Later

International Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 23, 19:00 (Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor) and Tuesday, June 25, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
BITTER

later

Country of Origin / Land: Turkey
Year of Production / Jahr: 2013
Duration / Länge: 12′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
7 Language / Sprache: Turkish with English subtitles

Director / Regie: Nazli Elif Durlu
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Nazli Elif Durlu
Cinematographer / Kamera: Emre Tanyildiz
Music / Musik: Korhan Futaci, Barlas Tan Özemek
Editor / Schnitt: Çiçek Kahraman, Bugra Dedeoglu
Producer / Produktion: Deniz Alnitemiz, Nazli Elif Durlu
Main Cast / Darsteller: Onur Unsal, Deniz Alnitemiz, Esme Madra

Synopsis: A bunch of friends in their 30’s are gathered in a living room and they are having fun by playing video games, making jokes and drinking beer. Soon enough it’s palpable there is more to it than what is to seen in the surface.
Inhalt: Ein Haufen Freunde in den 30ern haben sich in einem Wohnzimmer versammelt und haben Spaß beim Video spielen, Witze reißen und Bier trinken. Schon bald ist spürbar, dass da mehr ist, als man an der Oberfläche sehen kann.

Five lives by silence

Screening: Saturday, June 23, 23:00 (City Kinos)
CINE-BOAT BY NISI MASA

Country of Origin: Hungary/Greece, UK, Turkey
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 14´
Category: Documentary

Director: Miki Ambrózy, Nick Shaw, Begüm Güleç

Synopsis: Five Lives by Silence observes the daily workings of silence and stillness, through a parallel poetic and physical journey through the Finnish Archipelago.
Inhalt: „Five Lives by Silence“ untersucht die täglichen Auswirkungen von Schweigen und Stille durch eine gleichzeitig poetische und physische Reise durch das finnische Archipel.

Weblinks:
www.nisimasa.com
www.turku2011.fi

Silent (Sessiz-be Deng)

German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 24, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 21:00 (film.coop)
BITTER

Country of Origin: Turkey
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 14′
Category: Fiction

Director: Rezan Yesilbas
Screenplay: Rezan Yesilbas
Cinematographer: Turksoy Golebeyi
Editor: Bugra Dedeoglu, Rezan Yesilbas
Producer: Rezan Yesilbas
Cast: Belçim Bilgin, Cem Bender

Synopsis: The year is 1984. Zeynep, who lives in Diyarbakir with her three children, wants to visit her husband in prison. Zeynep is only able to speak her mother tongue ‘Kurdish’; however, only the Turkish language is allowed to be spoken in prison, so she’s unable to utter a word there. On the other hand, she wants to bring a new pair of shoes to her husband but it’s forbidden to bring anything to prisoners from outside…
Inhalt: Im Jahr 1984 möchte Zeynep, die mit ihren drei Kindern in Diyarbakir wohnt, ihren Mann im Gefängnis besuchen. Sie spricht nur Kurdisch, im Gefängnis sind Unterhaltungen allerdings nur auf Türkisch erlaubt so dass sie nicht ein Wort sagen darf. Auch braucht ihr Mann ein neues Paar Schuhe, Häftlingen darf aber nichts mitgebracht werden.

Festivals: 8th Akbank Film Festival 2012, Turkey; Atif Yilmaz Film Festival 2012, Turkey; 65th Cannes Film Festival, France
Awards: Best Short Film and Best Audience Award at 8th Akbank Film Festival 2012, Turkey, Best Short Film at Atif Yilmaz Film Festival 2012, Turkey; Palme d´Or at 65th Cannes Film Festival, France

Weblink: www.rezanyesilbas.com

Downstairs (Ayak Altinda)

German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 15, 21:00 and Monday, June 16, 19:00 (BITTER)

downstairs

Country of Origin: Turkey
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 18’52“
Category: Fiction

Director: M. Cem Oztufekci
Screenplay: M. Cem Oztufekci
Cinematographer: Meryem Yavuz
Editor: Natalin Solakoglu
Music: Ismail Karadas
Producer: M. Cem Oztufekci, Can Oztufekci
Cast: Tarik Koksal, Kanbolat Gorkem Arslan, Gozde Sinem Ozturk, Aykut Oray

Synopsis: Ibrahim is a worker living with his two little children and a wife. Everyday he lives the same day, he goes to work, pub, coffehouse, mosque and he comes back home. When he works in early morning shift, he has to wake up at night. And he has to sleep in the day time, when he works in the late night shift.

Festivals & Awards: Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival Turkey 2008 (Special Jury Prize), Konya Selcuk University Kisa-ca National Student Films Festival Turkey 2008 (Best Fiction Prize), Malatya Inonu University Short Film Festival Turkey 2008 (Special Jury Prize), Bursa Pembe Carsi Short Film Week Turkey 2008 (People’s Choice Award), Aubagne International Film Festival France 2008, International Salerno Shadowline Film Festival Italy 2008, “La Cittadella del Corto” International Festival of Short Fiction Rome Italy 2008, Tanger International Meditarrean Short Film Morocco 2008, Yilmaz Guney Culture & Arts Festival National Short Film Turkey 2008, Bahcelievler Short Film Days Turkey 2008, Ankara International Film Festival Turkey 2008, Hisar Short Film Festival Turkey 2008, Yildiz University Short Film Festival Turkey 2008, Konya Selcuk University Short Film Festival Turkey 2008, Middle East Technical University Short Film Days Turkey 2008, Istanbul Technical University Short Film Week Turkey 2008, Pasofest Student Films Festival Turkey 2008, Malatya Inonu University Short Film Festival Turkey 2008, Laborfest International Film and Video Festival Istanbul Turkey 2008, Pembe Carsi Short Film Week Bursa Turkey 2008, Balikesir Cinema Days Turkey 2008, Galatasaray University Sinepark Short Film Festival Istanbul Turkey 2008, Eskisehir Film Festival Turkey 2008, Koc University Short Film Days Istanbul Turkey 2008, Aksaray University Spring Fest Turkey 2008, Istanbul American Robert College Fine Arts Festival Turkey 2008, Kartal Municipality Short Film Festival Istanbul 2008, Adana Golden Boll Film Festival Turkey 2008, International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Turkey 2007, International Izmir Short Film Festival Turkey 2007, Pam Short Film Festival Istanbul Turkey 2007, International Istanbul Short Film Festival Turkey 2007, International Akbank Short Film Festival Turkey 2007, International Bursa Silk Road Film Festival Turkey 2007

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/downstairs