Readers Select 100 Best Turkish Films

1-EŞKIYA
(Yavuz Turgul/1996)


2-SELVİ BOYLUM AL YAZMALIM
(Atıf Yılmaz/1978)


3-HABABAM SINIFI
(Ertem Eğilmez/ 1975)


4-BABAM VE OĞLUM
(Çağan Irmak/ 2005)


5-ZÜĞÜRT AĞA
(Nesli Çölgeçen/1985)


6-MASUMİYET
(Zeki Demirkubuz/ 1997)


7-AĞIR ROMAN
(Mustafa Altıoklar/ 1997)


8-MUHSİN BEY
(1987)


9-YOL
(Şerif Gören/ 1981)


10-NEŞELİ GÜNLER
(Orhan Aksoy/ 1978) 

Yilmaz Guney

Yılmaz Güney'den Mektup var... from Nasname on Vimeo.

Labirent Trailer

16th LTFF Trailer and Opening Night Gala highlights

16. London Turkish Film Festival | QandA

PASSION CINÉMA 2011 | Turkish Films

PASSION CINÉMA et JOURNÉE MONTAGNES   03-08 October 2011 Ajaccio, Corsica Mommo

Atalay Tasdiken. 1h34. Turquie. Produit en 2009. Drame Avec Elif Bülbül, Mehmet Bülbül, Mete Dönmezer, MustafaUzunyılmaz Synopsis :                             Le film traite du lien extrêmement fort entre un frère et une sœur, Ahmet et Ayse, dont la mère vient de mourir. Leur père se remarie à une autre femme qui ne veut pas d’eux et qui entraîne ce dernier à les délaisser et à finalement les confier à leur grand-père handicapé. Âgé de seulement neuf ans, Ahmet doit donc assumer les rôles de père et de mère pour sa petite sœur. Est-ce que leur solidarité et leur soutien mutuel leur suffira pour rester ensemble ? Pour son premier long métrage, s’inscrivant dans un cinéma réaliste, le réalisateur a choisi de mettre en scène une histoire qui s’est réellement déroulée dans un village d’Anatolie proche de sa campagne natale. Une histoire qui dénonce l’état de pauvreté du monde rural où les adultes n’ont quelquefois pas d’autre choix que d’envoyer leurs enfants travailler chez les nantis d’Istanbul. Atalay Tasdiken réussit à brosser à la fois une peinture très naturaliste d’un village turc contemporain et le portrait de deux enfants, dont la relation de protection et d’attention entre le frère et la sœur… Il était une fois en Anatolie

Grand Prix. Festival de Cannes 2011 Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 2h30. Turquie. Novembre 2011. Drame Avec Yılmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan Synopsis :                             La vie dans une petite ville s’apparente à un voyage au milieu des steppes : l’impression que quelque chose « de nouveau et de différent » va surgir derrière chaque colline, mais toujours les mêmes routes monotones, effilées, qui disparaissent ou persistent, infailliblement similaires... Ce grand réalisateur turc, auteur des Climats et des Trois singes, prouve une fois encore avec ce film qu'il est un immense cinéaste. L’histoire nous emmène sur les routes et dans les villages de l'Anatolie, région centrale de la Turquie composée de steppes désolées et monotones. On y suit les tribulations d'un procureur, un médecin légiste, une escouade de policiers et deux prisonniers à la recherche du cadavre que ces derniers ont enterré. Film passionnant ! Une émotion aussi intense qu'inattendue. Le tout superbement photographié et mis en scène… Hair

Tayfun Pirselimoglu. 2h00. Grèce/Turquie. Produit en 2010. Drame

Avec Ruhi Sari, Mehmet Avcı, Nurcan Eren

               

Synopsis :            

               

Dans un quartier délabré d’Istanbul Hamdi, un vendeur de perruques, se sent désespérément seul, passant ses jours et ses nuits dans sa boutique, qui est aussi son domicile. Malgré le peu de temps qui lui reste à vivre, ce fumeur invétéré atteint d’un cancer, continue à enchaîner les cigarettes en fixant une une prostituée vêtue de rouge qui fait le trottoir de l’autre côté de la rue. Convaincu qu’il rapetisse, Hamdi se mesure tous les jours. Il n’espère plus rien avant sa mort, sauf peut-être partir très loin…

