Sinan Yabgu Ünal Script: Sinan Yabgu Ünal
Turkey, Macedonia, 2019, colour, 110’
HIS MOM IS A NINJATHE ANNESİ NİNJA
in development
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ContactFİLİMETRE, Murat Çeri
Tarık is 8 years old who is city child and his dad died , mother sleep in a coma.He loss memory and remembering nothing. The only thing he recalls about the past is his iconic dreams. The film already takes its name from these dreams.
Murat Çeri: Born in Bolu/Gerede in 1980. He completed
his primary and secondary education in Ankara. In 2000,
he came to İstanbul, the city of legends and dreams by
getting the Turkology Department at İstanbul University.
He registered Cinema department of BSF (Science, Arts,
Philosophy Academy) opened in Taksim. Studied here
for two years.
Director: Murat Çeri Producer: Hasan Turgut, Murat Çeri
Script: Murat Çeri
Turkey, 2019, colour, 90’
I HAD I DREAM BİR DÜŞ GÖRDÜM
in pre-production
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IGUANA TOKYO
ContactMüge Büyüktalaş
Kaan Müjdeci: studied film directing in Berlin. His feature
debut SİVAS premiered on the 71st Venice Film Festival
in the main competition and awarded with the Special
Jury Prize. Same year, SİVAS was the official nominee
from Turkey for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscars
in 88th Academy Awards. His second feature film
IGUANA TOKYO was selected to Cannes Cinefondation
L’Atelier at the 69th Cannes Film Festival and received
a production grant from the Turkish Ministry of Culture.
Currently project is in post production.
IGUANA TOKYO tells the story of a family that installs the Virtual Reality game M2 in their flat in downtown Tokyo.The rules are simple: who ever wins, is in charge. The game becomes the center of their lives, and quickly changes the family dynamic, for depending on how well they do in the game, the family members\’ rooms in their flat increase or shrink in size. The game threatens to tear the family apart, and only their pet iguana realizes the dangerous tension developing between the Mother ,the Father and their daughter Tokyo
Director: Kaan Müjdeci Producer: Kaan Film, Colored
Giraffes, Lita Film, Trixta Script: Kaan Müjdeci
Turkey, Japan, Germany, 2019, 90’ colour
in post-production
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ContactContact Film Works, Zeynep Can
Erdem Tepegoz was born in 1982. Graduated from Dokuz
Eylul University, Department of Economics. He studied
film directing in Prag Film School. He traveled all around
the world for making many documentaries.
Zerre (TheParticle), his debut film that is written and di-
rected by him, won almost 23 awards including Best Film
Golden St. George at the 35th Moscow International Film
Festival and was screened in 30 countries. The director
received many praises from cinema critics on his social
realist cinema approach.
Gölgeler Içinde (In the Shadows) is his second feature
film.
He continues his masterdegree in thefield of anthropol-
ogy.
Filmography
In the Shadows, Gölgeler İçinde, 2018
The Coastliners, Kıyıdakiler, 2016
The Particle, Zerre, 2012
“In the Shadows” is a near future story with no indication of time and place. This is a post-apocalyptic world that ruled over by primitive technology. Zait, a loyal mine worker who works for a mine factory which is managed by unknowns. He begins to be doubtful about the system he lives in and tries to find the eminence grise. And then he realises that existence of him depends on destruction of the system itself which is dark better than he thought.
Director: Erdem Tepegöz Producer: Figen Ermek
Özçorlu, Umut Özçorlu Script: Erdem Tepegöz
Turkey, China, UK, 2019, colour, 96’
IN THE SHADOWS GÖLGELER İÇİNDE
in post-production
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This is the story of C finding himself as a sole eyewitness of murder in the train station of the town where he came for his old father’s funeral. Then, he is in between a tragic dilemma of getting on the train just leaving and return to his regular life or undertaking the responsibility of reporting the murder to the police. He prefers to apply to the police and he finds himself in a very weird situation, then.
