FEATURE FILMS A TALE OF THREE SISTERS KIZ KARDEŞLER

Turkey, Germany, The Netherlands, Greece, 2019, 107’ Colour

Director: Emin Alper Producer: Nadir Öperli, Muzaffer Emin Alper was born in 1974 in Ermenek, Karaman. Yıldırım Script: Emin Alper DoP: Emre Erkmen Editing: Trained in economics and history at Bogazici Universi- Çiçek Kahraman Music: Giorgos Papaioannou, Nikos ty-Istanbul, Alper holds a PhD in Turkish Modern History. Papaioannou Cast: Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin His first feature, BEYOND THE HILL (2012), received Kandemir, Kayhan Açıkgöz, Müfit Kayacan, Kubilay numerous awards including the Caligari Film Prize at Tuncer 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- Three sisters Reyhan, Nurhan and Havva ing career, Emin Alper teaches modern history in the are reunited in the remote mountain village Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Istanbul where they grew up with their father, after Technical University. having lived as ‘besleme’ (foster child and maid) with their foster parents in the city. Filmography All three desire to return to the city as soon as possible, whether this might be Frenzy, Abluka, 2015 achieved depends on their tactics of sol- Beyond The Hill, Tepenin Ardı, 2012 idarity, competition, and on the decisions of the men around them including their Contact father, their foster-father, and Reyhan’s Liman Film, Nadir Öperli husband. [email protected]

Screening Times

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-Palast 12 Feb 2019 Time: 19:00 Venue: Haus der Berliner Festspiele 17 Feb 2019 Time: 19:00 Venue: Friedrichstadt-Palast

TURKISH CINEMA 8 BELONGING AİDİYET

Turkey, Canada, France, 2019, 72’ Colour

Director: Burak Çevik Producer: Selman Nacar, Burak Burak Çevik received his BA in Film & TV at the Istanbul Çevik Script: Burak Çevik DoP: Barış Aygen Editing: Bilgi University. His debut feature film ‘The Pillar of Salt’ Burak Çevik, Ali Aga Music: Mine Pakel Cast: Eylül Su premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2018 His second Kapan, Çağlar Yalçınkaya feature film ‘Belonging’ premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2019

Filmography Belonging, makes a topographic observa-

tion 15 years later by following the loca- Belonging, Aidiyet, 2019 tions of a criminal case, accompanied by The Pillar of Salt, Tuzdan Kaide, 2018 statements given by the suspects at the police station. Then, it shows the night that Contact the murderer couple met. Fol Film [email protected]

Screening Times

9 Feb 2019 Time: 20:00 Venue: Arsenal 1 10 Feb 2019 Time: 09:00 Venue: CinemaxX 15 12 Feb 2019 Time: 22:15 Venue: Cubix 9 14 Feb 2019 Time: 13:45 Venue: CineStar 8 17 Feb 2019 Time: 22:30 Venue: Arsenal 1

TURKISH CINEMA 9 BROTHERS KARDEŞLER

Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, 2018, 103’ Colour

Director: Ömür Atay Producer: Funda Ödemiş Ömür Atay began his cinema education at the Faculty Script: Ömür Atay DoP: A. Emre Tanyıldız Editing: Doruk of Fine Arts of 9 Eylül University and completed it at the Kaya, Amon Guilliard Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Victor Film Direction Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Chouchkov Cast: Yiğit Ege Yazar, Caner Şahin, Gözde Marmara University in Istanbul. He directed several short Mutluer, Cem Zeynel Kılıç 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 Seventeen-year-old Yusuf comes home 2006, he directed the “Little Red Riding Hood” segment after spending four years at a detention of “Anlat Istanbul / Istanbul Tales”, a feature-length film center. His return to the family circle comprised of five intertwined tales. freshly recalls the act that his loved ones, bound by rigid tradition, forced Yusuf Filmography to commit. Directed with an assured hand, this intimate debut concerns guilt Brothers, Kardeşler, 2018 and punishment and how difficult it is to Istanbul Tales, Anlat İstanbul, 2006 choose between blood ties and tradition Necropolis, 1998 (short) on the one hand, and what is morally right on the other. Contact Arthood Entertainment [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 10 BUTTERFLIES KELEBEKLER

Turkey 2018, 117’ Colour

Director: Tolga Karaçelik Producer: Tolga Karaçelik, Diloy Tolga Karaçelik, Born in Istanbul, 1981. Directed three Gülün, Metin Anter Script: Tolga Karaçelik DoP: Andaç feature films and several award winning shorts. His debut Şahan Editing: Evren Luş Music: Ahmet K. Bilgiç Cast: film Toll Booth (2010) screened on festivals worldwide, Tuğçe Altuğ, Tolga Tekin, Bartu Küçükçağlayan 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 Cemal, Kenan and Suzan are Mazhar’s worldwide. children. Now, after being 30 years apart, their father calls them back home to Filmography their village. As they start to find out Butterflies, Kelebekler, 2018 more about their father and about each Ivy, Sarmaşık, 2014 other, they also start to know more about Toll Booth, Gişe Memuru, 2011 themselves. Contact Karaçelik Film, Diloy Gülün [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 11 CICERO ÇİÇERO

Turkey, 2019, 115’ Colour

Director: Serdar Akar Producer: Mustafa Uslu Serdar Akar is a Turkish director, producer, writer who Script: Gürkan Tanyaş DoP: Peter Strauger found his passion in all-things cinema. Akar has taken Editing: Mustafa Presheva Music: Onur Özmen the writer and director’s chair in some critically acclaimed Cast: Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Burcu Biricik, Ertan Saban, Murat films. He created the TV drama “Behzat Ç.”, which Garipağaoğlu, Tamer Levent became a cult classic, he’s also directed other critically dramas on the TV screen.

Filmography Elyesa Bazna, codename Cicero, one of

the most famous spies of the World War II, Cicero, Çiçero, 2018 photographed secret documents from the Valley of the Wolves: Homeland, Kurtlar Vadisi: Vatan, British Embassy safe and turned the films 2017 over to the former German ambassador in Behzat Ç., 2017 Ankara while he was employed as valet to The Wings of the Night, Gecenin Kanatları, 2009 British ambassador. Valley of the Wolves: Iraq, Kurtlar Vadisi Irak, 2006 In Bar, Barda, 2007 Offside, Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar, 2000 On Board, Gemide, 1998

Contact Dijital Sanatlar [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 12 DANCING WITH JACKALS 5 ÇAKALLARLA DANS 5

Turkey 2018, 105’ Colour

Director: Murat Şeker Producer: Taff Pictures & Murat Şeker, He was born on June 25, 1973 in Istanbul. Sugarworkz Script: Murat Şeker, Ali Tanrıverdi He graduated from Mimar Sinan University Cinema- DoP: Bülent Özer Editing: Levent Çelebi Television Department. In 1996, he made his first short Music: Serhat Ersöz Cast: Şevket Çoruh, İlker Ayrık, Timur film. Later, he made video clip works for Turkish rock Acar, Murat Akkoyunlu, Didem Balçın 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: Our jackals go on separate ways for the Vacation, Love Eclipse and many more. first time in their lives because they were released by the court on the condition Filmography that they stay away at least 100 meters Dancing with Jackals 5, Çakallarla Dans 5, 2018 Mission: Vacation, Görevimiz Tatil, 2018 from each other. Leyla, a 17 year old Turkish Tiger, Deliormanlı, 2016 young girl who is the fruit of Gökhan’s one My Friend Max, Arkadaşım Max, 2013 night stand from years ago, pops up. As Life is Good To You, Hayat Sana Güzel, 2013 Gökhan tries to get used to this, he gets Love Eclipse,Aşk Tutuması, 2008 another shock. Leyla has a rich, snob boy On The Beach,Plajda, 2007 friend named Sinan, who has some bad intentions. Contact TAFF PICTURES Gökhan has no other choice than make [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 13 DELİLER

Turkey 2018, 119’ Colour

Director: Osman Kaya Producer: Angel Film Osman Kaya was born in 1980. He graduated from Isik Script: Mustafa Burak Doğu, İbrahim Ethem Arslan DoP: University in 2003. After graduation he started to work Sami Saydan Editing: Mestan Sakallı Music: Levent Güneş at different TV Serials and Feature Films as Assistant Cast: Erkan Petekkaya, Cem Uçan, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Director and Second Director. Since 2014, he has been Fettahoğlu, İsmail Filiz shooting TV Dramas as Director. He shot his first movie “Deliler” in 2018.

