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 The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, New Delhi, The Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Turkey, Chennai, and the International Cine Appreciation Forum (ICAF) present a Turkish film festival in Chennai, beginning Monday, May 28, 2007, at the South Indian Film Chamber Theatre, 606, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 00.
According to a note from E Thangaraj, general secretary, ICAF, the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Turkey, Dr. V L Dutt, will introduce the films on May 28.
| Date |
Film |
Director |
Time |
| 28.05.07 |
Heartbreak |
Yavuz Turgul |
6.30 p.m. |
| 29.05.07 |
Under Construction |
Omer Vargi |
6.30 p.m. |
| 30.05.07 |
Offside |
Serdar Akar |
6.30 p.m. |
| 31.05.07 |
Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds |
Ahmet Ulucay |
6.15 p.m |
| do- |
Borrowed Bride |
Atif Yilmaz |
8.00 p.m. |
 Heartbreak / Gönül yarasi / 2005/col/138min
Director: Yavuz Turgul
Synopsis: Idealist Nazim (Sener Sen) returns home to his family in Istanbul after a 15-year gap away teaching in a remote Turkish village in eastern Turkey. Becoming a taxi driver he meets a single mother who works in a sleazy club and becomes embroiled in her plight - a troublesome ex-husband who won't leave her alone - and starts to fall in love with her.
Awards: 6 wins
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2005 Won Golden Orange Best Actor - Sener Sen
Best Music - Tamer Ciray
Best Supporting Actor - Timuçin Esen
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2006 Won FIPRESCI Prize Best Actress - Meltem Cumbul
International Director Award Best Actress - Meltem Cumbul
Queens Film Festival - 2005 Won Queens Spirit Award Best Feature - Yavuz Turgul
Under Construction / Insaat /2003/ colour/ 113 min/ Crime / Thriller
Directors: Omer Vargi, Tolgay Ziyal
Synopsis: Ali and Sudi are construction workers in an Istanbul slum who dream of earning enough money to go to Italy as illegal workers. When the owner of their work site arrives with a dead body in tow, the two friends nervously decide to move the body to a different location at the site. When word gets out about this makeshift cemetery, Ali and Sudi fall into a new, thriving career as gravediggers for the mafia. This smart, black comedy is insightful in its biting critique of authority and class politics.
Offside / Dar alanda kisa paslasmalar /2000/ Colour/ 120 min
Director: Serdar Akar
Synopsis: A nice dramatic story of love and an amateur football team in the early '80s in Turkey. Also it's like its first words sas: "Life is like football."
Awards:4 wins
Istanbul International Film Festival / 2001 Won Best Actor National Competition/ Savas Dincel
Best Turkish Director of the Year Serdar Akar
Best Turkish Film of the Year Serdar Akar
People's Choice Award National Competition Serdar Akar
Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds /Karpuz kabugundan gemiler yapmak /2004/ colour/97 min/Romance
Director: Ahmet Ulucay
Synopsis: It is the story of two adolescents who live in a small village, work in temporary summer jobs in a small town near their village, and have a passion for cinema. One of the boys works in a barber shop, the other sells watermelons. Whenever they find time, they work on their old little machine to show motion pictures from disposed films they collect from the local movie theatre, the only person in support of these efforts being the village idiot. While their efforts continue hopelessly but ambitiously, one finds himself in love. The movie was inspired by the director's own passion about cinema, and was made in his own village, all the acting being done by local villagers.
Awards:7 wins & 1 nomination
Ankara International Film Festival 2005 Won Best Editing - Mustafa Presheva
Best Film - Ahmet Ulucay
Most Promising Actor - Ismail Hakki Taslak, Kadir Kaymaz
Istanbul International Film Festival 2004 Won Best Turkish Film of the Year - Ahmet Ulucay
Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival 2004 Won Golden Antigone - Ahmet Ulucay
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2004 Won Best New Director - Special Mention Ahmet Ulucay
Thessaloniki Film Festival 2004 Won Special Mention - Ahmet Ulucay
Borrowed Bride/ Egreti Gelin /2005/Colour/100 min/Comedy
Director: Atif Yilmaz
Synopsis: Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests.
R Chitra
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