Welcome to the 9th Boston
Turkish Film and Music Festival!
We are proud to continue the tradition of presenting high caliber films and concerts to you and we hope that you would also continue to be a part of this cultural tradition in Boston.
The film screenings of the 9th Annual Boston Turkish Film and Music Festival will take place between March 25th – April 11th, 2010 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Festival program will continue with a series of concerts until May 16th, 2010.
The festival will open on Thursday, March 25th with the internationally acclaimed director-auteur Yesim Ustaoglu’s "Pandora's Box", winner of Best Film and Best Actress Awards in the prestigious San Sebastian Film Festival. Preceding the film screening, the fourth “Boston Turkish Film Festival Award for Excellence in Turkish Cinema” will be presented to filmmaker Yesim Ustaoglu for her contributions to Turkish Cinema.
There will be sixteen selected films in the festival program, most of them having their North America premieres at our festival. The films are Reha Erdem’s "Kosmos”, Cagan Irmak’s “In Darkness - Karanliktakiler”, Inan Temelkuran’s “Bornova Bornova”, Ozgur Dogan & Orhan Eskikoy’s “On the Way to School – Iki Dil Bir Bavul”, Atalay Tasdiken’s “Mommo – Kizkardesim”, Mahmut Fazil Coskun's "Wrong Rosary - Uzak Ihtimal", Ezel Akay's "7 Husbands for Hurmuz - 7 Kocali Hurmuz", Murat Saracoglu's "Piano Girl - Deli Deli Olma", and Taylan Brothers' "Vavien". We also pay tribute to masters of Turkish cinema by two great examples of Turkish cinema from the 1960's; Atif Yilmaz's "Oh, Beautiful Istanbul - Ah Guzel Istanbul" and Yilmaz Guney's "Seyyit Han".
Winners of our competition in fall-2009 as a part of the 14th BostonTurkish Arts and Culture Festival, which will be screened on Saturday, April 10th, are the Best Short Film "Ata" by Cagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti, Best Documentary "Eyes of the Darkness - Karanligin Gozleri" by Can Diker, Best Short Film Audience Award winner "Judgement - Hukum" by L. Rezan Yesilbas, and the Best Documentary Audience Award winner "Karsardahan" by Alkim Un.
Jenny White, author of "The Winter Thief" will introduce her latest thriller on April 15th, which takes place in İstanbul during the waning years of the Ottoman Empire.
In the music program of the Festival, young talented pianist Seda Röder will give a recital on April 18th. Bass-baritone Bülent Güneralp, Guitarist Bilgehan Tuncer and Pianist Eun Young Kim will give a concert on April 25th. Young flute virtuoso Burak Beşir will also give a concert on May 1st. Acclaimed dance group “Collage Dance Ensemble” with “ Hasan Işakkut Ensemble” will have two performances on May 15th and 16th at the Virginia Wimberly Theater.
Organizing a festival undoubtedly is a collaborative effort of many individuals and organizations. With this opportunity, I would like to thank our supporters, board members and co-presenters as well as individual, corporate and organizational sponsors whose commitment and collaboration made this festival possible.
Enjoy the Festival!
Erkut Gomulu
Director and Founder
Boston Turkish Film Festival
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