In the middle of the 15th century... Vlad Contact Tepes, The Eflak Voivode that assigned Match Point, Melis Nersesoğlu Konca by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in person, had [email protected] 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

Screening Time

9 Feb 2019 Time: 18:30 Venue: CinemaxX 18

TURKISH CINEMA 14 DENIZ AND GUNES DENİZ VE GÜNEŞ

Turkey, 2018, 87’ Colour

Director: Barış Denge Producer: Barış Denge Script: Baris Denge was born in 1975. He graduated from Bilgi Tolga Bozkurt DoP: Feza Çaldıran Editing: Barış Denge University Department of Motion Pictures and Television. Music: Fırat Yükselir Cast: Şafak Pekdemir, Burak Serdar He got his masters degree from the same university from Şanal, Melissa Giz Cengiz, Eylül Öztürk, Tolga Bozkurt, the Visual Communication Design. Between 2002 – 2014, Yener Gürsoy he worked as Director, Editor, Post Production Executive and an Assistant Director of Sinan Cetin. He now independently carries on projects as Director. Deniz is set to marry Nurperi because of his fathers’ pressures. Before the marriage Contact ceremony the couple decides to attend Inter Medya [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 15 ENTRUSTED ÇOCUKLAR SANA EMANET

Turkey, 2018, 105’ Colour

Director: Çağan Irmak Producer: Avşar Film Çağan Irmak, born in 1970, studied Radio, TV and Film Script: Çağan Irmak DoP: Gökhan Tiryaki Studies at Ege University, receiving the Sedat Simavi Editing: Alparslan Burak Altıntaş Music: Aria Award for two short films, Masal (The Tale) and Kurban (The Sacrifice), which he made in the course of his Cast: Engin Akyürek, Hilal Altınbilek, Şerif Sezer, Birsen studies. A period of great success followed with popular Dürülü 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 Kerem, son of an elite Istanbul family and melodramatic idiom and was a huge box-office success,” which, “showed that popular cinema was successful in an architect in high demand, is married to appealing to wide audiences” as well as receiving six Yeşim. Their biggest disappointment is not Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards including to be able to have a baby. Kerem realizes Best Director. Yesim’s hopes are shattered and that she Filmography needs moral support. He offers to go to My Name is Feridun, Benim Adım Feridun, 2016 their summer house to take the edge off. Nadide Hayat, 2015 They hit the road with Kerem driving. All Whisper If I Forget, Unutursam Fısılda, 2014 of a sudden, a child jumps in front of the Are We Okay?, Tamam Mıyız?, 2013 speeding car. Kerem gets heavily injured. My Grandfather’s People, Dedemin İnsanları, 2011 Sleeping Princess, Prensesin Uykusu, 2010 Yeşim and the child die at the scene of the In Darkness, Karanlıktakiler, 2009 accident. Kerem holds himself responsible Alone, Issız Adam, 2008 for their deaths and can’t overcome The Messenger, Ulak, 2007 feelings of pain and guilt. My Father and My Son, Babam ve Oğlum, 2005 Wish Me Luck, Bana Şans Dile, 2001

Contact Inter Medya [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 16 GIRL WITH NO MOUTH PERİHAN

Turkey, 2018, 114’ Colour

Director: Can Evrenol Producer: Müge Büyüktalaş, Mete Can Evrenol, born in Istanbul in 1982, Can Evrenol later Evrenol, Can Evrenol, Caner Özyurtlu, Müge Özen studied Art History & Film Studies at The University of Script: Can Evrenol DoP: Meryem Yavuz Kent at Canterbury.While working as a TVC director in Editing: Erkan Özekan Music: Deniz Güngören 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, Perihan is a coming of age story about a and share similar dream-like structure and themes of little girl born without a mouth, searching cult, ritual, family, childhood and parent horror. He also for her lost mother, in a distant post- co-wrote and directed a segment in the upcoming horror apocalyptic Turkish town. 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)

Contact Müge Büyüktalaş [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 17 GOOD GAME: THE BEGINNING İYİ OYUN

Turkey 2018, 115’ Colour

Director: Umut Aral Producer: Eludis Script: Emre Sirel Umut Aral: Multi-screen storyteller and award-winning DoP: Sebastian Weber Editing: Özcan Vardar director Umut Aral, directed his first short film called Music: Tolga Böyük, Yasin Vural Cast: Mert Yazıcıoğlu, “Otuzdört / Thirtyfour” in 1999. The film won awards in Afra Saraçoğlu, Kerem Bürsin, Yiğit Kirazcı 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 Cenk, a high school graduate, works at over 250 TV commercials. a café and plays League of Legends on behalf of other players for money, Contact to support his family. One day, he gets Match Point, Melis Nersesoğlu Konca discovered and joins pro-esports team, 5B [email protected] (The Odd Five). Will Cenk carry his team to victory as a team or fall apart?

Screening Time

10 Feb 2019 Time: 18:35 Venue: CinemaxX 11

TURKISH CINEMA 18 HAY

Turkey, 2018, 79’ Colour

Director: Haşim Vatandaş Producer: Aliosman Haşim Vatandaş: Born in 1952 at Konya.Graduated from Emirosmanoğlu, Ahmet Edebali Script: Haşim Vatandaş İstanbul Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi Sinema-TV. Music: Mustafa Budan Directed Emre, Hay, Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Endülüs(car- toon), Vakıf Şehir İstanbul(documentary) and between 2005-2008 project desinged and directed “Panaroma This cartoon adapdation from the novel 1453 History Museum”. named “Hay Bin Yakzan” written by İbn-i Tufeyl is telling the story of a child that is Contact stranded on an island.Hay, discoveres that Tele Yapım, Ahmet Edebali he is diffirent than other animals on the [email protected] island because of his toughts and love. At the end a stranger comes to the island and they sail to the city.

TURKISH CINEMA 19 KING ŞAKİR: PLAY TIME KRAL ŞAKİR: OYUN ZAMANI

Turkey 2018, 90’ Colour

Director: Haluk Can Dizdaroğlu, Berk Tokay Berk Tokay is an actor and director, known for Grafi Producer: Necati Akpınar Script: Haluk Can Dizdaroğlu 2000 (2002) Harbi TV (2009) and Fırıldak Ailesi (2017). DoP: Bilal Hamurcular Editing: Varol Yaşaroğlu Music: Kadir Süzgün Voice: Atilla Şendil, Levent Ünsal, Mustafa Oral, Didem Atlıhan, Sema Kahriman Contact Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi, [email protected] 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!

