JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL PANEL ON TURKISH CINEMA WITH THE AWARD-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE 2019 BTF DOCUMENTARY & SHORT FILM COMPETITION.
Livestream on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
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Panelists:
Ahmet Boyacıoğlu
(Chairperson, Ankara Cinema Assocation; Director, Antalya International Film Festival)
Nazlı Bulum
(Assistant Director, Script Writer, Actress, Producer)
Kurt Fendt
(Film and Media Scholar)
Ece Ger
(Director, Meeting Jim - Best Documentary)
Dilek Kaya
(Director, Kazim - Special Mention)
Ümran Safter
(Director, Sevan The Craftsman - Best Documentary Audience Award)
Alican Yücesoy
(Actor; Director, Stone - Best Short Film Jury & Audience Awards)
Moderator:
Carter Long
(Independent Film Programmer and Producer)
At the MFA, an opportunity to meet three remarkable men
by Peter Keough |
November 13, 2019
MEETING JIM
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Ece Ger |
2018, 76 min. Doc. In English.
People call him the inventor of the social network, the real-life version of Facebook; his world famous open Sunday dinners in Paris are a must for ‘off the beaten track’ lovers and his life story is the real proof that a life based on the good side of humankind is actually possible. Meet Jim Haynes in the film of an extraordinary journey that, in summer 2016, will take this unusual 83-year-old man to the cities of Paris, London and Edinburgh. Because Meeting Jim is meeting people.
STONE (Taş)
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BEST SHORT FILM JURY & AUDIENCE AWARDS
Directed by Alican Yücesoy | 2019, 12 min. Short
Cast: Cast: Ata Yılmaz Önal, Görkem Arda Keskin, Füruzan Aydın, Yüksel Çakır, Serkan Keskin, Aşkın Şenol, İrem Kahyaoğlu, Bülent Şakrak
In this story's universe, every person has a stone which he/she needs to carry from birth to death. The stone grows with that person and it is forbidden to put it away. In this strange universe, everything is so familiar: the neighborhood, the school, home, the marketplace, and the people... The film begins with the birth of a new baby, Muzaffer. What distinguishes him from the rest of the people in this universe is his curiosity. Muzaffer goes after a very simple question: What happens if I drop this stone which everyone carries?
In the same session with Meeting Jim
SEVAN THE CRAFTSMAN: BREATHING ISTANBUL'S MAGIC INTO JEWELS
Sevan Bıçakçı: İstanbul’u Mücevhere Sığdıran Usta
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BEST DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD
Directed by Ümran Safter | 2017, 71 min. Doc.
Sevan the Craftsman tells the story of Sevan Bıçakcı, a maestro whose skill of transforming precious metals and gems into majestic works of art not only resuscitated the forgotten jewelry-making traditions of an empire but has also bestowed upon it a glamour previously unheard of. The film documents Sevan’s long journey to becoming the person whose artistry, skill and patience sees him draw inspiration from Istanbul’s magical and mesmerizing qualities to create works of unparalleled magnificence.
KÂZIM
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SPECIAL MENTION
Directed by Dilek Kaya | 2018, 85 min. Doc.
In June 2016, the director of this documentary film bought 18 discarded letters from a flea market in Turkey. Written in 1973 and 1974, the letters were addressed to Kâzım Küçükalp, apparently an urban, middle-class, nineteen-year-old student. To the first impression of the director, Kâzım was a smart, vivacious, and adventurous young boy, who was a fan of European and American rock bands of the time. After accidentally discovering that Kâzım died during a mountain expedition in 1974, at the age of 19, the director decided to learn and eternalize his story and she set off a journey. She found the boy’s high school friends, his elder brother, and the mountaineers who witnessed his death. The documentary tells the story of her journey and the story of Kâzım by intertwining the two. This is also a story of 1970s urban youth culture in Turkey.