HELLO AFRICA
Merhaba Afrika
Best Short Film Audience Award
Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Documentary & Short Film Competition
Directed by Hasan Serin
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023 | 7:00 pm
Screened with short film"Echo / Yankı, followed by feature film"Kerr"
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
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Cast: Saadet Serin, Yağmur Korlaelçi, Şevval Elçi
Short / 13 min. / 2020
Esma and Serpil are two young girls living in a village of Bingöl, a province in Eastern Anatolia. From a book the two learn that there are children in Africa who are starving. So they leave on an adventure to save those children and tell them about the Gold Mountain.
Selected Festivals and Awards:
- Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition (2022): Best Short Film Audience Award
- Outstanding Award: Meihodo Int. Youth Visual Media Festival, Japan (2021)
- Best Director of Photography: DYTIATKO International Children’s Media Festival, Ukraine (2021)
- Special Jury Prize: Arctic Open Film Festival, Russia (2021)
- Gold Remi Award: WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA (2021)
- Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film: San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, USA (2021)
- Best Film: International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
- Best Third Film: Rotary Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
- Best Third Film: International Lions Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
- Best Second Film: TRT World Citizen Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
- Best Foreign Film: First Short Film Festival, Cameroon (2021)
- Honorable Mention: Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase, California, US
Director HASAN SERIN
After graduating from Kadıköy Anatolian High School, Hasan Serin studied Radio, Cinema and TV at Yeditepe University.
His first short film “Ağrı ve Dağ” competed at the 64th Berlin Film Festival in the Generation section. He received awards from many international festivals. His second short film “Baran” had its world premiere at the Sao Paulo Film Festival.
Hasan Serin received Best Short Film Award at the Boston Turkish Festival’s Documentary and Short Film Competition in 2014 with "Ağrı ve Dağ".
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