Hamburg IFF | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 
Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 | 157 min | OV with english and german s.t. | Colour |




n this long, slow, hypnotic film about a bunch of men looking for a body in the endless eerie Anatolian landscape, Turkey's star director Nuri Bilge Ceylan explores the human condition through side glances and offhand remarks, caring very little about time, especially the viewer’s time, in eventless sequences without conventional action. At the same time, for those willing to take the plunge, it is a deep and haunting work that lingers in the memory.


This event is  presented in cooperation with Freundeskreis Filmfest Hamburg e.V.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan


Screenplay: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Ebru Ceylan Ercan Kesal


Cast: Muhammet Uzuner Yılmaz Erdoğan Taner Birsel Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan Fırat Tanış Ercan Kesal


Producer: Zeynep Özbatur Atakan Mirsad Purivatra Eda Arikan Ibrahim Sahin Müge Kolat Murat Akdi


Orig. Titel: Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da
Section: Agenda 11
Original language: Turkish
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
DoP: Gökhan Tiryaki
Editor: Bora Gökşingöl, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Format: 35 mm
World Sales: Zeynofilm | Cihangir Caddesi Derya Palas apt. 34/' Beyoglu-Cihangir | 34433 Istanbul | Turkey | Email: sezgiu@gmail.com
Production Company: Zeyno Film; Prod2006; Turkish Radio & Television (TRT); Imaj; Fida Film; NBC FilmWebsite: http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia

Hamburg IFF | Press

Press
Turkey 2010 | 100 min | OV with english and german s.t. | Colour |

In the first half of the 1990’s, on those days when intense skirmish between the Kurdish guerillas and the Turkish government took place, a handful of young journalists were struggling to proclaim the ongoing violations of human rights to the world. In those days of increasing pressure, the office staff fights both to survive and to reveal the facts. Journalism is no longer a profession, but a a matter of life or death for them.

This event is presented in cooperation with Freundeskreis Filmfest Hamburg e.V.

Director: Sedat Yilmaz

Screenplay: Sedat Yilmaz

Cast: Aram Dildar Engin Emre Değer Kadim Yaşar Sezgin Cengiz

Producer: Sedat Yilmaz

Orig. Titel: Press
Section: Agenda 11
Original language: Turkish
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
DoP: Demir Gökdemir
Set Designer: Nevin Do?an
Editor: Sedat Yilmaz
Format: 35 mm

Production Company: Karincalar Film Yapim | Firuzaga Mah. Süngü Sok. Süngü Apt. No: 1/2 | Cihangir-Istanbul | Turkey | Email: sedat@karincalaryapim.com

Website: www.pressfilm.net

Sedat Yilmaz, (*1972) works as a director and producer for cinema an TV. With his own production company Karincalar, he creates commercials and educational films. He also gives workshops in editing.

Hamburg IFF 2011 | Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits

Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
Turkey, Germany 2011 | 93 min | OV with german s.t. | Colour |


Istanbul wants to play in the big leagues. Last year it was the European City of Culture. It has its heart set on winning the 2020 Olympic bid. And the government wants it to be the financial centre of the region. At fifteen million, its population is twice the size of London’s, and looks set to double by 2030. But the lack of planning regulations means that expansion has come without adequate environmental or safety precautions. As one interviewee warns, for Istanbul the future means chaos.


Director: İmre Azem


Screenplay: İmre Azem


Producer: Gaye Günay Stephan Anspichler


Orig. Titel: Ekümenopolis: Ucu Olmayan Şehir
Section: Three Colours Green
Original language: English/Turkish
Filmtype: Documentary Feature
Music: Lari Dilmen, Nilüfer Ormanli
DoP: Hakan Yonat, ?enol Altun, İmre Azem
Editor: Eray Ilhan, Arzu Volkan
Format: HDCam


World Sales: Studio Hamburg Distribution & Marketing GmbH | Jenfelder Allee 80 | 22039 Hamburg | Germany | Phone: +49 40 6688-5355 | Email: distribution@studio-hamburg.de
Production Company: York Street Productions International Ltd.


