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In September Istanbul <strong>Modern</strong> Cinema presents two different programs abroad<br />
Turkish Beat and Bermuda Shorts<br />
In September Istanbul <strong>Modern</strong> Cinema will be visiting Mannheim and Amsterdam with two<br />
different programs. Curated by Müge Turan, head of Istanbul <strong>Modern</strong> Cinema, the program<br />
Turkish Beat includes feature-length films, short films, and video art and will be held in<br />
Amsterdam in collaboration with the EYE Film Institute within the scope of the celebrations<br />
for the 400th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. As for<br />
the Bermuda Shorts International Short Film Festival, organized by the Mannheim<br />
Metropolitan Municipality with the participation of its sister cities, three short films will<br />
represent Turkey under the heading Bermuda Shorts selected by Istanbul <strong>Modern</strong> in<br />
collaboration with the Beyoğlu Municipality.<br />
Nine feature-length films will be screened within the scope of the program Turkish Beat held<br />
in Amsterdam between September 20-26; ten short films under the heading Stateless and a<br />
video selection entitled The Headless Women will also be presented.<br />
The opening of Turkish Beat will feature a screening of Our Grand Despair on Thursday<br />
evening, September 20 at Pathé Tuchinski in partnership with the Amsterdam Turkish<br />
Film Festival. A Panel will also be held within the scope of Turkish Beat in which new<br />
tendencies in Turkish cinema will be discussed. The collaboration with the EYE Film<br />
Institute, the Netherlands’ most prominent film center, will continue with the screening of<br />
films selected by the institution at Istanbul <strong>Modern</strong> Cinema in October.<br />
Nine feature-length films<br />
Comprising first and second films shot within the last two years by prominent directors of the<br />
new Turkish cinema, the program also includes three films directed and produced by Seyfi<br />
Teoman, who passed away recently.<br />
Directed by Seyfi Teoman, Our Grand Despair won the award for Best Film and the Film<br />
Critics’ Prize at the 16 th Nuremberg Turkish-German Film Festival, and the Special Prize of<br />
the Jury at the 30 th Istanbul Film Festival. Summer Book won the award for Best Film at the<br />
16 th Art Film International Film Festival, the award for Best Film in the 27 th Istanbul Film<br />
Festival National Competition, the prize for Best Film in the FIPRESCI National Competition<br />
awarded in memory of Onat Kutlar, the Special Jury Prize at the 54 th Taomina Film Festival,<br />
the Gorki List Tolerance Award at the 11 th Palic Film Festival, and the Bronze Zenith in the<br />
First Feature Films Competition at the Montreal World Film Festival. Beyond the Hill, which<br />
was produced by Seyfi Teoman, won the FIPRESCI Prize and the awards for Best Film and<br />
Best Screenplay at the 31 st Istanbul Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize at the 18 th Sarajevo<br />
Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize at the Taipei Film Festival, the NETPAC Award for Best<br />
Asian Film at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and the Caligari Film Prize and a Best First<br />
Feature Special Mention at the 62 nd Berlin Film Festival.<br />
Also to be screened in the Turkish Beat program are: Voice of my Father directed by Orhan<br />
Eskiköy and Zeynel Doğan which won the Award for Best Screenplay at the 31 st Istanbul<br />
Film Festival; Can by Raşit Çelikezer which won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury<br />
Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and the Behlül Dal Jury’s Special Award at the 48 th<br />
International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival; What Remains directed by Çiğdem<br />
Vitrinel which won the awards for Best Director and Best Actress at the 48 th International<br />
