50.17% In 2011, 288 films were released in Turkey, of which 70 national films took a market share of 50.17%, the highest national market share in Europe.* Compared with 2010 (52.86%) and 2009 (50.92%), the national market share stayed almost the same. The Ministry of Culture & Tourism supported 56 feature film projects in 2011. It is our pleasure to share these facts with you. *antrakt-deniz yavuz IV beyond the hill tepenin ardı turkey, greece 2012, hd, 94’, colour director-script Emin Alper cinematography George Chiper – Lillemark editing Özcan Vardar music Özcan Vardar cast Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür, Berk Hakman, Banu Fotocan, Furkan Berk Kıran production Alper Film (Enis Köstepen, Seyfi Teoman), Two Thiryfive (Nikos Moutselos) distribution Alper Film, Enis Köstepen, Kemankeş Mah. Mumhane Cad. 39/39 34425 Beyoğlu Istanbul T +90 532 690 5636 [email protected] After retiring from the State Forestry Office, Emin Alper (Konya, 1974) Faik moved back to his hometown and started to studied economics and farm the land he inherited from his grandfather. history at Boğaziçi Uni- A sharecropper family takes care of his land and versity, Istanbul. He holds flock of goats. His son and his two grandsons a PhD in Turkish Modern arrive one hot summer’s day for a vacation. They History. He wrote and di- come at a time when Faik’s conflict with the rected the short films, Rıfat (2006) and The Letter (2005). neighbouring nomads is escalating. The gathering He currently teaches at the Istanbul Technical University provokes both unsettled family disputes and the Humanities & Social Sciences Department. Beyond the Hill family’s conflicts with the tenant farmers. For is Emin Alper’s debut feature. Faik, however, the major threat to his community and land is the nomads. filmography 2005 Mektup The Letter (short) 2006 Rıfat (short) 1 night of silence lal gece turkey 2012, hd, 91’, colour director Reis Çelik script Reis Çelik cinematography Gökhan Tiryaki editing Reis Çelik cast İlyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt, Mayşeker Yücel Sabri Tutal, Selcan Demirkaya production-distribution Kaz Film Production, Anıl Çelik, İmam Adnan Sok. No: 8 Beyoğlu Istanbul T +90 212 249 8006 [email protected] The story opens with a lavish wedding ceremony Reis Çelik (Ardahan, 1961) in rural Anatolia. A middle-aged groom with a studied music and drama large moustache and his bride, covered in a red at the Istanbul State bridal veil; guests dancing around them and guns Conservatoire. In 1982, fired into the air: an extravagant wedding cer- he began working as an emony is being held with two bands of drums and economics and political horns. At the end of the celebrations, which last correspondent for various national newspapers. After until midnight, the bride is led ceremoniously to a succession of documentary films, he made his first the bridal chamber. The bride and her sister-in- feature Let There Be Light in 1996. This was followed in law are then left alone in the room, and the sis- 1998 by Goodbye Tomorrow, a dramatisation of the story ter-in-law gives the bride a final briefing on nup- of late 1960s student leader Deniz Gezmiş. He made tial customs. From now on, the camera remains his third feature Tales of Intransigence, an improvised inside the bridal chamber. With her face draped docudrama about the storytelling tradition in northeast in a red veil, the bride sits waiting for the groom, Anatolia, in 2003. reacting oddly to the noises she hears outside. filmography 1996 Işıklar Sönmesin Let There Be Light 1998 Hoşçakal Yarın Goodbye Tomorrow 2003 İnat Hikâyeleri Tales of Intransigence 2007 Mülteci Refugee 2010 İnadına Film Çekmek Film Against All Odds (doc.) 2 behzat ç. i buried you in my heart behzat ç. seni kalbime gömdüm turkey 2011, 35mm, 108’, colour director Serdar Akar script Serdar Akar, Emrah Serbes cinematography Zekeriya Kurtuluş editing Aziz İmamoğlu music Cem Kısmet cast Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Fatih Arıtman, İnanç Konukçu, Berkan Şal, Tardu Flordun, Cansu Dere production-distribution Adam Film, Tarkan Karlıdağ, İnönü Cad. Gözcü Apt. 35/2 Gümüşsuyu Beyoğlu 34437 Istanbul T +90 212 244 2343 [email protected] | www.adamfilm.com.tr Homicide teams receive a tip-off which leads Serdar Akar (1964) grad- them to a buried coffin in the Youth Park. Inside uated from the Cinema the coffin is an old woman. On first inspection, and Television Depart- it’s reckoned that the woman was buried alive. ment of Mimar Sinan Uni- Behzat Ç., a homicide specialist, has never versity in 2001. Following encountered a murder case like this before. a series of shorts and Firstly, it’s incomprehensible why the old woman documentaries, he made his debut feature On Board in would be killed in this way. The old woman was 1998, which won many awards. His films had a major the mother of a retired police officer. When he impact, both in terms of the Turkish film industry and begins investigating the officer, Behzat Ç. finds as the work of an innovative auteur. He currently lec- himself running up against a number of obstacles. tures at the Mimar Sinan University. The retired officer is known in the organization as ‘Memduh, the Avarell Dalton’, while the person selected filmography who executed the crime calls himself ‘Lucky 1998 Gemide on Board Luke’. Along with his teammates Harun, Hayalet 1990 Tanabata Matsuri (short) and Akbaba, Behzat Ç. scours every corner of 1992 Romeo ve Juliet Romeo and Juliet (short) Ankara in an attempt to catch the accomplices, 2000 Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar Offside Gorbachev Hasan and Pembo. 