ContactGataki Filmcilik, Vildan Erşen
Tayfun Pirselimoğlu is the director and scriptwriter of
all awarded 6 featured films. He is also a painter and a
writer. Born in Trabzon, Turkey. Graduated from METU
after which he went to Vienna and studied painting at
Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst. He wrote six novels
and three storybooks.
Filmography
Sideway, Yol Kenarı, 2017
I’m not Him, Ben O Değilim, 2014
Hair, Saç, 2011
Haze, Pus, 2009
Rıza, 2007
Innowhereland, Hiçbiryerde, 2002
Director: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu Producer: Vildan Erşen
Script: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
Turkey, Greece, France, 2019, colour
KERR
in pre-production
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ContactBeşiktaş Kültür Merkezi,
From the great team of Güldüy Güldüy comes another feature after their success with their first film.
Tuğçe Soysop was born in 1984 in İzmir. She graduated
from Çınarlı Anadolu Teknik Radio-TV High School and
Muğla University, Radio and Television Department. Since
2013, she worked as assistant director in various films.In
the summer of 2017, she made her first feature film, “Bizim
Köyün Şarkısı”. She is currently working on the Güldür
Güldür Show program.
Director: Tuğçe Soysop Producer: Necati Akpınar
Script: Murat Kepez, Uğur Gövercin, Dinar Kahveci, Cihan
Deniz, Nagihan Cemcir, Onur Ümit, Öner Ateş, Pelin Serin
Turkey, 2019, colour, 100’
KIDS ON THE BLOCK CAN DOSTLAR
in post-production
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ContactBeşiktaş Kültür Merkezi,
Şenol Sönmez was born in 1980 in Istanbul. She
graduated from Istanbul University, Tourism and Hotel
Management Department. Started his directorial career
with the series “Gönül Salıncağı “ published on TRT 1.
Since then he directed many series for television and one
feature film: The Kiss of Life.
Filmography
Time of Happiness, Mutluluk Zamanı 2017
The Kiss of Life, Hayat Öpücüğü 2015
Rina 2009
High school sweet-hearts, Demet (Seda Bakan) and Okan (Murat Boz) got married as soon as they finished school. However, years of money problems have taken a toll on the marriage and made them intolerable to each other.
They decide to buy a lottery ticket together on their wedding anniversary and actually win!They go to a summer resort to give their marriage another chance, or to play a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As they take funnier precautions in order to save their lives, they begin to realize why they fell for one another in the first place.
Director: Şenol Sönmez Producer: Necati Akpınar
Script: Erhan Özen
Turkey, 2019, colour, 100’
KILL ME IF YOU DAREÖLDÜR BENİ SEVGİLİM
in post-production
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After migrating to the US from Turkey, Kadir finds himself under the iron-tight grip of his destiny - stuck between two vastly different worlds.
ContactKuyu Film, Selman Nacar
Selman Nacar is a filmmaker, currently pursuing his MFA
Film in Directing at Columbia University in New York and
teaching fiction filmmaking class at the same university.
He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Law Faculty
in 2015 and Film & Television Faculty in 2016.
Filmography
Alex, 2018 (short)
Verge, Eşik, 2017 (short)
The Well, Kuyu 2015 (short)
Director: Selman Nacar Producer: Burak Çevik
Script: Selman Nacar
Turkey, 2019, colour, 95’
LACUNA ARALIK
in development
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ContactTekhne Film
Tunç Davut studied Cinema and Television in Eskişehir
and Istanbul. His career in the film and media industry to
date includes several made-for-TV films, TV series and
commercials of exceptional quality. His first feature film
Dolanma - Entanglement had its world premiere in 21.
Sarajevo Film Festival Official Competition. Since then the
film has been invited to several other international film
festivals. It has been awarded as the \”Best First Feature\”
by 22. Festival International Cinéma Méditerranéen
Tétouan and Mr. Davut has been awarded as the “Best
Director” by the South European Film Festival.