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, and the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress<br />
at the 12 th International Izmir Film Festival; Do not Forget Me Istanbul directed by Hany Abu-<br />
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Assad, Stefan Arsenijević, Aida Begić, Eric Nazarian, Stergios Niziris, Omar Shargawi<br />
and Josefina Markarian, selected Best Film at the 18 th Rabat Film Festival; The Body<br />
directed by Mustafa Karadağ which won the awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting<br />
Actress, and Best Promising Newcomer (male) at the 18 th International Adana Golden Boll<br />
Film Festival; and Press by Sedat Yılmaz which won the 2010 Antalya Behlül Dal Jury’s<br />
Special Award, the 2011 Ankara Most Promising New Actor, Most Promising New Director,<br />
and Onat Kutlar Best Script Awards, and the 44 th SIYAD Turkish Film Awards Best<br />
Supporting Actress Award.<br />
Stateless- 10 Short Films<br />
Among the ten films to be screened under the heading Stateless are The Last Amazon by<br />
Elif Demoğlu, The Milky Way by Aslı Toy, Garotte by Deniz Tarsus, The Monster Toros by<br />
Fırat Yavuz, I’ve Come and I am Gone by Metin Akdemir, Master Plan by Tolga H. Yücel,<br />
The City that Loves Flags by Levent Çetin, Ali Ata Bak (A.B.C.) by Orhan İnce, 1982 by<br />
Yıldıray Yıldırım, and Tetrist by Mesrure Melis Bilgin.<br />
The Headless Women video selection<br />
Also part of the program is a video selection, with Istanbul <strong>Modern</strong> curator Çelenk Bafra as<br />
consultant; the video selection, entitled The Headless Women, consists of works by recent<br />
contemporary women artists. The following videos will be screened in the selection: The<br />
Petty Travel Show For A Dear Audience by Aslı Çavuşoğlu, In Three by Camila Rocha,<br />
Ibretnuma (Exemplary) by Canan, Undressing by Nilbar Güreş, Parrots Can’t Talk by İnci<br />
Furni, We Are All In The Same Boat by Bengü Karaduman, Art or Simit by İrem Tok,<br />
Granny by Özlem Sulak, and Memory Museum by Işıl Eğrikavuk.<br />
Bermuda Shorts selection of short films in Mannheim<br />
The selection of short films will be screened between September 20-23 at the Bermuda<br />
Shorts International Short Film Festival in Mannheim and will feature I’ve Come and I am<br />
Gone by Metin Akdemir, Love is Blind by Ertuğ Tüfekçioğlu, and Tetrist by Mesrure Melis<br />
Bilgin. All three directors will be guests at the festival.<br />
Turkish Beat<br />
Voice of My Father (Babamın Sesi)<br />
2011 / 85'/ DCP<br />
Director: Orhan Eskiköy, Zeynel Dogan<br />
Producer: Özgür Dogan<br />
Co-Producers: Michael Eckelt (Riva Film), Dirk Decker (Riva Film), Guillaume De Seille<br />
(Arizona Films)<br />
Screenplay: Orhan Eskikoy<br />
Cast: Zeynel Dogan, Basê Dogan, Gülizar Dogan<br />
Language: Turkish, Kurdish<br />
Awards: 31st İstanbul Film Festival: Best Screenplay<br />
Orhan Eskikoy and Zeynel Dogan return with another inspired-by a real life-story film about<br />
Zeynel Dogan’s family. Premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival, the film chronicles the 30<br />
year history of a Kurdish family. Voice of My Father is about a son who searches for his own<br />
voice through the cassette tapes his father sent from abroad. Through the audio archives of<br />
a family who had to migrate to Elbistan after the Maras pogroms, the film utilising a mix of<br />
documentary and fiction, portrays what had happened between 1979 and 2009.<br />
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Beyond The Hill (Tepenin Ardı)<br />
2012 / 94 '/ DCP<br />
Director: Emin Alper<br />
Producer: Enis Köstepen, Seyfi Teoman<br />
Screenplay: Emin Alper<br />
Cast: Berk Hakman, Reha Özcan, Banu Fotocan, Tamer Levent<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Awards: 31st İstanbul Film Festival: Best Film, Best Screenplay, FIPRESCI award;<br />
18thSarajevo Film Festival: Special Jury Prize; Taipei Film Festival: Special Jury Prize;<br />
