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Abay Kunanbay Cad. 33/6 Kavaklıdere Ankara TurkeyT +90 312 466 3484 - 466 4728 F +90 312 466 4331

[email protected] www.ankarasinemadernegi.org

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director-script Yakup Tekintangaçcinematography Emre Pekçakırediting K. Ramazan Yükselcast M. Cavit Ak, Gülistan Sarbasproduction-distribution Yakup TekintangaçT +90 505 292 5625 [email protected]

azad turkey 2015, 16’, fiction, colour

Azad was forced to immigrate to Istanbul with his mother. His mother has to go to work every day and locks

the door behind her after leaving. Azad finds a way to keep his mind occupied.

Yakup Tekintangaç (Ağrı, 1980) graduated from Yüzüncü Yıl University with a BA degree in Chemistry. He

also completed an MA degree in Biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine. He studied scriptwriting for three

years. His first short film, Qapsûl, screened at several national and international festivals.

director-script Ömer Çapoğlu, Serdar Önalcinematography Yiğit Aksuediting Veysel Değertekincast Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Cihat Dumanproduction-distribution Ömer ÇapoğluT +90 533 950 9279 [email protected] awards Best Film, Best Script, Best Actor Crossroads Second Prize Izmir Audience Award Brno

a short film about wong kar wai wong kar wai üzerine kısa bir filmturkey 2015, 23’, fiction, colour

Harun, abandoned by his girlfriend, comes across a DVD hawker who recommends him the films of Wong Kar

Wai. Harun is instantly dazzled and begins to act like the characters in the movies.

Ömer Çapoğlu (Trabzon, 1981) holds a BA in Electronics Engineering from Yıldız Technical University and a

Master’s degree in Cinema & Television from Istanbul Bilgi University. Serdar Önal (Trabzon, 1981) earned a

BA in Math Teaching from Hacettepe University and a Master’s degree in Cinema from Marmara University.

A Short Film About Wong Kar Wai is their debut short fiction.

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Muzaffer walks into a bar. He sits at a table. A man playing the accordion on stage is staring at him intently.

Muzaffer begins to stare back at the musician.

Haşim Sezgin Kılıç (Ankara, 1982) graduated from the Gazi University Department of Radio, Television &

Cinema and has been working as a reporter for the daily newspaper, Hürriyet, since 2007. He has produced

many documentaries and short films. He directed a documentary entitled Animal Farm in 2013 and a short

entitled Path in 2014.

director Haşim Sezgin Kılıç script Haşim Sezgin Kılıçcinematogprahy Serkan Özkan editing Suat Güngörmusic Ivan Çelakcast Osman Karakoç, Ivan Çelak, Nazlı Tazebayproduction-distribution Haşim Sezgin KılıçT +90 312 320 2031 [email protected]

darkness karanlık turkey 2015, 5’, fiction, colour

director Barış Sarhanscript Barış Sarhancinematography Cahit Erşanediting Ali Agacast Ozan Çelik, Gülce Oral, Alican Yücesoy, Salih Kalyon, Serkan Keskinproduction-distribution Armağan LaleT +90 532 676 7903 [email protected]

the cemil show cemil şovturkey 2015, 13’, fiction, colour

Cemil is a shy young man who works behind the scenes in a shopping mall. He badly wants to be named

“employee of the month”, but the title always eludes him. That is when he rebels in a way that shocks

everyone.

Barış Sarhan (Istanbul, 1983) graduated with honors from the Graphic Design Department of Marmara

Fine Arts University in 2005. He has worked as an art director and graphic designer for Turkey’s leading

advertising agencies and won several design and advertising awards at both national and international

festivals. He made his first short film, Slippers, in 2009. He has also attended film studies programs at New

York University. Why All The Nightmares? is his first feature film project.