Website: www.ekumenopolis.net

Imre Azem (*1975) studied political sciences and French literature among other things in Moscow, New Orleans and Paris. For his feature debut Ecumenopolis he moved back to his native Istanbul.

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is Official

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is the official candidate for an Academy Award.

• New York Times, "Inquiry Into a Haunting Land Could Grab Palme d'Or", by Manohla Dargis
• Time Out (London), "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Dave Calhoun
• Variety, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Justin Chang
• Screen International, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Dan Fainaru
• Indiewire, "'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia' is a Mesmerizing Police Procedural", by Eric Kohn
• The Hollywood Reporter, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Deborah Young
• The Film Stage, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Raffi Asdourian
• Mubi, "Cannes 2011: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by David Hudson
• The Lumière Reader, "Time Crimes: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Jacob Powell
• Sounds like cinema, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Greg Bennett
• Fest21, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", by Vanessa McMahon
• Cinemascope, "Toronto FF countdown", by Robert Koehler

London 2011 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Ceylan’s most audacious film yet is a measured, masterly account of a police investigation, Chekhovian in its piercing insights, subtle wit and thematic richness. 

Alongside The Tree of Life, Ceylan's Grand Prix-winner was widely regarded as the most rewardingly audacious film in Cannes this year. Its lithe if meticulously constructed story, starting at dusk and ending around the middle of the next day, follows the search by police, prosecutors, a doctor and the alleged culprit for the body of a man buried in the Anatolian steppes (but where exactly?) after a brawl. From this slow yet wholly engrossing account of a rambling, shambling investigation that steadily shifts focus from a group of mostly garrulous characters to the aforementioned doctor, Ceylan fashions a richly quizzical meditation on a range of interwoven themes: the concerns and manners of provincial life; our relationship with the places we inhabit; the balancing of ethics and pragmatism; our need to hold on to the banalities of life when faced with misfortune, absurdity and death. And more; even by his own remarkable standards, this is hugely impressive. The piercing insights and dry wit, the feel for the subtle rhythms of human interaction, the beautiful, superbly expressive Scope images confirm Ceylan's status as a master of cinema.


Geoff Andrew


Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Running time 157 min 
Year 2011
Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Country: Turkey-Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Writer: Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan 
Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Firat Tanis 
Distributor: New Wave Films 

London IFF 2011 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Oct 17)

Mon 17

| 20:30

| Vue Screen 7

FULLY BOOKED


It's a police procedural by the Turkish film-maker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, which means that it is long and deliberate and pruned of anything resembling CSI-style thrills. But stay with it. Follow in the footsteps of Ceylan's protagonists (the cops, doctor, prosecutor and suspects) as they hunt a body in the barrens and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia casts an extraordinary spell. It's arguably the director's most muscular, most fully realised film to date, and deservedly won the grand prix at the 2011 Cannes film festival (a prize it shared with the Dardennes' similarly fine The Kid With a Bike, which also screens at this year's LFF).

Turkish Film for Academy Award Nomination

The Academy Award [1] for Best Foreign Language Film will be nominated for out of this list of seven films.

Selim Demirdelen 'Kavşak', Orhan Oğuz 'Hayde Bre', Derviş Zaim 'Gölgeler ve Suretler', Handan İpekçi 'Çınar Ağacı', Nuri Bilge Ceylan  'Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da', Seyfi Teoman  'Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz' and  Seren Yüce 'Çoğunluk'.

[1] The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to afeature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.

Unlike other Academy Awards, the Best Foreign Language Film Award is not presented to a specific individual. It is accepted by the winning film's director, but is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Over the years, the Best Foreign Language Film Award and its predecessors have been given almost exclusively to European films: out of the 63 Awards handed out by the Academy since 1947 to foreign language films, fifty one have gone to European films, five to Asian films, three to African films and three to films from the Americas.

