Film Festivalleri

8. Vancouver Türk Filmleri Festivali 8. Vancouver Turkish Film Festival 10 - 18 Aralık 2021 Turkish Canadian Society vtff.ca contact @ vtff.ca FILMS - Two Types Of People / İnsanlar İkiye Ayrılır - 2020 - 9,75 / 9,75 - 2020 - Between Two Dawns / İki Şafak Arasında - 2021 - Fractured / Çatlak - 2020 - Leave The Door Open / Bırakın Kapı Açık Kalsın - 2021 - Weasel / Gelincik - 2020 - Brother’s Keeper / Okul Tıraşı - 2021 - When I’m Done Dying / Bir Nefes Daha - 2020 Two Types Of People / İnsanlar İkiye Ayrılır - 2020 Duygu and Bahadir work for a company that acquires banks’ receivables and their job is to corner the debtor by psychological pressure and to maximize the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is a new target for them. “Two Types Of People” is the story of frustrated young people who are fighting to survive in a ruthless system. Director : Tunç Şahin Cast : Burcu Biricik, Pınar Deniz, Aras Aydın, Başak Daşman, Erdem Akakçe, Nezaket Erden Duration : 102 min Genre : Drama 9,75 / 9,75 - 2020 During his military service in 1990’s Southeast Turkey, Ahmet experiences something that will haunt him for the rest of his life, trigger many post traumatic attacks in most unexpected moments and leads to a distressing alcohol addiction. In 2013, during the chaotic days of Gezi Park protests in İstanbul, far from the bitter lands of the Southeast, Ahmet learns he has a brain tumor. Just as the lines between truth and fiction, the dream and the reality start to get blurred for him, he meets Serap; a “mirage” like the meaning of her name, the love of his life. Director : Uluç Bayraktar Cast : Nejat İşler, Funda Eryiğit, Berkay Ateş, Eylül Dursun Menderes Samancılar, Yusuf Mirza Zarg, İsmail Mirhat Zarg, Ercan Kesal and Şebnem Bozoklu Duration : 117 min Genre : Drama, Narrative Fiction Between Two Dawns / İki Şafak Arasında - 2021 A worker is severely wounded in Kadir’s family business. The family council discusses the legal results of the accident. If the worker’s wife cannot be convinced to sign the waiver, it is decided that someone from the family should take the blame and flee abroad. Although Kadir faces up to this self-sacrifice for his family, he doesn’t want to leave Esma, with whom he has wedding plans. Kadir tries to deal with the crisis and, in the meantime, unravels some secrets about the accident and his family. After this, he is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family and the life of the injured worker’s wife. Director : Selman Nacar Cast :Mücahit Koçak, Nezaket Erden, Burcu Gölgedar, Ünal Silver, Bedir Bedir, Erdem Şenocak Duration : 91 min Genre : Drama Fractured / Çatlak - 2020 When he was working in the UK, Fatih borrowed a lot of money from his friend, Ayhan to send to his family back in Turkey. Fatih has since returned to Turkey and the debt remains unpaid. During a trip back home, Ayhan visits Fatih and his family and politely asks for the money back. Ayhan’s request lights a slow-burning fuse in the family, who live in the same building on the income from overlapping business interests. And all the buried conflicts between different family members come bubbling to the surface. Director : Fikret Reyhan Cast :Hakan Salınmış, Hakan Emre Ünal, Tuğçe Yolcu Duration : 82 min Genre : Drama Leave The Door Open / Bırakın Kapı Açık Kalsın - 2021 Washington DC in the 1930s. The epicenter of American Jazz. Two teenage boys newly arrived in the America’s capital are overjoyed at the prospect of being able to regularly see their Jazz idols perform live. However, a nasty surprise awaited them. The rigid segregation of the time meant they couldn’t even find the albums of their favorite Black musicians in mainstream record shops let alone find and attend live performances. Their passion for Jazz drives these two teenage boys to reject the existing status quo and pursue a color-blind quest to become a part of the Jazz scene. Director : Ümran Safter Cast : Themselves Duration : 64 min Genre : Documentary Weasel / Gelincik - 2020 Ayhan is a young policeman, who left the job recently. He is trying to adapt his own life in forest house meanwhile, trying to renovate and fix the house. One day, he shooted a weasel in the forest by mistake. Came across a strange man at that time. This man is going out hunting close to the house of Ayhan. He introduced himself as Karadayi. As a first impression, he looks like weird ; but also helpful and decent man. Director : Orçun Benli Cast : Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Kaan Yıldırım, Hande Doğandemir Duration : 78 min Genre : Drama, Thriller, Crime Brother’s Keeper / Okul Tıraşı - 2021 Set over the course of a tense day at an isolated boarding school, this moral drama follows a boy’s desperate fight to save his sick friend in the face of a rigid bureaucracy. Director : Ferit Karahan Cast : Samet Yildiz, Ekin Koç, Mahir Ipek Duration : 85 min Genre : Drama When I’m Done Dying / Bir Nefes Daha - 2020 An aspiring young rapper living in the Istanbul slum of Karacinar is addicted to a cheap drug, bonzai, which threatens his career ambitions and his relationship with an upper class DJ. Director : Nisan Dağ Cast : Oktay Çubuk, Hayal Köseoğlu, Eren Çiğdem Duration : 97 min Genre : Drama The Vancouver Turkish Film Festival is organized under the auspices of the Turkish-Canadian Society , a non-profit registered charitable organization, in British Columbia. The goal of the Turkish-Canadian Society is to increase the public’s knowledge and appreciation of the arts, culture, language, history, and traditions of Turkey. To achieve this goal, the Society has been organizing various cultural activities collaborating with other organizations, and participating in multicultural activities for many years. The Vancouver Turkish Film Festival (VTFF) is currently one of the well-received and successful film festivals in Vancouver. The year 2020 will be the first year for VTFF to reach its audience as an online film festival. The Turkish-Canadian Society is excited about this new undertaking and would like to thank our organizing committee and all of our volunteers for their hard work and outstanding contributions to make this film festival happen. We also would like to thank all of our community supporters for their contributions. Vancouver Turkish Film Festival 2019 Last year, the festival was held at the SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Cinema and it spanned three successive days. The Festival was well received; both Turkish and Vancouver media recognized the event, publishing a number of positive reviews. A panel discussion was organized in conjunction with the film festival. 