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This year’s program continues the tradition of highlighting emerging and established Turkish filmmakers. The festival opens on March 21st with Nuri Bilge Ceylan's The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Ağacı) which had its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Also featuring in the program are a Turkish cinema classic The Bus (Otobüs); Sibel, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2018 Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland; and Tolga Karaçelik’s Butterflies (Kelebekler), winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize. Many films in the program make their North America premieres. Join us for a special screening on March 24th of award-winning films from the Boston Turkish Festival’s Documentary and Short Film Competition which celebrated its 13th year in 2018, followed by a panel discussion.
After the film screenings, the festival continues with a special music program. On April 10th globetrotting musician Alper Tuzcu performs with his ensemble in the concert entitled “Aurora”.
Acclaimed violinist Ceren Türkmenoğlu and pianist Chang Liu will perform “7 Lands 7 Colors” on April 25th. Festival will conclude with pianist AyşeDeniz Gökçin’s performance of Beethoven, rock covers and original compositions; “From Beethoven to Rock”.
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MUSIC PROGRAM (April 10 - April 28, 2019) |
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Wednesday, April 10
7:30 pm
Aurora
ALPER TUZCU |
Thursday, April 25
7:30 pm
7 Lands 7 Colors
CEREN TÜRKMENOĞLU, violin
CHANG LIU, piano
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Saturday, April 27
7:00 pm
(New Date & Time)
From Beethoven to Rock
AYŞEDENİZ GÖKÇİN
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SPECIAL SCREENINGS - THE WILD PEAR TREE (April 12 - April 26, 2019)
Co-presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston Turkish Film Festival
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Friday, April 12 | 4:00 pm
Wednesday, April 17 | 6:30 pm
Thursday, April 18 | 4:00 pm
Friday, April 19 | 3:30 pm
Sunday, April 21 |
2:00 pm
Friday, April 26 | 4:00 pm
THE WILD PEAR TREE
Ahlat Ağacı |
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FILM PROGRAM (March 21 - April 7, 2019) |
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Thursday, March 21
6:30 pm
THE WILD PEAR TREE
Ahlat Ağacı
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Friday, March 22
5:00 pm
THE BUS
Otobüs |
Friday, March 22
7:30 pm
THE PLANE TREE
Çınar |
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Sunday, March 24
11:00 am
BTF Documentary & Short Film Competition Winners
PANEL DISCUSSION
AFTER FILM SCREENINGS, MODERATED BY
FILM CRITIC PETER KEOUGH |
THE PASSENGER | Yolcu
TOPRAK
A STORY WITH MUSIC |
Müzikli Bir Hikaye
A FADING LANGUAGE A FADING CUISINE | Kaybolan Bir Dil Kaybolan Bir Mutfak
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Sunday, March 24
2:30 pm
THE PLANE TREE
Çınar
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Wednesday, March 27
4:00 pm
LET THE KID PLAY
Bırakın Çocuk Oynasın
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Wednesday, March 27
6:30 pm
TRUST
Güven |
Thursday, March 28
5:00 pm
DEBT
Borç |
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Thursday, March 28
7:30 pm
FAMILY MATTERS
Aile Arasında
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Friday, March 29
6:30 pm
THE WILD PEAR TREE
Ahlat Ağacı |
Saturday, March 30
1:00 pm
TRUST
Güven
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Saturday, March 30
3:30 pm
FAMILY MATTERS
Aile Arasında
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Sunday, March 31
1:30 pm
THE PIGEON
Güvercin
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Sunday, March 31
3:30 pm
BUTTERFLIES
Kelebekler
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Thursday, April 4
5:30 pm
AYAZ |
Thursday, April 4
8:00 pm
SIREN'S CALL
Son Çıkış |
Friday, April 5
5:30 pm
THE PIGEON
Güvercin |
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Friday, April 5
7:30 pm
BUTTERFLIES
Kelebekler
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Saturday, April 6
1:00 pm
HALEF
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Saturday, April 6
4:00 pm
SIBEL
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Sunday, April 7
12:00 pm
SIBEL |
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Sunday, April 7
3:00 pm
HALEF
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All films are in Turkish with English subtitles unless otherwise noted.
Film program co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
ALL FILM SCREENINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
Music program is co-presented with Boston University Howard Thurman Center.
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