Entanglement, Dolanma, 2015
Fear Not, Korkma, 2011-2012 (8 documental films)
Hennaed Lambs, Kınalı Kuzular, 2006-2007 (13 TV Films)
The Fork, Çatal, 1996 (short film)
Terminally ill Refik wishes to spend the approaching Eid with his children. When his Syrian refugee carer disappears, leaving her kids behind with him, despite his family’s self-obsession, he struggles to find the woman in İzmir, the city of hope.
Director: Tunç Davut
Producer: Sinem Altındağ - Tekhne Film
Script: Tunç Davut - Sinem Altındağ
Turkey, 2019, 120” colour
LIKE A LIMBLESS TREE KESİLMİŞ BİR AĞAÇ GİBİ
in development
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A vulnerable child is struggling to survive.Universal Declaration of Human Rights Child Declaration Article 6: All facilities should be used in order not to separate a younger age child from a mother. Living in Germany as an immigrant child, Cemal takes his life by finding himself in unexpected behaviors to get rid of Jugendamt’s unfair policies.
ContactZeon Medya, Erkan Karabağ
Talip Karamahmutoğlu studied the core of film art at
many respectful institutions. In 1997, he studied 16mm
Film Making at Wondsworth College in London. He
specialized on TV and Video Production at Westminister
College in London in 1999. This is Talip’s second feature
length movie. In his directing career, he made many
commercials, promotional, and music videos.
Filmography
Mezarcı, 2016
Student Business, Öğrenci İşleri, 2015
I Have A Story, Bir Hikayem Var, 2012
Director: Talip Karamahmutoğlu
Producer: Erkan Karabağ Script: Serkan Özarslan
Turkey, Germany, 2019, colour, 100’
LIVEYAŞAMAK
in post-production
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ContactBeşiktaş Kültür Merkezi,
After 10 years Asım and his team are still in the underground business. Asım’s daughter Nazlı who doesn’t like to see him much gets scammed on her wedding day. What would happen if the king of scammers daughter gets scammed? One of the biggest budgeted and most anticipated film of the year.
Yilmaz Erdoğan spent his child hood in Ankara until he moved to Istanbul along with his family. His family is of Kurdishorigin. In 1987, he dropped out of his civil engineering studies at Istanbul Technical University and joined the On Duty Theater Staff (Turkish: Nöbetçi Tiyatrosu) managed by Ferhan Şensoy. He also became chief screenwriter at Levent Kırca’s long-running televi-sion sketch show, Olacak O Kadar. In 1988, he founded his own theatre company, Güldüşündürü, and staged a successful production of his self-penned Suleiman the Magnificent and Rambo (Turkish: Kanuni Sultan Süley-man ve Rambo). In 1994, he founded Beşiktaş Cultural Center (Turkish: Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi) with business partner Necati Akpınar and achieved recognition as Mükremin Abi alongside actress Demet Akbağ in the ground breaking television series Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002) on Star TV
Filmography:Tatlım Tatlım, 2017Sour Apples, Ekşi Elmalar, 2016The Butterfly’s Dream, Kelebeğin Rüyası, 2013Jolly Life, Neşeli Hayat, 2009Magic Carpet Ride, Organize İşler, 2005Vizontele Tuba, 2004Vizontele, 2001
Director: Yılmaz Erdoğan Producer: Necati Akpınar
Script: Yılmaz Erdoğan
Turkey, 2019, colour, 121’
MAGIC CARPET RIDE 2 ORGANİZE İŞLER: SAZAN SARMALI
in post-production
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1970’s. A mountain village. Veysi wants to buy a Mauser gun. If he could hunt a wolf and bring it to the arms dealer, he would get the Mauser gun for free. Finally Veysi shot the wolf and got his gun from the arms dealer, he faces with his fathers funeral.
ContactTeferruat Film, Enes Erbay
Fatih Özcan studied Philosophy in İstanbul University.
Since 2002, he has been producing and directing film
projects, working as a scriptwriter. At the same time con-
centrating on his first feature-length film Mavzer.
