Saturday, March 26, 2011    1:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston

SYNOPSIS

Omnibus of five short films that were shot in the Turkish province of Kars: “Moto Guzzi” by Ozcan Alper, “Ash” (Kul) by Zehra Derya Koc, “Zilo” by Ulku Oktay, “Open Wound” (Acik Yara) by Ahu Ozturk, “A Small Truth” (Kucuk Bir Hakikat) by Emre Akay.    Among the five directors are three debutants who were chosen to film their stories after winning a scenario contest. The final result is a sympathetic collection of films that remain small and simple: the puppy love between a boy and a girl on their winter trip to school, the memories of a young woman about her mother's response to her first menstruation and bra, and the story of a student who returns to his village, but all too soon flees again for the past that is waiting for him there. The stories take place strikingly often around the cemetery and look at things from the past being revealed.

SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

• Rotterdam Film Festival, The Netherlands (2010)
• Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010)
• Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel (2010)
• Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (2010)
• Beirut Film Festival, Lebanon (2010)
• Hamburg Film Festival, Germany (2010)
• Vancouver Film Festival, Canada (2010)
• Valencia Film Festival, Spain (2010)
• Bratislava Film Festival, Slovakia (2010)
• Mumbai Film Festival, India (2010)
• Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey (2010)
• Festival on Wheels, Turkey (2010)
• Roma Independent Film Festival, Italy (2011)
• Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria (2011)