TURKISH CINEMA 20 MISSION: VACATION GÖREVİMİZ TATİL

Turkey 2018, 112’ Colour

Director: Murat Şeker Producer: Taff Pictures & Sugar- Murat Şeker, he was born on June 25, 1973 in Istanbul. workz Script: Murat Şeker, Ali Tanrıverdi He graduated from Mimar Sinan University Cinema-Tele- DoP: Bülent Özer Editing: Levent Çelebi vision Department. In 1996, he made his first short film. Music: Serhat Ersöz Cast: Demet Akbağ, Zafer Algöz, Later, he made video clip works for Turkish rock and pop Deniz Altan, Ali Keçeli 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 Mutlu family who is a middle class town- Eclipse and many more. dweller in the lap of luxury. The mother of the family, Türkan Mutlu is unhappy Filmography because of the disconnection and the absence of communication in her family. Dancing with Jackals 5, Çakallarla Dans 5, 2018 As a result of this, family decides to see a Mission: Vacation, Görevimiz Tatil, 2018 therapist. When the family therapist finds Turkish Tiger, Deliormanlı, 2016 out they haven’t been on a holiday for My Friend Max, Arkadaşım Max, 2013 several years, he suggests them to take Life is Good To You, Hayat Sana Güzel, 2013 some time off. A funny and adventurous Love Eclipse,Aşk Tutuması, 2008 journey is waiting for our family who is On The Beach,Plajda, 2007 going on a holiday after 9 years. Contact TAFF PICTURES [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 21 MORTAL WORLD ÖLÜMLÜ DÜNYA

Turkey 2018, 107’ Colour

Director: Ali Atay Producer: Taff Pictures Ali Atay is a talented filmmaker, actor, musician and writ- Script: Ali Atay, Aziz Kedi, Feyyaz Yiğit, Volkan Sümbül, er known for his roles on hit TV shows “Leyla ile Mecnun” Ali Demirel DoP: Ahmet Bayer Editing: Çiçek Kahraman and “Masum”. He also starred in 2017 blockbuster hit Music: Murat Çekem, Ozan Tügen, Deniz Doğançay Cast: “Ayla: The Daughter of War”, which had 5,5 million viewers Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Alper Kul, Sarp Apak, İrem Sak, at the box office. Atay has 22 credits (13 TV series and 9 Doğu Demirkol, Feyyaz Yiğit 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 Mermer Family lives a double life working comprised of young people. at their family owned restaurant while being undercover assassins for an Filmography international organisation. After their secret is revealed, this dysfunctional family needs You’ve Got Murder, Cinayet Süsü, 2019 to work together to survive. Mortal World, Ölümlü Dünya, 2018 Lemonade, Limonata, 2015

Contact TAFF PICTURES [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 22 MY FATHER’S BONES BABAMIN KEMİKLERİ

Turkey, 2018, 98’ Colour

Director: Özkan Çelik Producer: Mustafa Ensari Dal Özkan Çelik: He was born in 1981. In 2004 he graduated Script: İsmail Doruk DoP: Serdar Özdemir from Erciyes Üniversity with a diploma in Cinema-TV. He Editing: Nilay Atılgan, Özkan Çelik Music: Neşet Ertaş is worked as a first assistant director in various Cinema, Cast: Cem Davran, Ömer Aydede, Goncagül Sunar, Tanju TV and Commercial takes. His career as a director began Tuncel, Uğur Çavuşoğlu with feature film Muska in 2014.

Contact The tragicomic story of a man who left his Papyon Film, Neslihan Bilgin Çelik village when he was a teenager because of [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 23 MY SON HADİ OĞLUM

Turkey, 2018, 118’ Colour

Director: Bora Egemen Producer: Koray Şahin, Bora Egemen was graduated from Eskisehir University Fırat Parlak Script: Fırat Parlak DoP: Stefano Morcaldo Department of Cinema and Television. He is directing Music: Fahir Atakoğlu Cast: Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Sezai Aydın, TV and digital commercial films for about 20 years and Büşra Develi, Feridun Düzağaç, Alihan Türkdemir 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. A man’s life is transformed by becoming a father; he’s ready to take on the world for his son. Contact Inter Medya [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 24 RAFADAN TAYFA: UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE RAFADAN TAYFA: DEHLİZ MACERASI

Turkey 2018, Animation, Colour, 84’

Director: İsmail Fidan Producer: İsmail Fidan İsmail Fidan has started his career in entertainment Script: Ozan Çivit Editing: Burak Kalaç industry as a Technical Director in animations and in Music: İsmail Fidan Voice: Şirin Giobbi, Levent Kol, year 2012 he founded ISF STUDIOS to produce his Yağmur Sergen, Hakan Coşar, Emine Sergen Kazbek own projects. In 2014 he starting to produce and direct Rafadan Tayfa the series which is still the most popular animation series in Turkey. A construction company creates a stability report of the houses in the neighborhood Contact and a rumor of evacuation rapidly spreads ISF STUDIOS, İsmail Fidan between the residents. [email protected]

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.

Screening Time

9 Feb 2019 Time: 11:15 Venue: Parliament Studio

TURKISH CINEMA 25 RÜZGAR

Turkey, 2018, 97’ Colour

Director: Serkan Acar Producer: Avşar Film Serkan Acar: he studied Psychology at Istanbul Script: Volkan Girgin DoP: Ercan Özkan University. Since 1996, he has been working with Editing: Aykut Yıldırım Music: Ruhin İsmayilov prominent names of cinema world such as Yusuf Kurçenli, Cast: Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Burcu Biricik, Ertan Saban, Murat Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Ünal Küpeli, Feyzi Tuna, Kadir Sözen, Garipağaoğlu, Tamer Levent 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 ‘Rüzgar’ is a story of becoming a which was awarded the Best Feature Film in the Golden Boll Film Festival. ‘Love and Revolution’ directed by Acar family. Rüzgar (10), a member of a has been screened in many National and International purse snatching gang, meets Ece Film Festivals. (35), an assistant manager of a diaper manifacturing company, after a long Filmography chain of coincidences and their journey on becoming a family evolves. As the Rüzgar, 2018 relationship of Ece and Alper moves in Love and Revolution, Aşk ve Devrim, 2011 the direction of marriage, they can’t find themselves tying the knot because Ece Contact resists Alper’s desire to have a child. But Inter Medya Rüzgar changes everything when he [email protected] becomes a part of their lives. They bring down a street gang, take control of their lives and manage to become a big family.

TURKISH CINEMA 26 SAF

Turkey, Germany, Romania 2019, 102’ Colour

Director: Ali Vatansever Producer: Selin Vatansever Ali Vatansever: born in Istanbul. Studied Industrial Design Tezcan, Oya Özden, Harry Floeter, Joerg Siepmann, and Film. Ali is directing within Terminal Film, a produc- Anamaria Antoci Script: Ali Vatansever tion company he co-founded and teaching Film Produc- DoP: Tudor Vladimir Panduru Editing: Evren Luş tion at Koç University. His debut feature EL YAZISI has Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu Cast: Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Erol been distributed in theatres in 2012. His second feature Afşin, Onur Buldu, Ümmü Putgül, Kida Khodr Ramadan SAF was premiered in Toronto International Film Festival in 2018. Ali is also an urban activist, working closely with NGOs on local democracy. Fikirtepe, a district of Istanbul, where Filmography urban transformation is sweeping away the poor communities and deserted Saf, 2019 buildings shelter Syrian refugees. Kamil, a One Day or Another, El Yazısı, 2012 naïve worker, lands a job at a construction Marc the Autologiste (medium lenght) site nearby, going against his principles Modern Art, 2006 (short) of opposing urban transformation. The former jobholder, a Syrian refugee, starts Contact pressuring him to leave. Oppression and Terminal Film, Selin Vatansever Tezcan anxiety both in his neighbourhood and [email protected] at work gradually transform him. His wife faces the consequences.

TURKISH CINEMA 27 T.İ.M.