Director: Fatih Özcan Producer: Enes Erbay
Script: Fatih Özcan
Turkey, 2019, colour, 105’
MAUSERMAVZER
in pre-production
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ContactPROTIM V.P, Mehmet Bahadır ER
Director duo wrote ,directed and produced their third
film together. Previous films which were screened and
awarded at many prestigious festivals as Rotterdam IFF,
Montreal IFF, Tokyo IFF, Seattle IFF, Warsaw IFF, Tallin…
Maryna and Bahadir are the members of European Film
Academy .
Filmography:
Love Me, Sev Beni, 2013
Black Dogs Barking, Kara Köpekler Havlarken, 2009
Ismet is a recently retired Turkish Coast Guard Commander. He struggles to communicate with his family. His son left to the U.S. and his wife wants join him. After becoming neighbors with two Syrian refugees and the events occurring afterwards, he now has to face his prejudices and political view.
Director: Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er
Producer: Mehmet Bahadir Er Script: Mehmet Bahadir Er
DoP: Aydin Sarıoğlu Editing: Maryna Er Gorbach, Aziz
İmamoğlu Cast: Cem Bender, Taj Sher Yakub, Menderes
Samancilar, Hala Alsayaneh, Ushan Çakir
Turkey 2019, 107’ Colour
OMAR AND US OMAR VE BİZ
10 Feb 2019 Time: 13:00 Venue: Cinemobile
in post-production
Screening Time
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Ali Osman Emirosmanoğlu: Born at 1947 at istanbul.
Graduated from İstanbul University Business and
Economics Institute. Directed many cartoons like: Binbir
Gece Masalları, Kelile-Dimne, Leading People (Cartoon),
Karagöz, A Story Every Day (TRT), Fairy Tale World (çizgi
dizi).At the year 2017 art-directed and produced “İzmit-
Earthquake Panoramic Museum”.
ContactTele Yapım, Ahmet Edebali
On this film that is fully animated, our hero who has a good hearth beeing an example with her behavior, standing up to evil with kindness and patience and succeeding themes are told by this tale. Orphan Girl keeps being patient againts her stepmothers villainy and marries to a prince she met while in a wedding and lives happily ever after.
Director: Ali Osman Emirosmanoğlu
Producer: Ahmet Edebali Script: Ekrem Bektaş
Turkey, 2020, 75’ colour
ORPHAN GIRLÖKSÜZ KIZ
in pre-production
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ContactDurak Film
Nihat Durak was the assistant director of the 6-hours-
long TV movie called “Kurtuluş” in 1996, arguably the big-
gest production of its era. In the same year, he adapted
famous novel “Yaban” for the screen as a director. In 1997,
he was the Turkey country producer and director of the
Discovery Channel documentary “War and Civilisation”.
Nihat Durak won total of three awards at Antalya and
Adana Film Festivals.
He developed 11 TV projects as a director and producer.
Filmography,
My Father, Babam, 2017
First Love, İlk Aşk, 2007
Wildling, Yaban, 1996
Yakup, Şemsa and their grandchild Nardin receives an alarming call from their hometown Turkey regarding their long lost son Mikhael, who they have been seeking to find for years. As they arrive in their village, they find out that the door he crafted alongside his son for their home has been stolen. The seasoned master craftsman is on an eventful journey across the country with his grandchild and the culprit who stole his door.
Director: Nihat Durak Producer: Durak Film
Script: Filiz Üstün Durak
Turkey, 2019, 110’ colour
THE DOOR KAPI
in post-production
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A forgotten border town at the peak point of Northeastern Turkey... Ayse, who lives Berlin in her late 30s drives to her home- town as she learns that her mother is gravely ill. In her hometown that she has left many years ago, she is confronted with what will radically change her life, the apiary that has been left to her by her mother. Ayşe isn’t enthusiastic about the apiary but she can’t say no to her mother’s final wish. The bee hives haven’t produced honey since several years, is in a dilapidated shape. Ayşe dedicates herself to produce honey from the hives which long lost its fertility. In time she is determined to produce a glamorous trademark honey. But an unexpected visitor destroys her plans: a Caucasian bear.