London Film Festival 2011 | Law of the Border

Mavi Boncuk |


London Film Festival 2011

Law of the Border 


 Tue 25 | 18:30 | NFT3


Powerful and radical smuggling drama from Turkey, starring the great Yilmaz Güney, rescued and restored by Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation. The happy outcome of another rescue mission by Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation, created to help archives in developing countries preserve their cinema heritage, Law of the Border marked the beginning of Turkey's 'New Cinema' movement, focusing on the country's profound social problems. Brought to light by WCF advisory board member Fatih Akin and restored by L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in Bologna from the wreckage of a single positive print which survived the Turkish military coup d'état in 1980, the film highlights the deprivations of daily life in South-East Turkey – lack of education, no agriculture, unemployment – and their solution: smuggling. Akad's film has the stylistic qualities of an epic Western – '...a work of great visual and dramatic force, of terrific purity and ferocity,' as Kent Jones, executive director of the WCF, puts it – and was a positive influence on the film's scriptwriter and star, Yilmaz Güney, about to make his own directing debut and become Turkey's best-known radical filmmaker and thorn in the government's side, condemned to a life of political imprisonment and eventual exile in Switzerland.


Clyde Jeavons


Law of the Border
Country: Turkey:  Running time: 74min Year :1966
Director: Ömer Lüfti Akad:  Writer: Ömer Lüfti Akad, Yilmaz Güney
Cast: Yilmaz Güney, Pervin Par, Hikmet Olgun, Erol Tas, Tuncel Kurtiz:

TIFF 2011 | When We Leave

When We Leave
Feo Aladag
Country: Turkey/Germany
Year: 2010
Runtime: 119 min minutes
Screens as part of Human Rights Watch


Based on a highly publicized honour killing in Berlin in 2005, When We Leave stars Sibel Kekilli as Umay, a young Turkish Muslim woman who courageously decides to leave her abusive husband in Istanbul and join her family in Germany with her young son. Her reunion with her parents and siblings soon reveals that cultural ties are strong and her family’s love is not unconditional. Umay’s struggle for independence in a patriarchal society bound by tradition and pride makes for a passionately dramatic film that provocatively explores issues of family, community values and personal freedom.


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When We Leave (Die Fremde) by Feo Aladag

Jan 22, 2010

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 ...

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Europe's LUX prize goes to When We Leave

Nov 24, 2010

The European Parliament's president Jerzy Buzek presented the award to Aladağ at a special ceremony today (24 Nov). She is the first female director to be shortlisted since the award began in 2007. The award carries a cash prize of ...

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65 countries vie for 2010 Foreign Language Film Oscar®

Oct 16, 2010

Germany, “When We Leave,” Feo Aladag, director; Greece, “Dogtooth,” Yorgos Lanthimos, director; Greenland, “Nuummioq,” Otto Rosing and Torben Bech, directors; Hong Kong, “Echoes of the Rainbow,” Alex Law, director; ...

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TIFF 2011 | Don't Go

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Don't Go
Turgut Akacik
Country: Turkey
Year: 2010
Runtime:  (3’ 51”)
Ages: 7-11
A pouncing cat pursues its imaginary disco-dancing friend in this lively and original music video.
produced by Anima - Istanbul. Annecy 2010 Animation Film Festival Special Distinction Award and Junior Jury Award for a short film winner. By Anima istanbul


Character Design: Nermin Er
Art Director: Melis Şeylan
Story: Turgut Akaçık
Production: Oya Aytimur
Graphic Design: Melis Şeylan
Animation: Turgut Akaçık
Director of Photography: Turgut Akaçık
Compositing: Koray Güzey, İlhan Poyraz
TD: Soner Ünlü
Modeling: Özgül Gürbüz
Music: "Don't Go" - Yazoo, "Invisible" - Fisher Spooner
Sound Design: Ozan Kurtulus
Editing: Turgut Akaçık
Title Sequence Animation: Ahmet Tabak
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Pinky - Don't Go (Teaser)

TIFF 2011 | Once Upon A Time in Anatolia

The 36th Toronto International Film Festival

Once Upon A Time in Anatolia | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

What appears to be on the surface a police procedural film is anything but in Ceylan's hands. As the confessed killer tries to lead the authorities to the place where he buried the body, a series of clues are laid as to what has actually happened.