Turkey 2018, 90’ Colour

Director: Onur Yiğit Producer: Turan Film Script: Serdar Onur Yiğit Born in 1984, İzmit. He was graduated from Atacan, Emre Uzun, Barış Cansağır, İsmet Müstecep Academy Ege Cinema and TV with a degree. He is DoP: Ercan Durmuş Editing: Bahadır Aydın interested in photography. Music: Yıldıray Gürgen Cast: Serdar Atacan, Emre Uzun, Barış Can Sağır, Hatice Kalit Contact Match Point, Melis Nersesoğlu Konca [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 28 THE ANNOUNCEMENT ANONS

Turkey, Bulgaria, 2018, 94’ Colour

Director: Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun Producer: Halil Kardaş, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, he began filmmaking with direct- Tarık Tufan Script: Ercan Kesal, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun ing documentaries in year 2000. He made his first fiction DoP: Krum Rodriguez Editing: Çiçek Kahraman film Wrong Rosary (Uzak İhtimal) in 2009 with which he Music: Okan Kaya Cast: Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Murat Kılıç, won several national and international awards including Tarhan Karagöz, Şencan Güleryüz, Serkan Ercan, Erdem Rotterdam Film Festival’s “Tiger Award” and İstanbul Film Şenocak 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 The film tells the story of four former his third film. soldiers and their extraordinary one-night journey. Lieutenant Şinasi, Commander Filmography Kemal, Commander Rıfat and Colonel The Announcement, Anons, 2018 Reha plan to announce a manifesto of the Yozgat Blues, 2013 military coup on Istanbul Radio which will Wrong Rosary, Uzak ihtimal, 2009 commence in Ankara on the same night. They are certain that a strong and an Contact efficient manifesto leads to a successful Heretic Outreach coup and public support. However, nothing [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 29 THE HUNT AV

Turkey, 2019, 85’ Colour

Director: Emre Akay Producer: Emre Akay, Tolga Topçu, Emre Akay started out making shorts and music videos. Diloy Gülün Script: Emre Akay, Deniz Cuylan His first feature BTKF, made for 1000 USD was locally DoP: Barış Özbiçer Editing: Taner Sarf, Emre Akay critically acclaimed and set Akay as a cult indie director. Music: Deni Cuylan, Brian Bender Cast: Billur Melis Koç, He went on to make documentaries and commercials. Av Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Yağız Can Konyalı, Yılmaz Adam is his second feature-length fiction. Bayraktar, Baki Rıdvan Kaymaz Filmography

The Hunt, Av, 2019 Police officer Sedat raids a young couple. Byzantin Games, 2016 (short) The boy is killed instantly while the girl, Forever Onward, 2009 (documentary) Ayse, manages to escape. Now with four La Rupture, 2001 (short) men hunting her in the name of honor, and Proxemique, 2001 (short) out in the wild, Ayşe will have to evolve from prey to hunter in order to survive. Contact JaguarProjects, Emre Akay [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 30 THE MUTE DİLSİZ

Turkey, 2019, 94’ Colour

Director: Murat Pay Producer: İsmail Murat Erdağı Murat Pay graduated from the Radio, Television & Script: Selman Kılıçaslan, Murat Pay DoP: Andreas Cinema Department of Marmara University in 2003. His Sinanos Editing: Taner Sarf Music: Ali Saran first job combining the theory and practice of film was Cast: Ozan Çelik, Mim Kemal Öke, Vildan Atasever, Emin at the BİSAV in Istanbul, where he has been leading Gürsoy 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 One day, Sami learns that his grandmother Rasathane Film. left him a small chest full of calligraphy materials. Then he meets Selma at the Filmography library where he has been commissioned to do a mural, and the introduction Miradjiyah Hidden Heritage, Mirâciyye Saklı Miras, 2017 marks a turning point for him. With her Breath of the Beloved, Mâşuk’un Nefesi, 2014 encouragement, Sami embarks on learning the practice of calligraphy. He is helped in Contact his endeavours by Eşref Efendi. The master Rasathane Film is quick to steer Sami towards love. For [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 31 THE PIGEON THIEVES GÜVERCİN HIRSIZLARI

Turkey, 2018, 82’ Colour

Director: Osman Nail Doğan Producer: Sinan Sertel, Osman Nail Doğan; after completing his education in Turgay Şahin Script: Osman Nail Doğan, Samet Doğan Yozgat, he moved to Istanbul. He entered the world of DoP: Mehmet Başbaran Editing: Naim Kanat cinema on the occasion of a director. He took script Music: Ali Saran Cast: Seyit Nizam Yilmaz, Mert Buğra lessons from Nilgün Öneş and Yavuz Turgul at a special Tataroğlu, Kutay Sandikçi, Gökhan Yikilkan, Burçin Sezen 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- 16 year-old Mahmut’s life consists of style serial film. feeding pigeons and making money from stealing others’ pigeons. His biggest Contact dream is to have the best pigeons. One Fanus-u Hayal, Sinan Sertel day, one of his pigeons escapes and [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 32 THE SHOELACE BAĞCIK

Turkey, 2018, 92’ colour

Director: Görkem Yeltan Producer: Karina Film Görkem Yeltan: Gratuated from conservatory’s theatre Script: Asuman Kafaoğlu Büke, Yalçın Akyıldız, Görkem department, Görkem Yeltan has played in various tv Yeltan DoP: Ercan Özkan Editing: Alican Özker series and movies. Among the movies that she has Music: Yalçın Akyıldız Cast: Kaan Çakır, Pınar Tuncegil, played, Uzak İhtimal and Eylül brought her the best Okan Yalabık 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 Two sisters, who lost their parents, have festivals. to stay temporarily with their uncle in Bodrum, upon their grandma\’s leaving. Filmography: An intimacy develops between their uncle and the nanny, a pilates teacher hired to The Shoelace, Bağcık, 2018 look after them during their stay. The kids We Were Dining and I Decided / Yemekteydik ve Karar want to live with them in Bodrum and are Verdim, 2015 reluctant about moving to Canada. Never thought of parenting the kids due to his Contact disability, Turgut finds out a truth the Karina Film woman he loves kept from him, while he [email protected] was leaning toward the idea of parenting the kids. Will the kids stay in Bodrum or move to Canada?

TURKISH CINEMA 33 TO DIE FOR CAN FEDA

Turkey 2018, 105’ Colour

Director: M. Çağatay Tosun Producer: Taff Pictures M. Çağatay Tosun was born in 1978 in İzmir. He Script: Zafer Külünk DoP: Tolga Çetin graduated from İstanbul University, Department of Editing: Aytekin Birkon Music: Toygar Işıklı Radio TV and Cinema and Television of Faculty of Cast: Burak Özçivit, Kerem Bürsin, Melike İpek Yalova, Communication. He has started directing in 2005, Süleyman Karaahmet 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 Turkish ground forces enter the most produced When Derin Falls (Derin Düşün-ce) which was screened at 49. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and dangerous zone in the world, where a international film festivals. He co-produced Seaburners 7 year old civil war takes place, with no (Kumun Tadı) which premiered at the 64th International allies. In the meantime, special forces Berlin Film Festival, Forum Section. unit under the command of lieutenant Alpaslan (Burak Özçivit) reveal an ambush Filmography against Turkish army with the help of flight lieutenant Onur (Kerem Bürsin). Maybe the To Die For, Can Feda, 2018 real test for this unit is to keep listening When Derin Falls, Derin Düşün-ce, 2012 to their conscience and try to be humane The Governer, Vali, 2009 under the barbarous conditions of warfare. Contact TAFF PICTURES [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 34 TRAP KAPAN

Turkey 2019, 84’ Colour

Director: Seyid Çolak Producer: Seyid Çolak Seyid Çolak: he was born in, Sisli, Istanbul. He’s graduated Script: Seyid Çolak DoP: İlker Berke from Beykent University of Cinema and Television Editing: Naim Kanat Music: Ali Saran Department. In 2013, he held an exhibition named ‘’ Cast: Onur Dilber, Yüksel Akça, Münibe Millet, Sami Aksu, My Africa’ with the photos which he took during his Güliz Oktar, Serkan Altıntaş, Yasemin Girgin 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’’ Mada Island is located in the middle coordinated in the partnership with Ministiry of Culture of Beyşehir Lake and it is the only lake and TURSAK. in Turkey which hosts a habitat. The opportunities on this island are so limited. Filmography There are five characters living in the middle of a lake and trying to survive. Trap, Kapan, 2019 There is no school, hospital or mosque on Serender, 2014 (short) Mada Island. Still, they have to keep living The Cold, Soğuk, 2014 (short) there. Black Snow, Kara Kar, 2011 (short) The Game, Oyun, 2010 (short)

Contact Zürafa Film, Seyid Çolak [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 35 TRUST GÜVEN

Turkey 2018, 126’ Colour

Director: Sefa Öztürk Producer: Serkan Acar, Muhammet Sefa Öztürk: graduated from Civil Engineering at Yıldız Çakıral, Dilek Aydın Script: Sefa Öztürk Technical University. Upon graduation, she chose to DoP: Feza Çaldıran Editing: Ömer Günüvar work in Film&TV business. She worked as a journalist, TV Music: Erdem Helvacığlu Cast: Bülent Çolak, Gözde programmer and editor. Then she moved to directorial Çığacı, Ahmet Kaynak 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 Ali and Meryem are an ordinary family on contributed various TV shows. Trust is her first feature the face of it. Meryem has a child from a film. previous relationship with Ferit. When Ferit reappears years later, Ali puts his wife to Filmography: a test of trust. While Meryem is caught between her sense of gratitude and the Backyard, Arka Bahçe, 2011 (short) agony of love, Ali’s self-esteem begins to

crumble. Ferit’s murder fans the flames Contact of distrust between them. They are too Dilek Aydın suspicious of one another to talk. During [email protected] the police questioning, they cling to one another once again. Complicity becomes the glue of trust between them. Now they are a proper family.