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: Best Asian FilmAward; 62nd Berlin Film Festival: Caligari Award,<br />
Best First Film Mention<br />
Known for his short films Rifat and The Letter, Emin Alper’s striking debut Beyond the Hill<br />
premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. It is set in an isolated valley in rural Turkey, where a<br />
man comes to visit his father, a herdsman, accompanied by his two children. The serene<br />
summer’s day, however, is gradually disrupted by the proximity of uninvited guests from<br />
beyond the hills, who come to graze their goats on this particular piece of land. The sense of<br />
threat slowly builds up with each side’s intent is to defend its territory.<br />
Our Grand Despair (Bizim Büyük Caresizligimiz)<br />
2011/ 102'/ DCP<br />
Director: Seyfi Teoman<br />
Producer: Nadir Öperli, Yamac Okur<br />
Screenplay: Seyfi Teoman, Barıs Bıcakcı<br />
Cast: İlker Aksum, Mehmet Ali Nuroglu, Taner Birsel, Baki Davrak, Günes Sayın, Fatih Al,<br />
Selim Gürata<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Awards: 16th Nurnberg Turkey/Germany Film Festival: Best Film, Film Critics award; 30th<br />
İstanbul Film Festival: Special Jury Prize<br />
One of the entries in Berlinale competition, this bittersweet comedy portrays a long-time<br />
friendship between Ender and his pal, Cetin. Now in their late 30’s, the pair have enjoyed a<br />
very close, platonic bond since high school. An adaptation from Ankara-based author Baris<br />
Bicakci’s novel, the film is a love-triangle set in a snowy Ankara. They're soon joined by the<br />
traumatized Nihal, sister of their friend Fikret, who needs somewhere to stay following the<br />
death of her parents in a car crash. They take some time to adapt to a female presence.<br />
Before long, the inevitable happens and they are both falling in love with Nihal each unaware<br />
of the other’s love.<br />
Summer Book (Tatil Kitabi)<br />
2008/ 92'/ 35mm<br />
Director: Seyfi Teoman<br />
Producer: Yamac Okur, Nadir Operli<br />
Screenplay: Seyfi Teoman<br />
Cast: Taner Birsel, Tayfun Gunay, Harun Ozuag , Ayten Tokun, Osman Inan<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Awards: 16th Art Film International Film Festival: Best Film; 27th İstanbul Film Festival<br />
National Competition Best Film, FIPRESCI National Competition Onat Kutlar Best Film; 54th<br />
Taormina Film Festivali Special Jury Award; 11thPalic International Film Festival Gorki List<br />
Tolerance MentionAward; Montreal World Film Festival First Films Competition Bronze<br />
Zenith Award<br />
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The debut feature of Seyfi Teoman, Summer Book, tells the story of one family in a small<br />
Mediterranean town in summer. Told mostly from the perspective of the youngest son Ali, the<br />
narrative is structured on the tensions between the father, Mustafa, and other members of<br />
the family. Mustafa is an authoritarian lemon merchant but when he experiences a cerebral<br />
hemorrhage the whole family is forced to accept new responsibilities.<br />
What Remains (Geriye Kalan)<br />
2011 / 103'/ DCP<br />
Director: Cigdem Vitrinel<br />
Producer: Sebnem Vitrinel<br />
Screenplay: Sebnem Vitrinel, Çiğdem Vitrinel<br />
Cast: Devin Ozgur Çınar, Erkan Bektas, Sebnem Hassanisough, Burak Tamdogan<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Format: Blueray<br />
Awards: 48th Golden Orange Film Festival: Best Actress (Devin Ozgur Cinar), Best Director;<br />
12th International Izmir Film Festival: Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Sebnem<br />
Hassanisoughi)<br />
This debut feature follows two women who have had different experiences in life, but<br />
essentially struggle to stand up straight in the same brutal and ferocious “universe of fear”.<br />
Sevda is ready to take any risks to salvage her marriage, and Zuhal crumbles under the<br />
burden of being the other woman. Not even able to consider confronting her husband, let<br />
