Turkish filmmaker Reha Erdem’s movie “Kosmos” (Cosmos) will be screened in the panorama category of the Berlin International Film Festival. Fifty movies will be shown in the panorama section during Berlinale, which will take place Feb. 11-21, the Anatolia news agency reported last week.
Erdem’s “Kosmos” is a semi-fantastic tale of an unusual young man with magical healing powers coming to a town near the eastern province of Kars. The movie, a Turkish-Bulgarian co-production, features actors Sermet Yeşil, Türkü Turan, Hakan Altuntaş, Sabahat Doğanyılmaz and Korel Kubilay.
Other Turkish movies competing in the festival include Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoğlu’s “Bal” (Honey).
Nine films advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category, and several hundred Los Angeles-based members screened the films and chose their top choices.
The nine remaining films will be narrowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend Friday, January 29, through Sunday, January 31, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots. The nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2 in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.
The films, to be screened for nominees, are as follows:
Argentina, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos,” Juan Jose Campanella, director; Australia, “Samson & Delilah,” Warwick Thornton, director; Bulgaria, “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner,” Stephan Komandarev, director; France, “Un Prophète,” Jacques Audiard, director; Germany, “The White Ribbon,” Michael Haneke, director; Israel, “Ajami,” Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, directors; Kazakhstan, “Kelin,” Ermek Tursunov, director; The Netherlands, “Winter in Wartime,” Martin Koolhoven, director; Peru, “The Milk of Sorrow,” Claudia Llosa, director. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
What would you sacrifice for your family’s love? Your values? Your freedom? Your independence? German-born Umay flees her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her young son Cem with her. She is hoping to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflict. Her family is trapped in their conventions, torn between their love for her and the values of their community. Ultimately they decide to return Cem to his father in Turkey. To keep her son, Umay is forced to move again. She finds the inner strength to build a new life for her and Cem, but her need for her family’s love drives her to a series of ill-fated attempts at reconciliation. What Umay doesn’t realize is just how the wounds have gone and how dangerous her struggle for self-determination has become...
Director Feo Aladag Screenplay Feo Aladag Director of Photography Judith Kaufmann Editor Andrea Mertens Music by Max Richter Production Design Silke Buhr Producers Feo Aladag, Zueli Aladag Production Company Independent Artists Filmproduktion/Berlin, in co-production with WDR/Cologne, RBB/Potsdam-Babelsberg, ARTE/Strasbourg Principal Cast Sibel Kekilli, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanrioegen, Nizam Schiller, Tamer Yigit, Serhad Can, Almila Bagriacik, Florian Lukas, Alwara Hoefels, Nursel Koese, Ufuk Bayraktar, Blanca Apilánez Length 119 min Format 35 mm, color, cs Original Version German/Turkish Subtitled Versions German, English Sound Technology Dolby SRD With backing from German Federal Film Board (FFA), BKM, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film German Distributor Delphi Filmverleih/Berlin
Feo Aladag was born in 1972 in Vienna. She began her career as an actress, completing her training in London and Vienna from 1990-1995. While studying Acting she completed a Master in Psychology and Journalism, continuing on to receive her PhD in 2000. She acted in numerous acclaimed film and television productions while attending various master-classes and directing seminars at the European Film Academy as well as the German Film and Television Academy. During this time she also maintained a successful career as a scriptwriter and commercial film director. In 2005, Feo Aladag founded the production company Independent Artists, responsible for her debut as the producer, director and writer of When We Leave (Die Fremde, 2009).
Zeki Ökten (August 4, 1941 – December 19, 2009) was a Turkish film director.He was born on August 4, 1942 in Istanbul. Zeki Ökten was interested in theater during his High School years at Haydarpaşa Lycee. He filmmaking career began in 1961 as an assistant director at Acı Zeytin to Nişan Hançer. Zeki Ökten directed his first film Ölüm Pazarı two years later in 1963. However, he returned to being an assistant for nine years to renowned directors like Ömer Lütfi Akad, Halit Refiğ, Memduh Ün and Atıf Yılmaz.He finally gained recognition with Kadın Yapar (1972) and Bir Demet Menekşe (1973) both written by Selim İleri. He was honored at the Golden Orange Film Festival in 1977 for directing the film Kapıcılar Kralı. Real success came with the films Sürü (1978) and Düşman (1979), both written by Yılmaz Güney. The film Sürü received nine more international awards, following the honors at the festivals in Locarno 1979 and at Antwerp in 1980. Zeki Ökten received his second Golden Orange award in 1983 for directing the film Faize Hücum. Most of his comedy themes of his films were based on social problems. Zeki Ökten died on December 19, 2009 following a heart surgery. Zeki Ökten is succeeded by his wife Güler Ökten, a well-known Turkish actress.