TURKISH CINEMA 36 TURKISH ICE CREAM TURKISH-İ DONDURMA

Turkey, 2019, 120’ Colour

Director: Can Ulkay Producer: Mustafa Uslu Can Ulkay shot music videos and thousands of Script: Gürkan Tanyaş DoP: Peter Strauger commercials for major brands since 1994. He has Editing: Mustafa Presheva Music: Fahir Atakoğlu taken the director\’s chair in ‘Ayla’ the Official Entry Cast: Ali Atay, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Şebnem Bozoklu, From Turkey for The 90th Academy Awards- Foreign Will Thorp, Marleen Matthews Language Film. He won the Best Director Award at the 2018 Richmond International Film Festival.

Filmography A tale of a Turkish ice cream man and a cameleer living in a small town in Australia Turkish Ice Cream, Turkish-i Dondurma, 2019 whose peaceful lives changed drastically Müslüm, 2018 after World War I broke out. When they Ayla: The Daughter of War, Ayla, 2017 learned that Ottoman Empire is in a war against Australia, they decided to join this Contact bloody war. Dijital Sanatlar [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 37 WOLF BÖRÜ

Turkey 2018, 126’ Colour

Director: Can Emre, Cem Özüduru Producer: Insignia Cem Özüduru: He was born in 1987, in İstanbul. He grad- Film Yapım & Çağlararts Sanat Script: Alper Çağlar uated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts School in 2010 He is DoP: Ender Ercan Editing: Can Emre, Cem Özüduru, the co-writer and visual concept,storyboard artist of the Alper Çağlar Music: Lincoln Jaeger Cast: Serkan Çayoğlu, Turkish Horror films such as Baskın and Housewife. He Murat Arkın, Emir Benderliğlu, Can Nergis, Ahmet Pınar 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 Picking up from the explosive cliffhanger atrworks for the Börü: The Movie, he also co-directed the movie. of the sixth episode of the miniseries, the film follows the harrowing coup attempt night of July 15th, and the Police Special Contact Operations and Special Forces heroes who Match Point, Melis Nersesoğlu Konca put everything on the line to prevent a [email protected] cultist takeover of Turkey.

TURKISH CINEMA 38 UPCOMING FILMS in pre-production

A HOPE BİR UMUT

Turkey, Germany, 2019, 110’ colour

Director: Ümit Köreken Producer: Ümit Köreken, Nursen Ümit Köreken: born in 1978 in Akşehir. Graduated from Çetin Köreken Script: Ümit Köreken, Nursen Çetin Business Management Faculty. Works in the fields of ra- Köreken 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 A Hope tells the story of Umut, a small making in 2011. He directed the film “Blue Bicycle” which was shown in many festivals in 2016 and received import- town boy, in his different age periods, as a ant awards. He directed and produced the docudrama fourteen and thirty five year old. When he film that called “Muhammad Ali” in 2019. is fourteen years old, Umut attends school’s

theatre audition with the encouragement of Muhammed Ali, 2019 (docu drama) one of his teachers. The lead role he plays Blue Bicycle, Mavi Bisiklet, 2016 in Chekhov’s Seagull leads to significant changes in his view of life. When he is Contact invited to a drama school’s entrance exam, Nursen Çetin Köreken his construction worker father dies in an www.dramayapim.com accident. He goes to Germany with his [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 40 in post-production ANT KARINCA

Turkey, 2019, 121’ colour

Director: Nazif Tunç Producer: Ömer Mirac Tunç Nazif Tunç was born in 1964 in Malkara, Tekirdağ. He Script: Halit Karaata, Nazif Tunç received his undergraduate degree from Istanbul Univer- sity, Faculty of Communication. For many years he wrote about cinema and theater in newspapers and magazines. Being a driver at a removal lorry, Şemsi He produced more than 100 television films in Halk Film which he founded in 2006. He gave lectures about film took the young girl who strayed into his production at Marmara University, Faculty of Commu- way in Southeast to Istanbul to make her nication. For now, he is the Vice President of the Film a favor. Producers Professional Association (Fiyab). And he con- Learning after a while that Fidan was tinues to take films based on the historical development enticed by the terror organization to be of the Anatolian people, the national culture of Turkey, employed as a suicide bomber, Şemsi the tradition of faith. thinks that he would have a share in the future events as he was the one to took Contact her to Istanbul. Şemsi, with the conscious Halk Film, Ömer Mirac Tunç responsibility of thinking that bad results [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 41 in development

ANTS KARINCALAR

Turkey, France, 100’ colour

Director: Onur Yağız Producer: Pierre- Louis Garnon 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. Like human beings, ants live in a self- structured society. But as human beings, sometimes this society gets disordered. So Contact they disagree, and sometimes they fight. IMA Productions, Yuva Film, Baxter Films As they gather for their mother’s funeral, Emrah Kılıç two brothers and a sister disagree about [email protected] the place where she should be buried. Pierre-Louis Garnon They have less than 24 hours to decide [email protected] and agree. 24 hours during which they will discuss, they will fight, they will have to overcome their truth, lies, silence, anger, vice…

TURKISH CINEMA 42 in pre-production

BLACK NIGHT KARANLIK GECE

Turkey, Germany, France, 2019, colour, 90’

Director: Özcan Alper Producer: Soner Alper Özcan Alper was born in 1975 in Artvin. He studied Script: Özcan Alper, Murat Uyurkulak 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. Ishak (35), a wandering musician from His first feature “Autumn” was shown at more than 60 a small mountain town. A lynching he international film festivals and won many awards. He was a part of 7 years ago comes back to was nominated for European Discovery by Europe Film haunt him as he returns to his town to Academy. His second feature film “Future Lasts Forever” had it’s World Premier at 36th Toronto International Film say farewell to his dying mother. Facing Festival. His third feature “Memories of the Wind” received the other five perpetrators--his childhood support from Cinefoundation L’Atelier of Cannes Film friends as well as the community and Festival, Hubert Bals Fund of Rotterdam Film Festival and government officials supporting them, the Asian Film Market of Busan Film Festival. He is now Ishak struggles with the guilt weighing working on his 4th feature film, Black Night. upon him. Filmography Black Night, Karanlık Gece, 2019 Among the Ruins, Yıkıntılar Arasında, 2018 (short anima- tion) Memories of the Wind, Rüzgarın Hatıraları, 2015 Future Lasts Forever, Gelecek Uzun Sürer, 2011 Autumn, Sonbahar, 2008

Contact Nar Film, Soner Alper [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 43 in pre-production ELA AND HILMI & ALI ELA İLE HİLMİ VE ALİ

Turkey, 2019, colour

Director: Ziya Demirel Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu Ziya Demirel: (Adana, 1988). Started theatre at high Script: Ziya Demirel, Nazlı Elif Durlu 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 Ela and Hilmi and Ali tells the story of & scriptwriting at the Prague Film School. There he shot his well-received short film Evicko. The last short film 7 different days of a constantly-form- he directed, SALI [Tuesday], premiered in the Official changing relationship of a newly-wed Selection of Cannes FF in 2015, and was selected in couple: a maths teacher Hilmi (45), an festivals such as Toronto, Sarajevo, Sundance, Rotterdam earthquake survivor Ela (19) and a secret etc. SALI was awarded as ‘Best Short Film’ in festivals rapper, son of the building custodian Ali such as Les Arcs, Istanbul, Grenoble and with Special Jury (15). 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)

Contact istos film, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 44 in development

HI NEIGHBOUR! HAY KOMŞU!