ContactCaBa Yapım, Canol Balkaya
Director: Eylem Kaftan Producer: Canol Balkaya
Script: Eylem Kaftan
Turkey, 2019, colour, 95’
THE HIVEKOVAN
in post-production
Eylem Kaftan: Born in Turkey. Eylem Kaftan completed a
B.A. in Philosophy at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She
then completed Masters pro- gram in Film and video at
York University. Her first documentary, Faultlines won
Best Short Film and the Jury Prize at the Planet Indie Film
Festival in Toronto in 2002. Kaftan then wrote and di-
rected Vendetta Song (2005) produced in co-production
with the National Film Board of Canada. This documenta-
ry about her per- sonal journey into the honour-killing of
her aunt in a small village in Turkey has received several
awards including the Quebec Film Critics Association
Award for Best Documentary.
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ContactDijital Sanatlar
Ozer Feyzioglu is a Turkish writer, producer and director.
He took the producer\’s chair in Yasayamayanlar. He
directed Proof of Cheating in 2017.
The extraordinary life of Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish world and Olympic Champion in weightlifting, who was nicknamed “The Pocket Hercules.
Director: Özer Feyzioğlu Producer: Mustafa Uslu
Script: Barış Pirhasan
Turkey, 2019, colour
THE POCKET HERCULES CEP HERKÜLÜ
in pre-production
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ContactZürafa Film, Seyid Çolak
Seyid Çolak: He was born in, Sisli, Istanbul. He’s gradu-
ated from Beykent University of Cinema and Television
Department. In 2013, he held an exhibition named ‘’ My
Africa’ with the photos which he took during his Africa
trip. ‘’Oyun’’ and ‘’Kara Kar’’ short films, written and direct-
ed by him, won a lot of rewards in national and interna-
tional short film fests. Also in 2014, his short film ‘’Soğuk’’
won ‘’10. Cinematographer of the Future’’ coordinated in
the partnership with Ministiry of Culture and TURSAK.
Filmography
Trap, Kapan, 2019
Serender, 2014 (short)
The Cold, Soğuk, 2014 (short)
Black Snow, Kara Kar, 2011 (short)
The Game, Oyun, 2010 (short)
Two widow women in Middle Anatolia are struggling for life with their two children. The big holes that suddenly appear in their region become a big problem for them. To protect her crops, the woman starts a fight against a bear which attacks her field. Another problem is a greedy farmer who needs the woman’s field in order to enlarge his own. A bond is established between the woman and the bear when the bear falls down into a huge sinkhole. The growing number of holes is the precursor of another disaster in the region. They will either abandon the region or fall into a sinkhole. And what will happen to the mother bear?
Director: Seyid Çolak Producer: Seyid Çolak
Script: Seyid Çolak
Turkey, 2019, colour, 105’
THE SINKHOLESOBRUK
in development
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ContactZürafa Film, Güven Adıgüzel
Different stories on love. Stories with happy-unhappy endings, which deserve their title. “Great”, “modest”, “stormy” and “simple”, half-dreamy, real, fantastic, hopeful, desperate, answered and unanswered love stories inside, outside and from the middle of life, which sometimes look clear and sometimes unclear, and all of them are written by inspiration from the wind and the human beings. 6 different, but actually “same” stories designed over the same theme by considering different emotional states. Eventually, love is a perfect trap that the victims willingly fall into.
Güven Adıgüzel: He was born in Izmir in 1983 He lives in
Bozcaada. He is married. He graduated from Mimar Sinan
Industrial High School and Anadolu University Faculty of
Economics/Department of Economics.
Director: Güven Adıgüzel Producer: Seyid Çolak
Script: Güven Adıgüzel, Aykut Ertuğrul
Turkey, 2019, colour, 103’
THE SONGS OF THE WIND RÜZGAR ŞARKILARI
in development
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ContactÜmit Köreken
www.dramayapim.com
Mercan (13), he is the only son of a mother who works as a cleaning lady in a sewingworkshop during night and a father who works as a guard in constructions.Yunus (13), his parents worked as musicians for years but were killed in a wedding after a gun fight. He is playing clarinet since his childhood.Bilal (13), is the son of a family that escaped from the war in Syria. His parents stayed in Syria and he is living with his uncle who also escaped from war.