alone confiding in someone else, Sevda takes the wheel to get rid of the other woman.<br />
Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (Unutma Beni İstanbul)<br />
2011/ 118'/ Blueray<br />
Directors: Hany Abu-Assad, Stefan Arsenijević, Aida Begić, Eric Nazarian, Stergios Niziris,<br />
Omar Shargawi, Josefina Markarian<br />
Producer: Huseyin Karabey, Sevil Demirci, Emre Yeksan<br />
Co-Producers: Ibrahim Altinsay (Altinsay Filmisleri), Asi Film, YeniSinemacılar<br />
Screenplay: Aida Begić, Stefan Arsenijević, Omar Shargawi, Stergios Niziris, Gül Dirican,<br />
Eric Nazarian, Nazlı Elif Durlu, Hany Abu-Assad, Josefina Markarian<br />
Script Supervisor: Petros Markaris<br />
Cast: : Alma Terzic, Ayça Damgacı, Mira Furlan, Svetozar Cvetkovic, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar,<br />
Ali Suliman, Liraz Charhi, Süreyya Güzel, Yorgos Symeonidis, Hümeyra Akbay, Settar<br />
Tanrıöğen,<br />
Jacky Nercessian, Serra Yılmaz, Görkem Yeltan, Esin Harvey, BakiDavrak, Volga Sorgu<br />
Tekinoğlu, Salima Hamed, Suheila Abu'Asad, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass<br />
Language: English-Arabic-Serbian-Greek-Turkish- Hebrew- Bosnian<br />
Awards: 18th Rabat Film Festival: Best Film; 7 th Southeastern European Films Festival:<br />
Special Jury Award, Best Director of Photography<br />
The film consists of six short films by six directors that have been successful in the<br />
international arena. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul's history does not<br />
belong only to the people of Turkey. Each of these short films is 15 minutes long, and the<br />
stories are from the directors’ own lives or about the lives of others. Bosnian player Alma,<br />
middle-aged couple Dragan and Ana, Vangelis, Martha and Armenak... They all have<br />
different reasons for being in Istanbul. The city's cosmopolitan history brings these people<br />
together.<br />
Body (Vücut)<br />
2012 / 104'/ Blueray<br />
Director: Mustafa Karadag<br />
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Producer: Hazer Baycan, Tamer Uner<br />
Screenplay: Mustafa Nuri<br />
Cast: Hatice Aslan, Neslihan Yeldan, Cengiz Bozkurt, Seyla Halis, Sebnem Dilligil, Ilayda<br />
Suren<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Awards: 18th International Golden Boll Film Festival: Best Actress (Hatice Aslan), Best<br />
Supporting Actress, Most Promising Young Actor (Hakan Kurtas), Montreal Film Festival:<br />
Best First Film<br />
World premiered at Montreal Film Festival, Body is the moving portrayal of a porn actress’<br />
struggle to come to terms with her body. Leyla, a woman in her late 40’s, decides to move to<br />
Istanbul after working for several years in the German adult film industry. Her opportunist<br />
producer ex-boyfriend Yilmaz takes advantage of her drug addiction to persuade her to take<br />
part in one last film. During the production of this movie, she meets a traumatized young<br />
man.<br />
Can<br />
2011 / 106'/ DCP<br />
Director: Rasit Celikezer<br />
Producer: Defne Film<br />
Co-Producers: Burak Akidil, Umman Kücükyılmaz (Efekt Film)<br />
Screenplay: Racit & Nüans Celikezer<br />
Cast: Selen Ucer, Serdar Orcin, Yusuf Berkan Demirbag, Erkan Avci, Idil Yener<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Awards: 2012 Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Award Best Drama, 48 th International<br />
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival: Behlul Dal Special Jury Award, Antalya City Council<br />
Audience Award<br />
Loving Istanbul couple Ayse and Cemal need only a child to complete their life together, but<br />
they cannot conceive. To salvage Cemal’s pride, they resort to illegal means to procure a<br />
baby. This wild grab at a more perfect life proves their undoing, leading the couple to spiral<br />
toward separate futures. The couple's estrangement is intertwined with the film’s parallel<br />
