h. nazan ışık—
2 April 2015—
The 34th Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), and sponsored for the 11th time by AKBANK will take place 4-19 April 2015.
The Festival, which will have an opening ceremony on Friday night, 3 April, will host over 200 films at eight movie theatres. Festival also offers cinephiles free events, such as talks and workshops by filmmakers, master classes, and special activities.
A total of 49 films will be competing in the 34th Istanbul Film Festival for the International and National Golden Tulip Competitions, FACE Human Rights in Cinema, Seyfi Teoman Best Debut Film, and the newly launched National Documentary Competition categories.
INTERNATIONAL Golden Tulip COMPETITION
In this section of the 34th Istanbul Film Festival, there are 13 films, dealing with themes of art and artist or literature adaptations. The jury members are director Rolf de Heer (President), director Bence Fliegauf, writer-director George Ovashvili, producer Cédomir Kolar, and actress Melisa Sözen.
ITSI BITSI | ITSI BITSI | Director: Ole Christian Madsen / Denmark, 2014. Colour / DCP / Colour / 107´ / Danish; Turkish s.t.
STAR | ZVEZDA (Star)| Director: Anna Melikyan / / Russia / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 128´ / Russian; Turkish s.t.
LISTEN UP PHILIP | LISTEN UP PHILIP (Bana Bak Philip) | Director: Alex Ross Perry / USA / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 108´ / English; Turkish s.t.
REALITY | RÉALITÉ (Gerçeklik)| Director: Quentin Dupieux / France, Belgium / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 87´ / English, French; English, Turkish s.t.
BLACK SOULS | ANIME NERE (Kara Ruhlar)| Director: Francesco Munzi / Italy, France / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 103´ / Italian; Turkish s.t.
MEMORIES ON STONE | BÎRANÎNÊM Lİ SER KEVİRÎ (Tasa Yazılmış Hatıralar) | Director: Shawkat Amin Korki / Iraq, Germany, Qatar / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 97´ / Kurdish, Arabic, Persian; English, Turkish s.t.
WILD LIFE | VIE SAUVAGE (Vahşi Yaşam)| Director: Cédric Kahn / France / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 106´ / French; English, Turkish s.t.
THE GOLDEN ERA | HUANG JIN SHI DAI (Altın Çağ) | Director: Ann Hui / China, Hong Kong / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 178´ / Mandarin; Turkish s.t.
PHOENIX | PHOENIX (Yüzündeki Sır)| Director: Christian Petzold / Germany / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 98´ / French; English, Turkish s.t.
WHY CAN´T I BE TARKOVSKY | NEDEN TARKOVSKİ OLAMIYORUM | Director: Murat Düzgünoğlu Turkey / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 89´ / Turkish; English s.t.
LIFE IN A FISHBOWL | VONARSTRAETI ( Fanusta Yaşayanlar) | Director: Baldvin Zophoníasson / İceland, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 130´ / Icelandic, English; Turkish s.t.
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD | FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (Çılgın Kalabalıktan Uzak) | Director: Thomas Vinterberg / USA, UK / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 119′ / English; Turkish s.t.
YEARNING | HASRET | Director: Ben Hopkins / Turkey, Germany / 2015 / DCP / Colour and B&W / 82´ / Turkish, German, English; English s.t.
NATIONAL Golden Tulip COMPETITION
National Golden Tulip Competition has 9 films that were completed in the 2014/15 seasons. The Jury will be headed by the prominent Turkish film director Zeki Demirkubuz, with actor Tansu Biçer, cinematographer Emre Erkmen, author Şebnem İşigüzel, and the International Berlin Film Festival Panorama Section Selection Committee Member and TEDDY Award Founder, filmmaker / author Wieland Speck as its members.
LEMONADE | LİMONATA | Director: Ali Atay / Turkey / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 105´ / Turkish; English s.t.
LACK | EKSİK | Director: Barış Atay / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 105´ / Turkish; English s.t.
UNTIL I LOSE MY BREATH | NEFESİM KESİLENE KADAR | Director: Emine Emel Balcı Turkey, Germany / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 94´ / Turkish; English s.t.
THE COOP | KÜMES | Director: Ufuk Bayraktar / Turkey / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 86´ / Turkish; English s.t.
THE VISITOR | MİSAFİR | Director: Mehmet Eryılmaz / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 125´ / Turkish; English s.t.
THE NEW WORLD | YENİ DÜNYA | Director: Caner Erzincan / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 100´ / Turkish; English s.t.
SECRET | SAKLI | Director: Selim Evci / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 102´ / Turkish; English s.t.
SNOW PIRATES | KAR KORSANLARI | Director: Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 83´ / Turkish; English s.t.
IVY | SARMAŞIK | Director: Tolga Karaçelik Turkey / 2015 / HD / Colour / 104´ / Turkish; English s.t.
NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
National Documentary Competition is a new category. The 34th Istanbul Festival, for the first time, will be awarding prizes in the documentary category in the Turkish Cinema section, in order to support documentary film-makers and documentary film production in Turkey.
The jury consists of documentarian Emel Çelebi, director and producer Pelin Esmer, and director Paul Poet.