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director-script Emre Birişmen, Fatma Belkıs Işık cinematography Özgür Atlagan, Onur Gökmenediting Emre Birişmen, Fatma Belkıs Işıkcast Gülce Oral, Ozan Çelik, Deniz Denker, Özgür Atlagan, Orçun Yol, Merve Kılıçer, Bengi Güldoğanproduction-distribution Emre BirişmenT +90 555 641 5146 [email protected]

evernight hepgeceturkey 2015, 17’, fiction, colour

In this endless night, when the sun doesn’t rise and darkness prevails, Woman and Man search for a solution

by abandoning social life, property and civilization as we know it and going to the nature.

Fatma Belkıs Işık (Antalya, 1985) earned both a BA and MA degree in Visual Arts and Communication

Design from Sabancı University. She is currently working on her PhD at the European Graduate School.

Emre Birişmen (Istanbul, 1986) holds BA and MA degrees from the Sabancı University Visual Arts and

Communication Design program and currently works as a freelance visual designer.

director-script Barış Alpcinematography Emre Karbekediting Barış Alp, Güney Sokullumusic Atakan Kundakcast İpek Kıran, Soner Tunca, Talat Talu, Yeşim Gökdoğan, Berkay Yazıcıproduction-distribution Barış AlpT +90 533 430 7043 [email protected]

disobedience ma’siyetturkey 2015, 11’, experimental, colour

“Obedience.” Where did the word come from? It was invented as a word for the masses. Obedience to whom?

But there is another word: resistance. And this is a necessity; standing up to some people, disregarding

others.

Barış Alp (1984) graduated from the Photography & Video Department of Yıldız Teknik University. He has

worked on several projects in the visual media industry. He has also designed sets and costumes for the

established Turkish theatre company, Dot. His work is mainly based around viral advertising, documentary

and music videos.

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A group of friends goes to one of their parents’ summerhouse for the weekend. On entering the house, they

encounter an expected guest.

Ezgi Kaplan graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University with a Master’s in Film & Television. In 2010, she was

selected to take part in the Istanbul Express project organized by Nisi Masa and made a short documentary

entitled Kov Kovi (Side by Side). The film screened in eight different European cities, as well as at the Cannes

Critics’ Week in 2011. Her last two fictional shorts, Yakup Who Is Not Called Out and Fish Pond, were both

supported by Turkish Ministry of Culture.

director Ezgi Kaplanscript Esme Madra, Ezgi Kaplancinematography Ersin Gökediting Ezgi Kaplanmusic Okan Kayacast Efe Tunçer, Esme Madra, Nadir Sönmez, Nazlı Bulumproduction-distribution Ezgi KaplanT +90 535 975 0173 [email protected]

fish pond balık havuzuturkey 2015, 16’50”, fiction, colour

director-script Kerem Ayancinematography Meryem Yavuzediting Osman Bayraktaroğlucast Serkan Keskin, Serdar Orçin, Burak Türkerproduction-distribution Filmada, Armağan LaleT +90 532 676 7903 [email protected]

fishbone kılçıkturkey 2015, 11’, fiction, colour

He goes to the same restaurant every day for lunch. But today, he is served a red scorpion fish. For the very

first time...

Kerem Ayan (Istanbul) studied Mechanical Engineering at the Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul. He moved

to Paris in 1992 and studied film at the Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle and Université Paris

Diderot - Paris 7. Since 2006, he has been the Assistant Director of the Istanbul Film Festival where he

became Director in 2015.

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Rusty machines living in their small houses imagine that the sun will come and take them up to the sky

someday. A small light keeps them alive and dreaming. But one of the machines wants to see the sun and he

has a plan for that.