narrative, in which a distant and neglectful single mom is raising her little boy, Can. The film<br />
made its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival.<br />
Press<br />
2010 / 100’ / 35 mm<br />
Director: Sedat Yılmaz<br />
Producer: Sedat Yılmaz<br />
Screenplay: Sedat Yılmaz<br />
Cast: Aram Dilbar, Engin Emre Deger, Kadim Yasar<br />
Language: Turkish<br />
Awards: 30th Istanbul Film Festival: Special Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Best Film, Award of the<br />
Council of Europe FACE Special Jury Prize: 47th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival:<br />
Special Jury Prize, Behlul Dal Special Award: Young Actor: 22nd Ankara International Film<br />
Festival: Best Script Award, New Promising Actor: Aram Dildar, New Promising Director:<br />
Sedat Yilmaz; 57th Taormina Film Fest: Campus Gioventù Award for Best Film in the<br />
Mediterranean Competition<br />
Press tells the story, through 17 year-old Fırat, of the newspaper Ozgur Gundem which tried<br />
to expose the human rights violations in Diyarbakır in the early 90s when conflicts were at<br />
their peak in Turkey. The journalists are hampered not only by technical difficulties but by<br />
“dark forces” as well. Some are abducted and threatened, others killed in the middle of the<br />
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street; their office is raided by the police. As our journalists continue doing their job pressure<br />
keeps mounting.<br />
SHORTS PROGRAM<br />
Stateless<br />
Son Amazon (The Last Amazon)<br />
2011 / 22’38”/ Turkish<br />
Director: Elif Demoglu<br />
Samanyolu<br />
2012 / 3’30” / Turkish<br />
Director: Aslı Toy<br />
Garotte<br />
2011 /7’54”/ Turkish<br />
Director: Deniz Tarsus<br />
Toros Canavarı (Toros Monster)<br />
2011/ 8’45”/ Turkish, Kurdish<br />
Director: Fırat Yavuz<br />
Ben Geldim Gidiyorum (I’ve Come and I am Gone)<br />
2011 /15’01”/ Turkish<br />
Director: Metin Akdemir<br />
Master Plan<br />
2011 /31’52”/ Turkish<br />
Director: Tolga H. Yüceil<br />
Bayrakları Seven Şehir (The City That Loves Flags)<br />
2011/ 00’30”/ No Dialogue<br />
Director: Levent Çetin<br />
Ali Ata Bak (AliAtaBak)<br />
2011 /12’/ Turkish<br />
Director: Orhan İnce<br />
1982<br />
2012 / 7’33”/ Turkish<br />
Director: Yıldıray Yıldırım<br />
Tetrist<br />
2012 / 2’48”/ No Dialogue<br />
Director: Mesrure Melis Bilgin<br />
The Headless Women<br />
“Video Art From Turkey”<br />
The Petty Travel Show For A Dear Audience<br />
2009 / 9'40"<br />
Artist: Aslı Cavusoglu<br />
Curtesy of Galerinon<br />
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In Three<br />
2011 / 2'45"<br />
Artist: Camila Rocha<br />
Courtesy of the artist<br />
Ibretnuma (Examplary)<br />
2009 / 27'30"<br />
Artist: Canan<br />
Long term loan from Dr. F. Eczacibasi Foundation<br />
Undressing<br />
2006 / 6'19"<br />
Artist: Nilbar Günes<br />
Long term loan from Dr. F. Eczacibasi Foundation<br />
Parrots Can't Talk<br />
2010 / 1’20”<br />
Artist: Inci Furni<br />
Courtesy of the artist<br />
We Are All In The Same Boat<br />
2012 / 3'22"<br />
Artist: Bengü Karaduman<br />
Courtesy of the artist<br />
Sanat ya da Simit (Art or Simit)<br />
2008 / 8'38"<br />
Artist: Irem Tok<br />
Courtesy of the artist<br />
Granny<br />
2005/ 9'20”<br />
Artist: Ozlem Sulak<br />
Courtesy of the artist<br />
Memory Museum<br />
2011 / 10'<br />
Artist: Isıl Egrikavuk<br />
Courtesy of the artist<br />
BERMUDA SHORTS<br />
I’ve Come and I am Gone, 2011 / 15’01”<br />
Director: Metin Akdemir<br />
A film that reflects in musical harmony the noisy and complex life of the streets of Istanbul.<br />
Love is Blind, 2011 / 11’20”<br />
Director: Ertuğ Tüfekçioğlu<br />
A film featuring İrem Altuğ about an unusual love that blossoms on an Istanbul avenue.<br />
Tetrist, 2012 / 2’48”<br />
Director: Mesrure Melis Bilgin<br />
This animated short playfully combines contemporary Istanbul with 16 th century Pera<br />
miniatures.<br />
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