These three children that cross each other’s path start a journey together with a contest pigeon. They have one single goal after one day long journey: saving Bilal’s parents from war with the money reward they will win from pigeon contest…
Nursen Ç. Köreken born in Bulgaria in 1981. She grad-
uated from the departments of Turkish Language &
Literature and Tourism & Hotel Management. Since 2007,
she has been engaged in radio theatre and story-play-
and script-writing. Since 2010, she has concentrated her
efforts in the field of movie making. In recent years she
specializes in making children’s films.
Muhammed Ali, 2019 (docu drama)
Blue Bicycle, Mavi Bisiklet, 2016
Director: Nursen Çetin Köreken Producer: Ümit Köreken,
Nursen Çetin Köreken Script: Nursen Çetin Köreken
Turkey, Germany, 2019, 90 min., colour
THREE FRIENDSÜÇ ARKADAŞ
in development
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Contactİki Film
www.ikifilm.com
A young couple who love each other deeply, yet cause each other more hurt than anyone else; prisoners both to their passions and to all the turmoil of Istanbul.
Hakkı Kurtuluş (1980-Istanbul) studied communication,
film and cultural history at the Universities of Galatasaray,
Lyon, Paris, Tübingen, Weimar and Berlin.
Melik Saraçoğlu (1984-Istanbul) studied film and liter-
ature in Lyon and Vienna In 2015 his first novel entitled
Hastane Defteri (Hospital Notebooks) is published.
We Bear Good News For Our Beloved Country, Our
Cinema is Celebrating its 100th Anniversary / Müjdeler
Var Yurdumun Toprağına Taşına, Erdı Sınemam 100 Şeref
Yaşına!, 2015 (short documentary)
Eye Am, Gözümün Nuru, 2013
Adana 2012, 2013 (documentary)
Journey To Bergmania, Bergmanya’ya Yolculuk, 2011(doc-
umentary)
There, Orada, 2009
Director: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu
Producer: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu, Aslı Erdem
Script: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu
Turkey, Germany 2019, 120’ colour
TOGETHER, WE SHALL DIE BİRLİKTE ÖLECEĞİZ
in post-production
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Former treasure hunter, now school service driver Zafer, finds a letter which written in Ottoman letters tells to place of a treasure. Zafer, bring a team together includs a teacher and an imam of the neighborhood and they going the forest to find the treasure. In the meantime they will all pass through of their own fear gates.
ContactSoberworks Media Creations, Bünyamin Bayansal
Bünyamin Bayansal: He won many prizes with his short
films. He works as director for TV Shows, documentaries
and music videos, after working as a post-production
supervisor during 5 years for many TV Series’ and film
projects. He founded “SoberWorks Media Creations” in
September 2016 with Dop. Emre Pekçakır.
Turkey, 2019, colour, 100’
Director: Bünyamin Bayansal
Producer: Bünyamin Bayansal, Emre Pekçakır
Script: Bünyamin Bayansal
TRESHOLDEŞİK
in development
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ContactSerpil Altın Film
Lali is a Georgian caregiver living in Turkey. When she was about to go see her sick daughter staying in her country, she needs money for her daughter’s broken walker. She starts to work as a caregiver for the old, cancer patient Rıza, who has only two months left. Rıza wants to meet his death in his homeland, Muratlı village in Artvin. In this village which they go together, they question their lives and how to become a family.
Serpil Altın: She was born in 1979 in Eskişehir and was
graduated from Anadolu University, Department of
Cinema-TV in 2002. After graduation, she worked as
assistant director and producer in cinema and TV. In 2014,
her short film “The Holiday Gift”, which was supported by
Turkish Ministry of Culture, participated in many national
and international film festivals. She founded Serpil Altin
Film in 2016 and produced “Abductor” and “Funeral
Works” feature films. In 2017 she won awards with her
new short film “Learning How To Swim.”