Gökalp Gönen (1989) grew up in Hatay in a rural environment. He has always been amazed by the systems

of nature, which in turn has fuelled his passion to create systems for imaginary creatures.

director-script Gökalp Gönen animation Gökalp Gönenediting Gökalp Gönenproduction-distribution Gökalp GönenT +90 554 238 2613 [email protected]

directors Onur Saylak, Doğu Akalscript Onur Saylak, Doğu Akal, Hakan Gündaycinematography Feza Çaldıranediting Ali Agamusic Uygur Yiğitcast Selim Bayraktar, Tuba Büyüküstün, Muhammet Uzunerproduction-distribution b.it.arts, Cemre KutluayT +90 532 646 8885 [email protected]

golden shot altın vuruşturkey 2015, 9’, animation, colour

the jungle ormanturkey 2015, 13’, fiction, colour

Omar and his two daughters are struggling to survive after fleeing the war in Syria. Omar catches stray

animals and sells them to Fahri, a pet-shop owner. One day, Fahri approaches Omar with a strange request:

he wants Omar to catch snakes in the forest.

Onur Saylak (1977, Ankara) is an actor. He won recognition for his first performance in Ozcan Alper’s film,

Autumn. Doğu Akal (1985, Ankara) graduated from the Bilkent University Department of Performing Arts in

2009. He has directed several plays. The Jungle is their first short film.

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director-script Melis Balcı, Ege Okalanimation Melis Balcı, Ege Okalediting Melis Balcı, Ege Okalmusic Hilmi Beyproduction-distribution Melis Balcı, Ege OkalT +90 537 398 4933 [email protected]

mercury merkürturkey 2015, 5’23”, animation, colour

A young artist, who works as a gallery assistant, is taken to an expensive dinner where she is introduced to

the absurd and corrupt hierarchy of the art world.

Melis Balcı and Ege Okal are independent animation filmmakers living and working in Istanbul. They both

studied Visual Arts & Communication Design. Mercury is their first animation film as a duo.

A day in the life of an idealistic teacher working in a far-flung village in Anatolia and the students living in the

village... Time drifts by day in a continuum of sameness, each day no different from the one before.

Güven Kara (Van, 1986) earned an undergraduate degree in Teaching from Çanakkale18 Mart University.

He holds a separate qualification for teaching the mentally challenged. He then went on to do a Master’s

in Cinema & TV at Beykent University. To date he has worked on feature films, commercials, music videos,

documentaries and TV drama series.

director-script Güven Karacinematography Ersan Bayraktarediting Yıldız Tokmakmusic Alperen Uğurlucast Berivan Durak, Seymen Erörs, Gaffar Tunaproduction-distribution Güven KaraT +90 544 670 2195 karaa.gü[email protected]

monday pazartesiturkey 2015, 13’, fiction, colour

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director-script Alaaddin Toycinematography Alaaddin Toyediting Erkam Keskinkaya, Halit Pişkincast Elif Tuğrul, Erdoğan Balçık, Melih Efe Deldak, Selahattin Doğramacıproduction-distribution Rıfat ErkekT +90 545 220 1868 [email protected]

director-script Serdar Yılmaz cinematography Meryem Yavuzediting Buğra Dedeoğlumusic Okan Kayaproduction-distribution Serdar YılmazT +90 536 616 6795 [email protected]

the rainy night yağmurlu bir geceturkey 2015, 22’, fiction, colour

the puddle su birikintisiturkey 2015, 9’, experimental, colour

Ibrahim, an Iraqi father, and Nurdan, a Turkish mother of Balkan origin, are neighbors. When Nurdan’s son

fails to come home one evening, she accuses Ibrahim of kidnapping her child.

Alaaddin Toy (Sivas, 1988) graduated from the Radio, Cinema & Television Department of Ankara University.

He has worked on several short films and documentary projects. His short films have been screened and

awarded at various festivals.

A man walks through a flea market, alternating his curious gaze between the old posters covering the walls

and the myriad objects cluttering the stalls. The sight of an object coming alive on one of the stalls transports

him into another reality.

Serdar Yılmaz (Izmit, 1973) holds both an MA and a PhD in Painting. His short film, Fried Chicken, screened

at the Rotterdam and Brooklyn Film Festivals. This, together with his other shorts, Stairs and The Puddle,

make up a trilogy which form the basis of his first feature film, 3+1 Apartment for Sale.