Filmography
Çinliler Geliyor (2006)Gülüm (2003)Güle Güle (2000)Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Herşey (1996)Düttürü Dünya (1988)Davacı (1986)Kan (1986)Ses (1986)Kurbağalar (1985)Firar (1984)Pehlivan (1984)Derman (1983)Faize Hücum (1982)Sürü (1979)Almanya, Acı Vatan (1979)Düşman (1979) Çöpçüler Kralı (1977)Sevgili Dayım (1977)Kapıcılar Kralı (1976)Hanzo (1975)Kaynanalar (1975)Şaşkın Damat (1975)Askerin Dönüşü (1974)Boş Ver Arkadaş (1974)Hasret (1974)Bir Demet Menekşe (1973)Aşrı Dağı'nın Gazabı (1973)Vurgun (1973)Ölüm Pazarı (1963)
SİYAD - Sinema Yazarları Derneği / Turkish Film Critics Association ANNOUNCED THE NOMINATIONS FOR 42nd SIYAD AWARDS
Vavien (11), Hayat Var (8), Pandora'nın Kutusu (7), Bornova Bornova (4), Nokta, Süt (3), İki Dil Bir Bavul, Neşeli Hayat, Kıskanmak, Nefes, Mommo (2), 7 Kocalı Hürmüz, 11′e 10 Kala, Dilber’in Sekiz Günü, Gölgesizler, Uzak İhtimal, Karanlıktakiler, Başka Dilde Aşk (1) received nominations. BEST FILM
* Hayat Var * İki Dil Bir Bavul * Pandora’nın Kutusu * Süt * Vavien
BEST DIRECTOR
* Reha Erdem - Hayat Var * Semih Kaplanoğlu - Süt * Yağmur / Durul Taylan - Vavien * Yeşim Ustaoğlu - Pandora’nın Kutusu * Derviş Zaim - Nokta
BEST SCREENPLAY
* Reha Erdem - Hayat Var * Yılmaz Erdoğan - Neşeli Hayat * Engin Günaydın - Vavien * İnan Temelkuran - Bornova Bornova * Yeşim Ustaoğlu / Sema Kaygusuz - Pandora’nın Kutusu
BEST FEMALE ACTOR
* Nesrin Cavazade - Dilber’in Sekiz Günü * Tsilla Chelton - Pandora’nın Kutusu * Elit İşcan - Hayat Var * Binnur Kaya - Vavien * Nergis Öztürk - Kıskanmak
BEST MALE ACTOR
* Erdem Akakçe - Karanlıktakiler * Öner Erkan - Bornova Bornova * Mert Fırat - Başka Dilde Aşk * Engin Günaydın - Vavien * Nadir Sarıbacak - Uzak İhtimal
* Erdal Beşikçioğlu - Hayat Var * Kadir Çermik - Bornova Bornova * Settar Tanrıöğen - Vavien * Mustafa Uzunyılmaz - Mommo * Onur Ünsal - Pandora’nın Kutusu
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Özgür Eken - Süt * Florent Herry - Hayat Var * Levent Semerci / Vedat Özdemir - Nefes * Gökhan Tiryaki - Vavien * Ercan Yılmaz - Nokta
BEST FILM MUSIC
* Mazlum Çimen - Nokta * Fairuz Derin Bulut - Acı Aşk * Reşit Gözdamla - Hayatın Tuzu * Erkan Oğur - Mommo * Attila Özdemiroğlu - Vavien
BEST EDITING
* Reha Erdem - Hayat Var * Orhan Eskököy / Thomas Balkenhol - İki Dil Bir Bavul * Bora Gökşingöl - Vavien * Çiçek Kahraman - Gölgesizler * Levent Semerci / Erkan Erdem - Nefes
BEST ART DIRECTION
* Ömer Atay - Hayat Var * Eren Akay - 7 Kocalı Hürmüz * Nilüfer Çamur Giritlioğlu - Kıskanmak * Naz Erayda - 11′e 10 Kala * Elif Taşçıoğlu - Vavien
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