2001 Maruf 2005 Kurtlar Vadisi Irak Valley of the Wolves – Iraq 2006 Barda In the Bar 2009 Gecenin Kanatları Wings of the Night award Best Actor Antalya 3 do not forget me istanbul unutma beni istanbul turkey, greece 2011, 35mm, hd, 117’, colour directors-script Hany Abu Assad, Stefan Arsenijevic, Stergios Niziris, Eric Nazarian, Aida Begic, Omar Shargawi, Josefina Markarian cinematography Özgür Eken, Emre Erkmen, Barış Özbiçer, Emre Tanyıldız, Erol Zubcevic editing Mary Stephen music Kemal Sahir Gürel cast Hiam Abbas, Suheila Abu Assad, Mira Furlan Alma Terzic, Ayça Damgacı production-distribution Hüseyin Karabey, Sevil Demirci, Emre Yeksan, Elmadağ Cad. 6/3 Şişli Istanbul T +90 212 225 3944 [email protected] A man comes to the city preparing to confront Hany Abu-Assad (Nazareth, 1961) has won many the demons of his past, while a female tourist is international awards including a Golden Globe for caught unprepared by the tricks of her memory. A Best Foreign Film with Paradise Now (2004). Stefan newly-formed couple are drawn to a violent end, Arsenijevic (Belgrade, 1977) has directed several while an unfortunate incident between a man short films which have won over 30 national and and a woman blossoms into a tender attraction. international awards. His first feature Love and Other Two sisters reunite after long years of separation, Crimes premiered at the Berlinale in 2008. Aida Begic while two women grow close as sisters. Such (Sarajevo, 1976) won the Grand Prize at the Critics’ things do not just happen in Istanbul, Istanbul Week of the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 with her first makes them happen. feature film Snow. Eric Nazarian won international awards for his first feature film, The Blue Hour, and the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his screenplay Giants. Stergios Niziris works as an executive producer on various projects and as writer/director/producer for his own films.Omar Shargawi’s (Copenhagen, 1974) first film Go With Peace Jamil won a Tiger award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. Josefina Markarian (Athens, 1979) has directed shorts which were selected by many international festivals. 4 ecotopia entelköy efeköy’e karşı turkey 2011, 35mm, 117’, colour director-script Yüksel Aksu cinematography Ercan Yılmaz editing Levent Çelebi music Orhan Kaplan cast Şahin Irmak, Ayşe Bosse, Emin Gürsoy, Hamit Demir, Ümit Olcay, Nejat Yavaşoğulları, Nihat Kapız production-distribution Galata Film, Muharrem Gülmez, Taha Altaylı, Gümüşsuyu Mah. Muhtar Kamil Sok. Onur Apt. 5/5 Taksim 34437 Istanbul T +90 212 249 1071 [email protected] | www.galatafilm.com Tired of the noise and pollution of large cities, a Yüksel Aksu (Muğla, 1966) group of environmental intellectuals abandon the graduated from the Do- big city and return to nature. They build a brand kuz Eylül University, new village with shabby old stone houses on a Department of Film and block of land they purchase. They name their new Television and went on village ‘Ecovillage’. Their intention here is to enjoy to complete a Master’s life through ecological tourism, organic farming, degree. In 2006 he wrote, produced and directed the and arts and culture. At first they coexist happily very low budget feature film Ice Cream, I Scream which with the village folk from whom they purchased was Turkey’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film the land and old stone houses. In fact, there’s Academy Award. He is also a scriptwriting tutor at Is- even attraction between the leading intellectual tanbul University, Department of Television. character, Camille, and Ali, the village headman. She is is a European character who settled in selected filmography Turkey after years of working for environmental 2006 Dondurmam Gaymak Ice Cream I Scream organizations like Greenpeace. Meanwhile, the 2010 Anadolu’nun Son Göçerleri Last Nomads of village headman Ali has never left his village and Anatolia (documentary) has no education - a typical village person. The emotional bond between them develops in a humorous yet strange manner. 5 the extremely tragic story of celal tan and his family celal tan ve ailesinin aşırı acıklı hikâyesi turkey 2011, 35mm, 98’, colour director-script Onur Ünlü cinematography Vedat Özdemir editing Ahmet Can Çakırca music Atilla Özdemiroğlu cast Selçuk Yöntem, Bülent Emin Yarar, Ezgi Mola Tansu Biçer, Türkü Turan, Cengiz Bozkurt production-distribution Eflatun Film, Funda Alp Orkun Ünlü, Mevlüt Pehlivan Sok.