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Ismail is a rock band roadie in charge of the stage set. With ambitions of his own to become a famous

musician, Ismail tries to give his demo CD to Barkın, the band’s vocalist, on the day of a concert. He messes

up, though, because of his affected manner.

Gözde Yetişkin and Emre Sert have made short films and music videos that have screened at various film

festivals. In 2014, they attended Robert McKee’s Story Seminar in Los Angeles and realized some projects.

They are currently working on a feature film project and shooting commercials.

directors-script Gözde Yetişkin, Emre Sert cinematography Andaç Şahanediting Emre Sert, Gözde Yetişkinmusic Ali Güçlü Şimşekcast Onur Ünsal, Barkın Kula, Sibel Kasapoğluproduction-distribution Suma Productions, Ahmet BudakT +90 555 830 0486 [email protected]

the roadie roditurkey 2015, 18’, fiction, colour

director Tufan Taştanscript Zana Kılıçcinematography Hayk Kirakosyanediting Çağrı Ececast Metin Keçeciproduction-distribution Yapım Eki, Murat TümerT +90 543 319 6432 [email protected]

showcase vitrin turkey 2015, 10’, fiction, colour

A homeless man starts dancing with a model in a showcase so as not to freeze to death…

Tufan Taştan (1988) studied Drama & Communication at Ankara University. In 2012 he founded CAVA

(Cinema and Audiovisual Arts) Institute, where he works as program director in addition to teaching at other

institutions.

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Muhsin, a retired man, lives in an old house with his wife. Watching the news on TV one day, he sees his own

mug shot. The reporter claims that Muhsin is the head of a terrorist group and is going to be killed during

protests that day.

Emin Akpınar studied Film at the New York Film Academy. He has worked on several films, documentaries

and TV drama series as a director’s assistant and camera operator. His interests also include writing and

photography. South Pole is his debut short film.

director-script Emin Akpınarcinematography Baybars Tekinediting Emin Akpınarcast Ayberk Attila, Tülay Bekret, Özkan Ayalpproduction-distribution Emin AkpınarT +90 533 340 1404 [email protected]

south pole güney kutbuturkey 2016, 5’, fiction, colour

director-script Selin Karlıcinematography Gözde Koyuncuediting Naim Kanatmusic Kerem Işıkcast Furkan Berk Kıran, Vecdi Cihangir, Levent Dalkıranproduction-distribution Selin KarlıT +90 532 277 7352 [email protected]

stolen memories çalıntı anılarturkey 2015, 11’, fiction, colour

Hamdi has to find a way to pay for the cigarettes he keeps adding to the tab at the local store so that his

father won’t find out. He decides to break into a desolate Turkish-Greek home on the island of Büyükada. But

a journal he finds in the house makes Hamdi question his conscience about stealing someone else’s happy

memories.

Selin Karlı (Istanbul) graduated with a BA in Communications from Pepperdine University and with an MFA

in Film Producing from the American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI). She has directed short plays and

produced many short films. Stolen Memories is her debut short film.

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director-script Elif Boyacıoğluanimation Elif Boyacıoğlu, Lynn O’Reilly, Francesca Saunders editing Elif Boyacıoğlumusic Cem Anılproduction-distribution Irish School of Animation / BCFE, Elif Boyacıoğlu T +353 87 392 3454 [email protected] Honorable Mention Dublin Animation FF Special Men-tion Boston Turkish Film Festival

the teacup çay fincanı ireland, turkey 2015, 5’09”, animation, colour

There was once a man who was afraid to go out…

Elif Boyacıoğlu (1982) earned a BA in Communication and Design, as well as an MA and PhD in European

History from Bilkent University, Ankara, in 2003, 2007 and 2015 respectively. She has been a member of

the Festival on Wheels team since 2001. She completed a BA in Animation at the Irish School of Animation,