Filmography
Learning How to Swim, Yüzme Öğreniyorum, 2017 (short)
The Holiday Gift, Bayram Harçlığı, 2014 (short)
Journey to the Future, Geleceğe Yolculuk, 2002 (short)
Director: Serpil Altın Producer: Korhan Uğur
Script: Serpil Altın
Turkey, 2019, colour, 90’
UNITY BULUŞMA
in pre-production
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VISAGE OF A WOMANBİR KADININ DIŞARIDAN GÖRÜNÜMÜ
Turkey, 2019, colour, 90’
Director: Elif Eda Karagöz Producer: Enes Erbay
Script: Elif Eda Karagöz
Elif Eda was born in Istanbul. She moved to NY to start
filmmaking MFA at Tisch School of Arts. She has written
a feature length period drama that was produced in 2017,
has written-directed several short films, a web series.
Filmography
Void, Boşluk, 2018 (short)
Bell Peppers, 2013 (short)
Kidding Me, 2012 (short)
Boxed, 2012 (short)
ContactTeferruat Film, Enes Erbay
Nur, who has to have an abortion for her husband doesn’t want the baby, encounters with Oğuz, who is about to commit suicide on a crossover. They come up with a deal: If Nur can find why life is worth living until the sunrise Oğuz would decide not to commit suicide.
in development
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ContactBalkon Film
A short while after his dominant wife abandons the wimpy and meek Hayati, who is a literary teacher in a patriarchal town, the police find an unrecognized female corpse by the lake. Hayati wants to state that the body belongs to his wife and to take the blame for the murder that someone else committed.
Faysal Soysal was born in Batman in 1979. He left medical
school to focus on poetry and cinema in 2000. Between
2003 and 2007, he finished his Masters Degrees on
“Film Directing” in Tehran Art University-Iran and at the
same time “New Turkish Literature” at Van Yuzuncuyil
University-Turkey. He did 4 short films in Iran, which were
awarded at international film festivals. With his 35mm
short film ‘Dreams of Lost Time, he’s become closer to
find his own cinematographic expression and language.
Filmography
Crossroads, Üç Yol, 2013
Director: Faysal Soysal Producer: Faysal Soysal,
Ali Nuri Oskui Script: Faysal Soysal
Turkey, Iran, 120’ Colour
WALNUT TREE CEVİZ AĞACI
in post-production
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Contactistos film, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
Nazlı Elif Durlu: Studied Film and TV in the Netherlands.
She has written-directed three short films that were
screened international film festivals such as Uppsala,
Hamptons and Sao Paolo. She worked as one of the
screenwriters of the omnibus called Do Not Forget Me
Istanbul, in which Hany Abu-Assad directed the story
she wrote. She has been working as a screenwriter for TV
series and feature films for productions.
Zuhal’s workaholic daily routine is disturbed by a cat’s meow she keeps hearing in her flat. In order to find the cat she starts an investigation in the building, but soon she realizes that no-one else seems to hear this sound. As she keep searching, people around her -and even herself- start doubting her mental health.