Turkey, Germany, Georgia, 2019, colour, 90’

Director: Yunus Ozan Korkut Producer: Aslı Akdağ Yunus Ozan Korkut: He has been working since 2008 in Script: Zeynep Yalgın 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 Guzel is an unmarried woman, who takes Stories” was premiered in Turkey in September 2017 and care of her two brothers and one sister had widespread media coverage in glowing terms. after their parents pass away. The family’s He wants to build up his career especially directing inde- pendent movies and projects that consists stories that principal source of living, their one and are never been told. only cow crosses River Arpacay one day

and breaks into the lands of Armenia. Filmography Guzel leaves no stone unturned and starts searching for the ways of going to this My Suburban Stories, Benim Varoş Hikayem, 2017 country which Turkey has no diplomatic relations and there is no border gates in between since 1993, as she gives up Contact bureaucratic solutions as well. Aslı Akdağ [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 45 in development HIS MOM IS A NINJA THE ANNESİ NİNJA

Turkey, Macedonia, 2019, colour, 110’

Director: Sinan Yabgu Ünal Producer: Servan Güney, Sinan Yabgu Ünal: Born in Istanbul in 1988. Currently Sinan Yabgu Ünal Script: Sinan Yabgu Ünal 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- Two lovers come to the island where is full duction assistant, production manager and line producer of Kerim’s memories about his mom and from 2010 on. In 2015, he co-founded RTNT Film and ex-girlfriend just for two days. Visit takes produced Öğretmen (short), Kurban (short), Sessiz Ortak (short), and Emin Fırat Övür’s Anadolu Masalları (feature only 100 minutes. 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.

Contact RTNT Film, [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 46 in pre-production

I HAD I DREAM BİR DÜŞ GÖRDÜM

Turkey, 2019, colour, 90’

Director: Murat Çeri Producer: Hasan Turgut, Murat Çeri Murat Çeri: Born in Bolu/Gerede in 1980. He completed Script: Murat Çeri 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. Tarık is 8 years old who is city child and his He registered Cinema department of BSF (Science, Arts, Philosophy Academy) opened in Taksim. Studied here dad died , mother sleep in a coma.He loss for two years. memory and remembering nothing. The only thing he recalls about the past is his iconic dreams. The film already takes its Contact FİLİMETRE, Murat Çeri name from these dreams. [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 47 in post-production

IGUANA TOKYO

Turkey, Japan, Germany, 2019, 90’ colour

Director: Kaan Müjdeci Producer: Kaan Film, Colored Kaan Müjdeci: studied film directing in Berlin. His feature Giraffes, Lita Film, Trixta Script: Kaan Müjdeci 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 IGUANA TOKYO tells the story of a family from Turkey for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscars in 88th Academy Awards. His second feature film that installs the Virtual Reality game M2 IGUANA TOKYO was selected to Cannes Cinefondation in their flat in downtown Tokyo.The rules L’Atelier at the 69th Cannes Film Festival and received are simple: who ever wins, is in charge. The a production grant from the Turkish Ministry of Culture. game becomes the center of their lives, Currently project is in post production. and quickly changes the family dynamic, for depending on how well they do in the Contact game, the family members\’ rooms in their Müge Büyüktalaş flat increase or shrink in size. The game [email protected] 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

TURKISH CINEMA 48 in post-production

IN THE SHADOWS GÖLGELER İÇİNDE

Turkey, China, UK, 2019, colour, 96’

Director: Erdem Tepegöz Producer: Figen Ermek Erdem Tepegoz was born in 1982. Graduated from Dokuz Özçorlu, Umut Özçorlu Script: Erdem Tepegöz Eylul University, Department of Economics. He studied film directing in Prag Film School. He traveled all around the world for making many documentaries. “In the Shadows” is a near future story with Zerre (TheParticle), his debut film that is written and di- no indication of time and place. This is a rected by him, won almost 23 awards including Best Film post-apocalyptic world that ruled over Golden St. George at the 35th Moscow International Film by primitive technology. Zait, a loyal mine Festival and was screened in 30 countries. The director worker who works for a mine factory which received many praises from cinema critics on his social is managed by unknowns. He begins to be realist cinema approach. doubtful about the system he lives in and Gölgeler Içinde (In the Shadows) is his second feature tries to find the eminence grise. And then film. he realises that existence of him depends on destruction of the system itself which is He continues his masterdegree in thefield of anthropol- dark better than he thought. ogy.

Filmography

In the Shadows, Gölgeler İçinde, 2018 The Coastliners, Kıyıdakiler, 2016 The Particle, Zerre, 2012

Contact Contact Film Works, Zeynep Can [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 49 in pre-production

KERR

Turkey, Greece, France, 2019, colour

Director: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu Producer: Vildan Erşen Tayfun Pirselimoğlu is the director and scriptwriter of Script: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu 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 This is the story of C finding himself as and three storybooks. a sole eyewitness of murder in the train station of the town where he came for his Filmography old father’s funeral. Then, he is in between a tragic dilemma of getting on the train Sideway, Yol Kenarı, 2017 just leaving and return to his regular life or I’m not Him, Ben O Değilim, 2014 undertaking the responsibility of reporting Hair, Saç, 2011 the murder to the police. He prefers to Haze, Pus, 2009 apply to the police and he finds himself in Rıza, 2007 a very weird situation, then. Innowhereland, Hiçbiryerde, 2002

Contact Gataki Filmcilik, Vildan Erşen [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 50 in post-production

KIDS ON THE BLOCK CAN DOSTLAR

Turkey, 2019, colour, 100’

Director: Tuğçe Soysop Producer: Necati Akpınar Tuğçe Soysop was born in 1984 in İzmir. She graduated Script: Murat Kepez, Uğur Gövercin, Dinar Kahveci, Cihan from Çınarlı Anadolu Teknik Radio-TV High School and Deniz, Nagihan Cemcir, Onur Ümit, Öner Ateş, Pelin Serin 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 From the great team of Güldüy Güldüy Köyün Şarkısı”. She is currently working on the Güldür Güldür Show program. comes another feature after their success with their first film. Contact Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi, [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 51 in post-production KILL ME IF YOU DARE ÖLDÜR BENİ SEVGİLİM

Turkey, 2019, colour, 100’

Director: Şenol Sönmez Producer: Necati Akpınar Şenol Sönmez was born in 1980 in Istanbul. She Script: Erhan Özen 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 High school sweet-hearts, Demet (Seda feature film: The Kiss of Life. Bakan) and Okan (Murat Boz) got married as soon as they finished school. However, Filmography years of money problems have taken a toll on the marriage and made them Time of Happiness, Mutluluk Zamanı 2017 intolerable to each other. The Kiss of Life, Hayat Öpücüğü 2015 Rina 2009 They decide to buy a lottery ticket together on their wedding anniversary and Contact actually win!They go to a summer resort to Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi, give their marriage another chance, or to [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 52 in development

LACUNA ARALIK

Turkey, 2019, colour, 95’

Director: Selman Nacar Producer: Burak Çevik Selman Nacar is a filmmaker, currently pursuing his MFA Script: Selman Nacar 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. After migrating to the US from Turkey,

Kadir finds himself under the iron-tight grip Filmography of his destiny - stuck between two vastly different worlds. Alex, 2018 (short) Verge, Eşik, 2017 (short) The Well, Kuyu 2015 (short)

Contact Kuyu Film, Selman Nacar [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 53 in development