BCFE, Dublin, in 2015. The Teacup is her graduation short.

director-script Ufuk Çavuşcinematography Kağan Kerimoğluediting Ufuk Çavuşmusic Feridun Emre Dursuncast Hakan Karsak, Nilay Erdönmez, Gökhan Onuşproduction-distribution Atlantik Film, Hamit ÖzonurT +90 555 768 8832 [email protected]

to the sea denizeturkey 2016, 12’, fiction, colour

Yunus, who has long been bed-ridden with a terminal illness, is nursed by Emine, his wife, and his brother,

Adem. The situation at home has brought Emine and Adem closer and stirred new feelings in each of them

towards the other. On the journey they make with Yunus at the advice of a healer, the two are forced to

make a choice.

Ufuk Çavuş (Trabzon, 1983) graduated from the Radio, Cinema & Television Department of Kadir Has

University. He has since directed numerous shorts and documentaries. He currently works for the production

company, Atlantik Film.

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A quiet morning. A middle-aged woman lies in bed, watching her husband’s back as he sleeps. After

breakfast, the man goes to work and the woman makes the bed. As the daily routine continues, a cell phone

rings persistently and is never answered.

Eytan Ipeker (Istanbul) graduated from New York University. He co-founded Kamara Productions in 2011.

His experimental shorts have been screened at many international film festivals, including Toronto and

Edinburgh.

director-script Eytan İpekercinematography Meryem Yavuzediting Eytan İpekercast Nazan Kesal, Hakan Çimenserproduction-distribution Kamara Film (Yoel Meranda), Sartoris Film (Bartosz Reetz) T +90 532 407 6047 [email protected]

unmade bed dağınık yatakturkey, poland 2015, 11’, fiction, colour

director-script Ezgi Büşra Çınar cinematography Umut Türkmenediting Onur Eryamancast Mert N. Kurt, Abdullah Yıldırım, Pınar Bulgurcuproduction-distribution Ezgi Büşra ÇınarT +90 543 542 2577 [email protected]

wreckage enkazturkey 2015, 10’, experimental, b&w

This film explores a day in the future and asks this question: if our primary needs are taken from us, what

kind of lifestyle awaits us?

Ezgi Büşra Çınar is a student at the Radio, TV & Cinema Department of Akdeniz University. She has directed

four short films.

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The story of a young woman entering the world of filmmaking as an assistant director to Bilge Olgaç...

Through her diary, Belmin Söylemez explores what she learned from Bilge Olgaç, the most productive woman

director in the history of Turkish Cinema.

Belmin Söylemez (Istanbul) has directed award-winning shorts and documentaries that have screened

at film festivals worldwide. In 2012, she made her debut feature, Present Tense, which won national and

international awards.

director-script Belmin Söylemezcinematography Atıl Demirediting Ali Agaproduction-distribution Filmbufe Productions, Haşmet Topaloğlu T +90 532 695 4198 [email protected]

bilge and her apprentice bilge ve öğrencisiturkey 2015, 22’, colour

director İbrahim Yeşilbaş cinematography İbrahim Yeşilbaşediting Hasan Doğanproduction-distribution Momofilmworks, İbrahim YeşilbaşT +90 555 585 1564 [email protected]

the boy with the camera kameralı çocuk turkey 2016, 20’, colour

Jwan has come to Turkey to escape the war in Syria. He wants to be a film director and owns an old camera.

People share their dramas, disappointments, hopes and hopelessness with Jwan.

İbrahim Yeşilbaş (1988) attended a number of short film and creative author workshops before going on in

2010 to study at the Department of Film & Television of Marmara University. Besides his independent film

projects, he has made music videos.

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A government officer in Batman prepares a show for theatre, which he organizes with children working on

the street. The show, entitled Hide and Seek, is inspired by the lives of these children.