Director: Nazlı Elif Durlu Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
Script: Nazlı Elif Durlu, Ziya Demirel
Turkey, Germany, 2019, colour
ZUHAL
in pre-production
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IND
EX
6 A Tale Of Three Sisters, Emin Alper
7 Belonging, Burak Çevik
8 Brothers, Ömür Atay
9 Butterflies, Kelebekler
10 Cicero, Serdar Akar
11 Dancing With Jackals 5, Murat Şeker
12 Deliler, Osman Kaya
13 Deniz And Gunes, Barış Denge
14 Entrusted, Çağan Irmak
15 Girl With No Mouth, Can Evrenol
16 Good Game: The Beginning, Umut Aral
17 Hay, Haşim Vatandaş
18 King Şakir: Play Time, Berk Tokay
19 Mission: Vacation, Murat Şeker
20 Mortal World, Ali Atay
21 My Father’s Bones, Özkan Çelik
22 My Son, Bora Egemen
23 Rafadan Tayfa: Underground Adventure, İsmail Fidan
24 Rüzgar, Serkan Acar
25 Saf, Ali Vatansever
26 T.İ.M., Onur Yiğit
27 The Announcement, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
28 The Hunt, Emre Akay
29 The Mute, Murat Pay
30 The Pigeon Thieves, Osman Nail Doğan
31 The Shoelace, Görkem Yeltan
32 To Die For, M. Çağatay Tosun
33 Trap, Seyid Çolak
34 Trust, Sefa Öztük
35 Turkish Ice Cream, Can Ulkay
36 Wolf, Cem Özduru
FEATURE FILMS
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EX
38 A Hope, Ümit Köreken
39 Ant, Nazif Tunç
40 Ants, Onur Yağız
41 Black Night, Özcan Alper
42 Ela and Hilmi & Ali, Ziya Demirel
43 Hi Neighbour!, Yunus Ozan Korkut
44 His Mom is a Ninja, Sinan Yabgu Ünal
45 I Had I Dream, Murat Çeri
46 Iguana Tokyo, Kaan Müjdeci
47 In the Shadows, Erdem Tepegöz
48 Kerr, Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
49 Kids on the Block, Tuğçe Soysop
50 Kill Me If You Dare, Şenol Sönmez
51 Lacuna, Selman Nacar
52 Like A Limbless Tree, Tunç Davut
53 Live, Talip Karamahmutoğlu
54 Magic Carpet Ride 2, Yılmaz Erdoğan
55 Mauser, Fatih Özcan
56 Omar and Us, Mehmet Bahadır Er, Maryna Er Gorbach
57 Orphan Girl, Ali Osman Emirosmanoğlu
58 The Door, Nihat Durak
59 The Hive, Eylem Kaftan
60 The Pocket Hercules, Özer Feyzioğlu
61 The Sinkholes, Seyid Çolak
62 The Songs of the Wind, Güven Adıgüzel
63 Three Friends, Nursen Ç. Köreken
64 Together, We Shall Die, Melik Saraçoğlu & Hakkı Kurtuluş
65 Treshold, Bünyamin Bayansal
66 Unity, Serpil Altın
67 Visage of a Woman, Elif Eda Karagöz
68 Walnut Tree, Faysal Soysal
69 Zuhal, Nazlı Elif Duru
UPCOMING FILMS
As well as being the public broadcaster of Turkey, TRT is also preparing to become an eicient joint producer for national and international film industry. “Cold of Calandar” is one of the TRT’s co-productions. It was directed by Mustafa Kara and made its world premiere in Tokyo; it won many awards at national and international festivals and most recently nominated to become a candidate of Turkey for Oscar Award at 89th Academy Awards. Emre Konuk’s first feature film, “The Apprentice” which won “Best Film” award at 23rd International Oldenburg Film Festival, one of Germany’s oldest film festivals, and made its European debut as the opening film in Sarajevo Film Festival is another co-production of TRT. TRT started a strong cooperation with Sarajevo Film Festival this year and gave year’s premier award which is worth 30.000 EUR to Georgian director Rezo Gigineishli’s film “The Hostages” as a production support in the CineLink Work-in-Progress section of the Festival. TRT has announced that starting from 2017, it would become an institutional partner of Sarajevo Film Festival. Moreover, a pilot project for micro-budget production scheme called Sarajevo City of Film for Global Screen (SCF GS) was initiated. SCF GS is promoting the growing connection between TV and feature film markets both artistically and in terms of production. Within the scope of SCF GS Slovenian director Martin Turk’s project titled “A “Good Days Work” will be fully financed with the amount of 235.000 EUR. Latest co-production of TRT at festivals is 2010 Golden Bear Winner Honey director Semih Kaplanoğlu’s long awaited new film “Grain”. It is having World Premiere at 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival International Competition and won the Tokyo International Film Festival’s grand prix. TRT was also given project development support of TRY 50.000 to director Cem Özay’s project titled Forgiveness at Antalya Film Forum of Antalya Film Festival.
TRT CO-PRODUCTIONS ARE AT FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