LIKE A LIMBLESS TREE KESİLMİŞ BİR AĞAÇ GİBİ

Turkey, 2019, 120” colour

Director: Tunç Davut Tunç Davut studied Cinema and Television in Eskişehir Producer: Sinem Altındağ - Tekhne Film and Istanbul. His career in the film and media industry to Script: Tunç Davut - Sinem Altındağ 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. Terminally ill Refik wishes to spend the Sarajevo Film Festival Official Competition. Since then the film has been invited to several other international film approaching Eid with his children. When festivals. It has been awarded as the \”Best First Feature\” his Syrian refugee carer disappears, leaving by 22. Festival International Cinéma Méditerranéen her kids behind with him, despite his Tétouan and Mr. Davut has been awarded as the “Best family’s self-obsession, he struggles to find Director” by the South European Film Festival. the woman in İzmir, the city of hope. 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)

Contact Tekhne Film [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 54 in post-production LIVE YAŞAMAK

Turkey, Germany, 2019, colour, 100’

Director: Talip Karamahmutoğlu Talip Karamahmutoğlu studied the core of film art at Producer: Erkan Karabağ Script: Serkan Özarslan 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 A vulnerable child is struggling to survive. length movie. In his directing career, he made many Universal Declaration of Human Rights commercials, promotional, and music videos. Child Declaration Article 6: All facilities should be used in order not to separate Filmography a younger age child from a mother. Living in Germany as an immigrant child, Mezarcı, 2016 Cemal takes his life by finding himself Student Business, Öğrenci İşleri, 2015 in unexpected behaviors to get rid of I Have A Story, Bir Hikayem Var, 2012 Jugendamt’s unfair policies. Contact Zeon Medya, Erkan Karabağ [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 55 in post-production

MAGIC CARPET RIDE 2 ORGANİZE İŞLER: SAZAN SARMALI

Turkey, 2019, colour, 121’

Director: Yılmaz Erdoğan Producer: Necati Akpınar Yilmaz Erdoğan spent his child hood in Ankara until Script: Yılmaz Erdoğan 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 After 10 years Asım and his team are Tiyatrosu) managed by Ferhan Şensoy. He also became still in the underground business. Asım’s chief screenwriter at Levent Kırca’s long-running televi- daughter Nazlı who doesn’t like to see sion sketch show, Olacak O Kadar. In 1988, he founded his own theatre company, Güldüşündürü, and staged a him much gets scammed on her wedding successful production of his self-penned Suleiman the day. What would happen if the king of Magnificent and Rambo (Turkish: Kanuni Sultan Süley- scammers daughter gets scammed? man ve Rambo). In 1994, he founded Beşiktaş Cultural One of the biggest budgeted and most Center (Turkish: Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi) with business anticipated film of the year. 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, 2017 Sour Apples, Ekşi Elmalar, 2016 The Butterfly’s Dream, Kelebeğin Rüyası, 2013 Jolly Life, Neşeli Hayat, 2009 Magic Carpet Ride, Organize İşler, 2005 Vizontele Tuba, 2004 Vizontele, 2001

Contact Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi, [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 56 in pre-production MAUSER MAVZER

Turkey, 2019, colour, 105’

Director: Fatih Özcan Producer: Enes Erbay Fatih Özcan studied Philosophy in İstanbul University. Script: Fatih Özcan 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. 1970’s. A mountain village. Veysi wants Contact to buy a Mauser gun. If he could hunt a Teferruat Film, Enes Erbay wolf and bring it to the arms dealer, he [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 57 in post-production

OMAR AND US OMAR VE BİZ

Turkey 2019, 107’ Colour

Director: Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er Director duo wrote ,directed and produced their third Producer: Mehmet Bahadir Er Script: Mehmet Bahadir Er film together. Previous films which were screened and DoP: Aydin Sarıoğlu Editing: Maryna Er Gorbach, Aziz awarded at many prestigious festivals as Rotterdam IFF, İmamoğlu Cast: Cem Bender, Taj Sher Yakub, Menderes Montreal IFF, Tokyo IFF, Seattle IFF, Warsaw IFF, Tallin… Samancilar, Hala Alsayaneh, Ushan Çakir Maryna and Bahadir are the members of European Film Academy .

Ismet is a recently retired Turkish Coast Filmography: Guard Commander. He struggles to communicate with his family. His son Love Me, Sev Beni, 2013 Black Dogs Barking, Kara Köpekler Havlarken, 2009 left to the U.S. and his wife wants join him. After becoming neighbors with two Syrian refugees and the events occurring Contact PROTIM V.P, Mehmet Bahadır ER afterwards, he now has to face his [email protected] prejudices and political view.

Screening Time

10 Feb 2019 Time: 13:00 Venue: Cinemobile

TURKISH CINEMA 58 in pre-production ORPHAN GIRL ÖKSÜZ KIZ

Turkey, 2020, 75’ colour

Director: Ali Osman Emirosmanoğlu Ali Osman Emirosmanoğlu: Born at 1947 at istanbul. Producer: Ahmet Edebali Script: Ekrem Bektaş Graduated from İstanbul University Business and Economics Institute. Directed many cartoons like: Binbir Gece Masalları, Kelile-Dimne, Leading People (Cartoon), On this film that is fully animated, our Karagöz, A Story Every Day (TRT), Fairy Tale World (çizgi hero who has a good hearth beeing an dizi).At the year 2017 art-directed and produced “İzmit- example with her behavior, standing up Earthquake Panoramic Museum”. to evil with kindness and patience and succeeding themes are told by this tale. Contact Orphan Girl keeps being patient againts Tele Yapım, Ahmet Edebali her stepmothers villainy and marries to [email protected] a prince she met while in a wedding and lives happily ever after.

TURKISH CINEMA 59 in post-production

THE DOOR KAPI

Turkey, 2019, 110’ colour

Director: Nihat Durak Producer: Durak Film Nihat Durak was the assistant director of the 6-hours- Script: Filiz Üstün Durak 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, Yakup, Şemsa and their grandchild Nardin he was the Turkey country producer and director of the receives an alarming call from their Discovery Channel documentary “War and Civilisation”. hometown Turkey regarding their long Nihat Durak won total of three awards at Antalya and lost son Mikhael, who they have been Adana Film Festivals. seeking to find for years. As they arrive in He developed 11 TV projects as a director and producer. their village, they find out that the door he crafted alongside his son for their home Filmography, has been stolen. The seasoned master craftsman is on an eventful journey across My Father, Babam, 2017 First Love, İlk Aşk, 2007 the country with his grandchild and the Wildling, Yaban, 1996 culprit who stole his door.

Contact Durak Film [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 60 in post-production THE HIVE KOVAN

Turkey, 2019, colour, 95’

Director: Eylem Kaftan Producer: Canol Balkaya Eylem Kaftan: Born in Turkey. Eylem Kaftan completed a Script: Eylem Kaftan 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 A forgotten border town at the peak Best Short Film and the Jury Prize at the Planet Indie Film Festival in Toronto in 2002. Kaftan then wrote and di- point of Northeastern Turkey... Ayse, who rected Vendetta Song (2005) produced in co-production lives Berlin in her late 30s drives to her with the National Film Board of Canada. This documenta- home- town as she learns that her mother ry about her per- sonal journey into the honour-killing of is gravely ill. In her hometown that she her aunt in a small village in Turkey has received several has left many years ago, she is confronted awards including the Quebec Film Critics Association with what will radically change her life, Award for Best Documentary. the apiary that has been left to her by

her mother. Ayşe isn’t enthusiastic about Contact the apiary but she can’t say no to her CaBa Yapım, Canol Balkaya mother’s final wish. The bee hives haven’t [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 61 in pre-production

THE POCKET HERCULES CEP HERKÜLÜ

Turkey, 2019, colour

Director: Özer Feyzioğlu Producer: Mustafa Uslu Ozer Feyzioglu is a Turkish writer, producer and director. Script: Barış Pirhasan He took the producer\’s chair in Yasayamayanlar. He directed Proof of Cheating in 2017.

The extraordinary life of Naim Contact Suleymanoglu, the Turkish world and Dijital Sanatlar Olympic Champion in weightlifting, who [email protected] was nicknamed “The Pocket Hercules.