Burak Varlık graduated from the Photography Department of Anadolu University. He spent four years

working as a producer on TV programmes and a production assistant on TV series. He is currently completing

his postgraduate studies at the Film Design Department of Yasar University. He has founded his own film

company and makes movies.

director Burak Varlık cinematography Mehmetcan Arkayınediting Burak Varlıkmusic Mehmetcan Arkayınproduction-distribution Burak VarlıkT +90 535 574 5363 [email protected]

hide and seek sobeturkey 2015, 37’, colour

director-script Deniz Özden cinematography Deniz Özdenediting Deniz Özdenproduction-distribution Deniz ÖzdenT +90 535 732 2104 [email protected]

it’s ari sir, not ali ali değil, ari komutanımturkey 2015, 20’, colour

This documentary focuses on the experiences and memories of Jewish and Christian Turkish citizens

performing their mandatory military service in a country where the majority of the population is nominally

Muslim.

Deniz Özden (Istanbul, 1990) is currently a student at the Beykent University Department of Cinema & TV.

He won national and international awards for his short film, A Soccer Game Journal.

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The short documentary explores how the current economic program has turned neighbourhoods into

investment tools of foreign and domestic capital as well as plundering cities, forests, water and living spaces

in general, and stamps all workers’ organising as a threat.

İmre Azem (Istanbul, 1975) graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with degrees in Political

Science and French Literature. He worked as a director of photography and editor in video productions,

shorts, documentaries and independent feature films in New York. He directed his first documentary

Ecumenopolis in 2011.

director İmre Azemcinematography İmre Azemanimation Emre Özbay editing Kaan Çuhacımusic Kaan Çuhacıproduction-distribution Kibrit Film, Gaye GünayT +90 532 632 2052 [email protected]

non-space: the collapse of the city as commodity lamekan: metalaşan kentin çöküşüturkey 2015, 12’, colour

director Yahya Ercan cinematography Ferhat Kayamediting Ferhat Kayamproduction-distribution Ferhat KayamT +90 542 668 2282 [email protected]

school of natural life imece evi turkey 2015, 21’30”, colour

Picture a mountain setting in the Aegean region far removed from consumer culture... Menemen, a district in

Izmir province, is home to the “school” of the title, which gives lessons in living a self-sufficient life.

Yahya Ercan (Ankara, 1992) graduated from the Radio, Television & Cinema Department of Erciyes University.

He worked on many projects as a student. He has also directed a number of award-winning documentaries.

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Gokdemir Ihsan says: ‘You have to leave your home and take to the road to be a hero.’ This tale tells the

journey of a hero, the friends and enemies he comes across, the obstacles he has to overcome, his frightening

and hard fought battles, struggles and the wisdom he acquires along the way.

Emin Fırat Övür (1984) studied Mass Media at SUNY Plattsburgh University for two years. He continued his

studies in film directing and cinematography at CUNY Brooklyn College. He was one of eight directors to take

on a remake of Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata under the supervision of Vojtech Jasny, a director often

considered the father of Czech New Wave.

director-script Emin Fırat Övürcinematography Andaç Şahanediting Natalin Solakoğlumusic Erdem Tunalıproduction-distribution Rotanet Film Production, Sinan Yabgu Ünal, Servan GüneyT +90 532 460 7771 [email protected]

anatolian tales anadolu masallarıturkey 2015, 74’, colour

The Beşparmak Mountains. The autonomous Missing Persons Committee is conducting excavations in the

mountains with scientists and undercover witnesses. Skeletons will be exhumed and delivered to their

families. The ghosts of unopened mass graves wander in evacuated villages and valleys. Colony is a film

about psycho-geography, the memory of landscape, trauma and remembrance.