PROGRAMMER'S NOTE

Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan has made a film that demands great patience, but that patience is magnificently rewarded as the narrative moves toward its conclu­sion. Although the title is a nod to Sergio Leone, Ceylan is very much his own man, determined to create a mythology around a subject that defines an era and a country.

The plot follows the outline of a routine police procedural, but as one would expect from this distinctive filmmaker, Once Upon A Time in Anatolia is far from routine.

A murder has been committed and a man has confessed; all that remains is for him to lead police to the body so they can wrap the case. In the dead of night, two cars and a Jeep carrying the murderer, the police chief and the prosecutor set out to find the burial spot. As the small convoy inches its way through the darkness of the deserted countryside, it becomes clear that the killer can’t locate the place where he left his victim. Cigarettes are smoked; conversations occur and refresh­ments are served in a local village; nothing significant seems to happen. Yet whether we are aware of it or not, small clues are being planted along the way.

Like a game of chess, the grand design of this subtle and disturbing film comes increasingly into focus as events progress. Things are not always as they appear to be, and in Kafka-like gestures, people, emo­tions and events are developed in different and deeper ways. Once Upon A Time in Anatolia is ambiguous enough that we must concentrate on all the details of the canvas before the full story becomes apparent — or does it? A number of doors open teasingly, creating a labyrinthine world that mirrors our present incomprehension at so many contemporary events. What is truth and how we find it are some of the questions Ceylan raises in this superior exploration of a crime and its investigation.
Piers Handling

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul. He studied cinema at Mimar Sinan University. His films include The Small Town (98), Clouds of May (00), Distant (03), which won the Grand Prix as well as the prize for best actor for its two male leads at the Cannes Film Festival, Climates (06), Three Monkeys (08) and Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (11).

Country:Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year:2011
Language:Turkish
Runtime:157 minutes
Format: 35mm
Producer:Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan; Production Company:Zeynofilm
Principal Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan,Taner Birsel, A. Mumtaz Taylan,Ercan Kesal
Screenplay:Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Cinematographer:Gokhan Tiryaki
Editor:Bora Goksingol, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Sound:Thomas Robert
US Distributor: The Cinema Guild 115 West 30th Street, Suite 800 · New York, NY 10001
Phone: (800) 723-5522 · Fax: (212) 685-4717 · email: info@cinemaguild.com
International Sales Agent:Zeynofilm

MWFF 2011 | SHADOWS AND FACES

MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL August 18 to 28, 2011SHADOWS AND FACES | GOLGELER VE SURETLER
Turkey
Out of Competition 2010 / Colour / 116 min

Director : Dervis Zaim Script : Dervis Zaim
Photography : Emre Erkmen Editor : Aylin Zoi
Cast : Hazar Erguçlu, Osman Alkas, Popi Avraam, Settar Tanriogen, Bugra Gulsoy, Erol Refikoglu, Constantinos Gavriel, Pandelis Antonas, Ahmet Karabiber