TURKISH CINEMA 62 in development THE SINKHOLES OBRUK

Turkey, 2019, colour, 105’

Director: Seyid Çolak Producer: Seyid Çolak Seyid Çolak: He was born in, Sisli, Istanbul. He’s gradu- Script: Seyid Çolak 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- Two widow women in Middle Anatolia are ed by him, won a lot of rewards in national and interna- struggling for life with their two children. tional short film fests. Also in 2014, his short film ‘’Soğuk’’ The big holes that suddenly appear in their won ‘’10. Cinematographer of the Future’’ coordinated in region become a big problem for them. the partnership with Ministiry of Culture and TURSAK. To protect her crops, the woman starts a fight against a bear which attacks her field. Filmography Another problem is a greedy farmer who needs the woman’s field in order to enlarge Trap, Kapan, 2019 his own. A bond is established between Serender, 2014 (short) the woman and the bear when the bear The Cold, Soğuk, 2014 (short) falls down into a huge sinkhole. The Black Snow, Kara Kar, 2011 (short) growing number of holes is the precursor The Game, Oyun, 2010 (short) of another disaster in the region. They will either abandon the region or fall into Contact a sinkhole. And what will happen to the Zürafa Film, Seyid Çolak mother bear? [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 63 in development

THE SONGS OF THE WIND RÜZGAR ŞARKILARI

Turkey, 2019, colour, 103’

Director: Güven Adıgüzel Producer: Seyid Çolak Güven Adıgüzel: He was born in Izmir in 1983 He lives in Script: Güven Adıgüzel, Aykut Ertuğrul Bozcaada. He is married. He graduated from Mimar Sinan Industrial High School and Anadolu University Faculty of Economics/Department of Economics. Different stories on love. Stories with happy-unhappy endings, which deserve Contact their title. “Great”, “modest”, “stormy” Zürafa Film, Güven Adıgüzel and “simple”, half-dreamy, real, fantastic, [email protected] 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.

TURKISH CINEMA 64 in development THREE FRIENDS ÜÇ ARKADAŞ

Turkey, Germany, 2019, 90 min., colour

Director: Nursen Çetin Köreken Producer: Ümit Köreken, Nursen Ç. Köreken born in Bulgaria in 1981. She grad- Nursen Çetin Köreken Script: Nursen Çetin Köreken uated from the departments of Turkish Language & Literature and Tourism & Hotel Management. Since 2007, she has been engaged in radio theatre and story-play- Mercan (13), he is the only son of a mother and script-writing. Since 2010, she has concentrated her who works as a cleaning lady in a sewing efforts in the field of movie making. In recent years she workshop during night and a father who specializes in making children’s films.

works as a guard in constructions. Muhammed Ali, 2019 (docu drama) Yunus (13), his parents worked as Blue Bicycle, Mavi Bisiklet, 2016 musicians for years but were killed in a wedding after a gun fight. He is playing clarinet since his childhood. Contact Bilal (13), is the son of a family that Ümit Köreken escaped from the war in Syria. His parents www.dramayapim.com [email protected] 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…

TURKISH CINEMA 65 in post-production

TOGETHER, WE SHALL DIE BİRLİKTE ÖLECEĞİZ

Turkey, Germany 2019, 120’ colour

Director: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu Hakkı Kurtuluş (1980-Istanbul) studied communication, Producer: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu, Aslı Erdem film and cultural history at the Universities of Galatasaray, Script: Hakkı Kurtuluş, Melik Saraçoğlu 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 A young couple who love each other Hastane Defteri (Hospital Notebooks) is published. deeply, yet cause each other more hurt than anyone else; prisoners both to their We Bear Good News For Our Beloved Country, Our passions and to all the turmoil of Istanbul. 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

Contact İki Film [email protected] www.ikifilm.com

TURKISH CINEMA 66 in development TRESHOLD EŞİK

Turkey, 2019, colour, 100’

Director: Bünyamin Bayansal Bünyamin Bayansal: He won many prizes with his short Producer: Bünyamin Bayansal, Emre Pekçakır films. He works as director for TV Shows, documentaries Script: Bünyamin Bayansal 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 Former treasure hunter, now school service September 2016 with Dop. Emre Pekçakır. driver Zafer, finds a letter which written in Ottoman letters tells to place of a treasure. Contact Zafer, bring a team together includs a Soberworks Media Creations, Bünyamin Bayansal teacher and an imam of the neighborhood [email protected] and they going the forest to find the treasure. In the meantime they will all pass through of their own fear gates.

TURKISH CINEMA 67 in pre-production

UNITY BULUŞMA

Turkey, 2019, colour, 90’

Director: Serpil Altın Producer: Korhan Uğur Serpil Altın: She was born in 1979 in Eskişehir and was Script: Serpil Altın 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 Lali is a Georgian caregiver living in Turkey. Turkish Ministry of Culture, participated in many national When she was about to go see her sick and international film festivals. She founded Serpil Altin daughter staying in her country, she needs Film in 2016 and produced “Abductor” and “Funeral money for her daughter’s broken walker. Works” feature films. In 2017 she won awards with her She starts to work as a caregiver for the new short film “Learning How To Swim.” old, cancer patient Rıza, who has only two months left. Rıza wants to meet his death Filmography in his homeland, Muratlı village in Artvin. In this village which they go together, they Learning How to Swim, Yüzme Öğreniyorum, 2017 (short) question their lives and how to become a The Holiday Gift, Bayram Harçlığı, 2014 (short) family. Journey to the Future, Geleceğe Yolculuk, 2002 (short)

Contact Serpil Altın Film [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 68 in development VISAGE OF A WOMAN BİR KADININ DIŞARIDAN GÖRÜNÜMÜ

Turkey, 2019, colour, 90’

Director: Elif Eda Karagöz Producer: Enes Erbay Elif Eda was born in Istanbul. She moved to NY to start Script: Elif Eda Karagöz 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. Nur, who has to have an abortion for Filmography her husband doesn’t want the baby, encounters with Oğuz, who is about to Void, Boşluk, 2018 (short) commit suicide on a crossover. They come Bell Peppers, 2013 (short) up with a deal: If Nur can find why life is Kidding Me, 2012 (short) worth living until the sunrise Oğuz would Boxed, 2012 (short) decide not to commit suicide. Contact Teferruat Film, Enes Erbay [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 69 in post-production

WALNUT TREE CEVİZ AĞACI

Turkey, Iran, 120’ Colour

Director: Faysal Soysal Producer: Faysal Soysal, Faysal Soysal was born in Batman in 1979. He left medical Ali Nuri Oskui Script: Faysal Soysal 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 A short while after his dominant wife same time “New Turkish Literature” at Van Yuzuncuyil University-Turkey. He did 4 short films in Iran, which were abandons the wimpy and meek Hayati, awarded at international film festivals. With his 35mm who is a literary teacher in a patriarchal short film ‘Dreams of Lost Time, he’s become closer to town, the police find an unrecognized find his own cinematographic expression and language. 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 Filmography someone else committed. Crossroads, Üç Yol, 2013

Contact Balkon Film [email protected]

TURKISH CINEMA 70 in pre-production

ZUHAL

Turkey, Germany, 2019, colour

Director: Nazlı Elif Durlu Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu Nazlı Elif Durlu: Studied Film and TV in the Netherlands. Script: Nazlı Elif Durlu, Ziya Demirel 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 Zuhal’s workaholic daily routine is screenwriters of the omnibus called Do Not Forget Me disturbed by a cat’s meow she keeps Istanbul, in which Hany Abu-Assad directed the story hearing in her flat. In order to find the cat she wrote. She has been working as a screenwriter for TV series and feature films for productions. she starts an investigation in the building, but soon she realizes that no-one else seems to hear this sound. As she keep Contact istos film, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu searching, people around her -and even [email protected] herself- start doubting her mental health.

TURKISH CINEMA 71 INDEX FEATURE FILMS

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

TURKISH CINEMA 72 INDEX

UPCOMING FILMS

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

TURKISH CINEMA 73 TRT CO-PRODUCTIONS ARE AT FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD

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.