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KOSMOS<br />
A mysterious stranger comes running out of a barren, snow-covered l<strong>and</strong>scape; hearing screams, he heads to the river bank <strong>and</strong> saves<br />
a young boy who’s fallen in the swift currents. Although assumed to be dead, the boy is somehow revived by the stranger; later, the<br />
stranger, who calls himself Kosmos (Sermet Yeşil), is led by the boy’s grateful father <strong>and</strong> sister to a nearby town, where the locals<br />
greet him as a hero. With his wild appearance, penchant for enigmatic pronouncements, <strong>and</strong> supposedly miraculous powers, Kosmos<br />
is thought to be some kind of seer or holy man—but if he is, he’s not like any other anyone has ever seen or heard about. One of the<br />
brightest talents working in Turkey today, Reha Erdem here has created his most complex <strong>and</strong> challenging film, a dense tapestry of<br />
stories <strong>and</strong> images that moves from the material to the mystical <strong>and</strong> back again.<br />
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS<br />
2010 Berlin International Film Festival (Germany): Panorama Special Section – International Premiere<br />
2010 Nürnberg Turkish-German Film Festival (Germany)<br />
2010 Munich Turkish Movie Days (Germany)<br />
2010 Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkey)<br />
2010 Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (Armenia): Best Feature Film<br />
2010 Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia)<br />
2010 Era New Horizons International Film Festival (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />
2010 Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia <strong>and</strong> Herzegovina)<br />
2009 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkey): Best Film; Best Director; Best Cinematography; Special Jury Award for<br />
Sound Design<br />
REHA ERDEM<br />
Born in Istanbul in 1960, Reha Erdem studied history at Boğaziçi University, <strong>and</strong> went on to study film in Paris, receiving his M.A. in<br />
Plastic Arts from the Department of Cinema at University of Paris VIII. After returning to Turkey, he shot his first feature-length film A<br />
Ay (Oh <strong>Moon</strong>) in 1989 as a French-Turkish co-production <strong>and</strong> has written all of his films except for Korkuyorum Anne (Mommy, I’m<br />
Scared), for which he was a co-writer. Reha Erdem’s second feature, Kaç Para Kaç (A Run for Money) was Turkey’s submission to<br />
the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also produced several short films <strong>and</strong> staged Jean Genet’s play<br />
“Hizmetçiler.” His short film, Deniz Türküsü was inspired by the poem of famous Turkish poet Yahya Kemal Beyatlı. Since 1990, he<br />
has directed over a hundred TV commercials. In 1993, he founded Atlantik Film Production Company with Ömer Atay.<br />
FILMOGRAPHY<br />
1989 A Ay / Oh <strong>Moon</strong><br />
1999 Kaç Para Kaç / A Run for Money<br />
2004 Korkuyorum Anne / Mommy, I’m<br />
Scared<br />
2006 Beş Vakit / Times <strong>and</strong> Winds<br />
2008 Hayat Var / My Only Sunshine<br />
2009 Kosmos<br />
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