NAKED | ŞİLFÎTAZÎ | Director: Zekeriya Aydoğan / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 47´ / Kurdish; Turkish, English s.t.
GIAOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD | GAVUR MAHALLESİ | Director: Yusuf Kenan Beysülen Turkey / 2014 / HD / Colour / 95´ / Turkish; English s.t.
TRANS* BUT – FRAGMENTS OF IDENTITY | TRANS* BUT | Director: Maria Binder Turkey, Germany / 2015 / BluRay / Colour / 62´ / Turkish; English s.t.
HEY NEIGHBOUR! | KOMŞU KOMŞU! HUUU! | Director: Bingöl Elmas / Turkey / 2014 / / Colour / 54´ / Turkish; English s.t.
YOUNG WRESTLERS | GENÇ PEHLİVANLAR | Director: Mete Gümürhan / Turkey, The Netherlands / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 90´ / Turkish; English s.t.
JUNE FIRE | HAZİRAN YANGINI | Director: Gürkan Hacır / Turkey / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 65´ / Turkish; English s.t.
SIGH | SOLUK | Director: Metin Kaya / Turkey / 2015 / / Colour / 43´ / Turkish; English s.t.
COLONY | KOLONİ | Director: Gürcan Keltek / / Turkey, The Netherlands / 2015 / / Black and white / 50´ / English, Greek, Turkish; s.t.
BEFORE DAWN | BERROJ | Director: Ömer Leventoğlu, İhsan Kaçar / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 70´ / Kurdish ; English s.t.
WHITE PLANE | ÇINARA SIPÎ | Director: Kazım Öz / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 85´ / Kurdish, Turkish; English, Turkish s.t.
SMUDGE | SMUDGE | Director: Cihan Savucu, Erol Karakaya / Turkey / / HD / Colour / 24´ / Kurdish, Turkish; English, Turkish s.t.
MISSING TIMES | KAYIP ZAMANLAR | Director: Faysal Soysal / Turkey / 2015 / Colour / 55´ / Bosnian; Turkish s.t.
WE HIT THE ROAD | YOLLARA DÜŞTÜK | Director: Deniz Yeşil / / Turkey / 2014 / / Colour and B&W / 56´ / Turkish; English s.t.
SPECIAL SCREENING: IDIL BIRET: THE PORTRAIT OF A CHILD PRODIGY | ÖZEL GÖSTERİM: İDİL BİRET: BİR HARİKA ÇOCUĞUN PORTRESİ | Director: Eytan İpeker / Turkey / 2015 / DCP / Colour / 56’ / Turkish, French, English, German; English & Turkish s.t.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CINEMA COMPETITION
“Human Rights in Cinema” section aims to raise public consciousness and sensitivity to human rights related issues. And the “Human Rights in Cinema: The Film Award of Council of Europe (FACE) ” award is intended to honour an artistic or documentary film that promotes human rights in accordance with the values of the Council of Europe and the principles of individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law.
The Jury members are author / actor / screenwriter Ercan Kesal, European Film Fund Eurimages Executive Director Roberto Olla, Palestinian screenwriter /director Najwa Najjar, and the Senior Adviser at the Private Office of the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General on matters related to Human Rights and Supremacy of Law Leyla Kayacık.
HOPE | HOPE | Director: Boris Lojkine / France / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 91´ / French, English, Arabic; Turkish s.t.
ATLANTIC. | ATLANTIC. | Director: Jan-Willem Van Ewijk / Belgium, Morocco, The Netherlands, Germany / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 94´ / Arabic; Turkish s.t.
THE FOOL | DURAK | Director: Yury Bykov / Russia / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 116´ / Russian; English, Turkish s.t.
CATCH ME DADDY | CATCH ME DADDY | Director: Daniel Wolfe, Matthew Wolfe / UK / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 107´ / English, Urdu; English, Turkish s.t.
TIGERS | TIGERS | Director: Danis Tanovic India-France / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 90´ / English, Urdu; English, Turkish s.t.
LETTER TO THE KING | BREV TIL KONGEN | Director: Hisham Zaman Norway / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 75´ / Norwegian, Kurdish, Persian; English, Turkish s.t.
NO LAND´S SONG | NO LAND´S SONG | Director: Ayat Najafi / Germany, France / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 93´ / Persian, French,English; English, Turkish s.t.
SONG OF MY MOTHER | KLAMA DAYÎKA MİN | Director: Erol Mintaş / Turkey, France, Germany / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 103´ / Kurdish, Turkish; English & Turkish s.t.
TODAY | EMROUZ | Director: Reza Mirkarimi / Iran / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 87´ / Persian; Turkish, English s.t.
A FEW CUBIC METERS OF LOVE | CHAND METRE MOKA´AB ESHGH | Director: Jamshid Mahmoudi Iran, Afghanistan / 2014 / DCP / Colour / 90´ / Persian; Turkish s.t.
Istanbul Film festival aims to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey and to promote the commercial distribution of films of quality in the Turkish market.
For detailed information about the 34th Istanbul Film Festival:
film.iksv.org/en