SHADOWS AND FACES
Cyprus, 1963. The government has just recently declared its independence, but the two major ethnic groups on the island cannot come to an agreement about how the country will be governed. The Turks and the Greeks had seemed to get along, but this changes with the uprising of anarchist groups on both sides. In a small village where Turks and Greeks had been living peacefully, Salih, a Karagoz shadow play master and his daughter Ruhsar, driven from their home by the Greek police, go to their relative Veli in the next village, looking for a shelter. Veli, the elder statesman of the Turkish community there, believes he can appease the mounting tension between Greeks and Turks by keeping a low profile, and he is supported by his Greek neighbour, the local innkeeper, Anna, who tries to calm down her own people, most particularly her hot-headed son, Thanassis. The latter sees a few guns being dug up by young Turks in Veli's garden, then the Greek police bring in a whole load of weapons which they plant in Anna's house despite her protests. The Turks notice and start training in secret with their antiquated rifles, with Veli losing control over the young Turks who believe they should be the first to attack before it is too late. The Greeks retaliate, the violence escalates and many Turks are driven from their villages. When Ruhsar loses her father, she gets occasional help from his Anna, but she cannot help but become apprehensive about a woman who represents the oppression that is enveloping her...

Dervis Zaim
Born in Famagusta, Cyprus in 1964, Dervis Zaim graduated from Warwick University in England and studied film production in London. In 1995, his first novel, Ares in Wonderland, won the prestigious Yunus Nadi literary prize in Turkey. A year later he made an auspicious debut as a director with SOMERSAULT IN A COFFIN. Among his other films: ELEPHANTS AND GRASS (2000), MUD (2003), WAITING FOR HEAVEN (2006) and DOT (2008), shown at the Montreal World Film Festival.

MWFF 2011 | PRESS

MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL August 18 to 28, 2011PRESS
Turkey
Focus on World Cinema2010 / Colour / 100 min


Production company : Sedat Yilmaz, Karincalar Film Yapim, Firuzaga Mah. Sungu Sok., Sungu, # 1, Cighangir Beyoglu, 34425
Director : Sedat Yilmaz Script : Sedat Yilmaz
Photography : Demir Gokdemir Editor : Sedat Yilmaz
Cast : Aram Dildar, Engin Emre Deger, Kadim Yasar, Sezgin Cengiz, Tayfur Aydin, Asiye Dincsoy


PRESS
In the early 1990s, when the armed conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish goverment was at its height, a group of journalists at "Free Agenda". a leftwing publication in Diyarbakir, struggle to report the infingements of human rights in Turkey and, in particular, the Kurdish areas. As government pressure increases, the young staff fights not only to publish but simply to survive. Some of them are kidnapped and threatened, some are killed out on the streets, and their offices are broken into and ravaged by the police. Journalism is no longer a profession, it is a matter of life and death.

Sedat Yilmaz
Born in Malayata, Turkey in 1972, Sedat Yilmaz studied computer science then switched to cinema at Marmara University. In 2003 he co-founded Karincalar, a film production house, for which he made commercials, educational films, videos and documentaries. His directorial credits include The Seventieth Day (2000) and Handcuffs (2002). PRESS is his first feature.

MWFF 2011 | THE SON

MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL August 18 to 28, 2011THE SON | OGUL

Turkey
Focus on World Cinema2011 / Colour / 97 min

Director : Attila Cengiz Script : Attila Cengiz
Photography : Baybars Tekin Editor : Recep Ergun
Cast : Riza Akin, Sahin Erguney, Enes Atis, Nurinisa Yildirim, Gokhan Atalay, Kuvvet Yurdakul, Duygu Yetis

THE SON
Soner, a naive 18-year-old, leaves his hometown, Giresun, on the Black Sea coast, to travel inland to Tunceli. The girl he loves is working there gathering hazelnuts. This is the first time he is venturing outside his hometown. His bus is stopped by soldiers in the mountains. Soner is questioned, and advised not to continue to Tunceli. Abandoned at a crossroads, he is told to return home. But Soner is determined; he gets a lift on a truck carrying workers. The truck is involved in an accident and Soner's path crosses that of Musa, a man whose son is a guerrilla. Musa is warned by the soldiers: they will hold him accountable if his son does not return from the mountains together with the nut gatherers in a couple of days...

Attila Cengiz
Born in Turkey in 1975, Atilla Cengiz has worked extensively in Turkish television, directing several series. Among them: Ezo Gelin (2006), Love Again (2007), Apartment Life (2007), Windfall (2008), Visions of Cappadocia (2009) and Five to Life Kala (2011).