Gürcan Keltek (Izmir) graduated from the DEU Film School and has directed numerous shorts, music videos

and commercials. His short documentaries have screened at festivals such as Visions Du Réel, DOK Leipzig

and Nantes Festival de 3 Continents.

director Gürcan Keltekcinematography Murat Tuncelediting Fırat Gürgenmusic P. J. Philipsonproduction-distribution 29P Films, Aziz MullaazizT +90 532 748 5012 [email protected]

colony koloniturkey 2015, 52’, b&w

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People living in Turkey`s eastern Black Sea region, their traditions, unique lifestyle and uncommonly practical

solutions in life generally lead us either into deep thought or into hilarious laughter. The combination of wit,

stubbornness and creativity inevitably make these local people perform extraordinary things.

Orhan Tekeoğlu (Trabzon, 1957) graduated from the Radio & TV Department of Gazi University in 1983

and worked as a journalist for 25 years. He established Medya Ton with Nurdan Tekeoğlu to make the

documentary, Ifakat. His first feature, I Loved You So Much (2013), won international awards. He is currently

working on a PhD at the Cinema Department of Beykent University.

director-script Orhan Tekeoğlu cinematography Görkem Özokediting Naim Kanatmusic Fuat Sakaproduction-distribution Medya Ton, Nurdan Tekeoğlu T +90 533 635 2447 [email protected]

extraordinary people sıradışı insanlarturkey 2015, 45’, colour

director-script Eytan İpeker cinematography Ercan Gümüş, Atilla Taşediting Eytan İpekermusic İdil Biretproduction-distribution Kamara Film, Yoel Meranda T +90 532 407 6047 [email protected]

idil biret: the portrait of a child prodigy idil biret: bir harika çocuğun portresiturkey 2015, 60’, colour

Idil Biret was five years old when she played piano for the Turkish President, Ismet Inönü. Two years later,

parliament passed “Idil’s Law” which allowed her to study in Paris. She was now studying under strict

supervision in an alien city. And she dreamt of running away from everything to become free again.

Eytan Ipeker (Istanbul) graduated from New York University. He co-founded Kamara Productions in 2011.

His experimental shorts have screened at many international film festivals, including Toronto and Edinburgh.

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Neşet Ertaş, one of the greatest practitioners of Turkish Folk Music and the Turkmen Abdal music tradition

of Central Anatolia, was named by UNESCO a “Living Human Treasure” during his lifetime. This documentary

takes an informed and intimate look at musician’s life.

Atalay Taşdiken graduated from Konya Selçuk University with a teacher training degree in physics. In 1991,

he began working in advertising. Over the next ten years, he went on to direct over 300 commercials and

served as creative director on some 30 product campaigns. Hacı Mehmet Duranoğlu graduated from the

Radio, Television & Cinema Department of Selçuk University. He has directed several documentaries.

directors Atalay Taşdiken, Hacı Mehmet Duranoğlu cinematography Candan Murat Özcanediting Serhat Solmazmusic Ayşe Önderproduction-distribution At Production, Atalay TaşdikenT +90 532 234 4698 [email protected]

in the world of lies ah yalan dünyadaturkey 2015, 103’, colour

directors Özlem Sarıyıldız, Yunus Emre Aydıncinematography Özlem Sarıyıldızediting Özlem Sarıyıldızproduction-distribution 90 Derece, Bora YedielT +90 532 784 4985 [email protected]

istanbul notes istanbul makamı turkey 2015, 70’, colour

Istanbul Notes is a cinematographic improvisation with five non-Turkish musicians who fall in love with

Maqam Music (Classical Ottoman Music). The musicians decide to take up residence in Turkey, believing that

music is best learned in the land where it was born and performed.

Özlem Sarıyıldız (1978) completed a BA in Industrial Design and an MS in Media & Cultural Studies at the

Middle East Technical University before starting a PhD in Graphic Design at Bilkent University. Yunus Emre Aydın (1982) graduated from the Istanbul University Department of Philosophy and is working on an MS in

the same department. Istanbul Notes is his first documentary.

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Hadice Mehmedovic is a Srebrenica mother who lost her husband and two children in the Srebrenica

massacre. She returned to Srebrenica many years later to find the bodies of her children. Mirsad Duratovic

lost all his family members except his mother during the Prijedor massacre. He traveled back from Germany

to find his father’s body. Last year he found him in the Tomashnitsa mass grave and buried him.

Faysal Sosyal (Batman, 1979) completed MA degrees in film directing at Tehran Art University and in

Modern Turkish Literature at Van 100. Yıl University. He has made four short films which won international

awards. In 2008, he won a scholarship to attend New York Film Academy. His first feature film, Crossroads,

won 13 awards.

director Faysal Soysalscript Faysal Soysalcinematography Kürşad Üresinediting Ersan Bayraktar, Babek Abadiproduction Balkon Film, Faysal SoysalT +90 212 266 6612 [email protected] sales Al Jazeera Turkey

missing times kayıp zamanlarturkey 2015, 58’, colour

Thirty years ago when she helped her close friend, Latife, while giving birth, Aso became known in the region

as a midwife. Years later, when Latife passes away, Aso embarks on her second profession and, at her friend’s

request, washes Latife’s body with her own hands. She has now become a corpse washer. For a while, she

combines both professions, but eventually drops midwifery in favor of just washing bodies.

Zekeriya Aydoğan (Diyarbakır, 1978) graduated from the Dicle University Faculty of Education. In 2009, he

joined the Mesopotamia Cinema Workshop. Between 2011-2014, he went on to work as coordinator of the

Mesopotamia Cinema Workshop.

director-script Zekeriya Aydoğancinematography Semih Yıldızediting Eyüp Zana Ekinci, Erhan Örsmusic Mehmûd Berazîcast Aso Aydoğan, Asya Aydoğanproduction-distribution Vejan Film, Zekeriya AydoğanT +90 544 251 1128 [email protected]

naked şilfîtazîturkey 2015, 47’, colour

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ShortsA Short Film About Wong Kar Wai Ömer Çapoğlu, Serdar Önal 5Azad Yakup Tekintangaç 5Cemil Show, The Barış Sarhan 6Darkness Haşim Sezgin Kılıç 6Disobedience Barış Alp 7Evernight Emre Birişmen, Fatma Belkıs Işık 7Fish Pond Ezgi Kaplan 8Fishbone Kerem Ayan 8Golden Shot Gökalp Gönen 9Jungle, The Onur Saylak, Doğu Akal 9Mercury Melis Balcı, Ege Okal 10Monday Güven Kara 10Puddle, The Serdar Yılmaz 11Rainy Night, The Alaaddin Toy 11Roadie, The Gözde Yetişkin, Emre Sert 12Showcase Tufan Taştan 12South Pole Emin Akpınar 13Stolen Memories Selin Karlı 13Teacup, The Elif Boyacıoğlu 14To The Sea Ufuk Çavuş 14Unmade Bed Eytan İpeker 15Wreckage Ezgi Büşra Çınar 15

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Short Documentaries

Long Documentaries

Bilge And Her Apprentice Belmin Söylemez 18Boy With The Camera, The İbrahim Yeşilbaş 18Hide And Seek Burak Varlık 19It’s Ari Sir, Not Ali Deniz Özden 19Non-Space: The Collapse of The City As Commodity İmre Azem 20School of Natural Life Yahya Ercan 20

Anatolian Tales Emin Fırat Övür 22Colony Gürcan Keltek 22Extraordinary People Orhan Tekeoğlu 23İdil Biret: The Portrait of A Child Prodigy Eytan İpeker 23In The World of Lies Atalay Taşdiken, Hacı Mehmet Duranoğlu 24Istanbul Notes Özlem Sarıyıldız, Yunus Emre Aydın 24Missing Times Faysal Soysal 25Naked Zekeriya Aydoğan 25

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Notes

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Notes

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