2020 This year the festival will take place from December 16th to 21st as an online festival. The films will be screened using the platform Eventive and the Northwest Film Forum will manage the operation. VTFF is co-presented with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programme and NorthWest Film Forum this year. We will be screening four award winning feature films and 10 pre-selected amazing short films from Turkey. There will be Q&A sessions with the Directors and actors after the film screenings. Turkish Cinema As a “melting pot” of many cultures for thousands of years, the land of modern Turkey has so much to offer from a cultural sense, and the 7th Annual Vancouver Turkish Film Festival is one of the ways to share Turkey’s multicultural heritage with the residents of Metro Vancouver. Turkish cinema has celebrated its centennial recently and flourished over the years. The success of Turkish cinema has been quite notable in the last few decades. The VTFF has also been a community partner to some of the Turkish films that premier at the international festival in Vancouver. FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Eylem Sönmez VTFF Committee - Festival Director Eylem hails from Istanbul, Turkey where she worked as an advertising manager at CNBC TV and HEARST Magazine Group for several years. Her incessant passion for cinema compelled her to relocate to Vancouver in 2002, where she was awarded a full scholarship to join the film production program of Vancouver Film School. Upon graduation, she landed her first job on the Hollywood blockbuster of the 3rd X MEN as visual effects assistant. She then continued her prolific career on American film productions such as Possession, Frankie and Alice, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, Underworld: Awakening, and Seventh Son. She is a member of the Local Film Union IATSE 891 as Production Coordinator. She has been organizing the Vancouver Turkish Film Festival since 2011. She is also holding a volunteer position at the Turkish Canadian Society and BC Children’s Hospital. Naim Alper VTFF Committee - Film Selection Born and raised in Cyprus, Naim has called Vancouver home for the past 19 years after long stays in the USA and the UK along the way. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering and works as a Software Developer. Having a keen interest in film, particularly foreign and independent ones,he believes that international film festivals widen viewers’ horizons and promote an appreciation of the universality of the human condition. He is therefore excited to be in the organizing committee of this cultural event. Nural Sümbültepe Assistant Director and Panel Coordinator I worked in 9 countries as an English, Social Studies and Drama teacher before I moved to Vancouver, where I continue to teach languages at Simon Fraser University. I also teach K-12 at a school district in Canada. I live my life with my husband, Paul and daughter, Nisan immersed in books, discussions and cat hair. My enthusiasm for the written word- literature and story-telling- combined with my interest for visual arts is what led to my involvement in Cinema and VTFF. Finding speakers and connecting people for panel discussions every year is what I love most. I am a small-town girl from Turkey who loves the outdoors but I get excited about what comes with the urban living; cafes, art, cinema and crowds. Demet Edeer VTFF Committee Demet grew up amid the rich cultural diversity of Anatolia. She believes that by embracing diversity, we come to realize our human commonalities. Since arriving in Vancouver in 2000, she has volunteered in such roles as president, vice president of TCS, coordinator of the Vancouver Turkish choir, the founder of the Turkish Tunes, organizer of the Turkish Festival at Minoru Centre, and a member of VTFF organizing committees. The success of the first Turkish Tunes (2009) led to a dream for her; a Turkish Film Festival in Vancouver and, luckily, Eylem Sonmez assumed this tremendous challenge. Under Eylem’s visionary leadership, Demet assisted her when they staged the first VTFF in 2011 with an army of volunteers. A physician by training, Demet completed an MHSc at UBC and works as a health researcher in Vancouver. Özlem Tekmek Kaymakçı VTFF Committee As a recent immigrant from Turkey, Ozlem has been an active member of TCS since 2012, helping organize various cultural events as well as being a founding member of Vancouver Turkish Folk dances & Arts group.She has a chemical engineering degree from ODTU and currently works as a packaging engineer at Layfield Group. Eli Haligua Short Film Selection Committee Eli was born in Istanbul. He has worked on numerous national and international film projects over a decade. He graduated from SAE Sound Engineering School with honours. He received his Master’s Degree on Sound Technologies from Bahcesehir University, where he wrote his thesis on “The Affects of Dolby Atmos Sound Technologies for Sound Design of the Turkish Cinema”. Now he lives in Vancouver and studies Digital Music Production. He is a professional member of Vancouver Post Alliance. He worked on films that screened at well-known international film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Montreal, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, SXSW and Sitges International Film Festival. In addition to film, Eli is also interested in social and environmental issues. He is a member of many human rights and environmental organizations. He has several articles and interviews published about climate change, nuclear energy, antisemitism and social conflict. Özge Keleş Graphic Designer Özge studied architecture at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul as a full scholarship student. In 2015, she relocated to Japan to complete her master’s degree, with her thesis focusing on city planning and urban design. She worked as a junior architect at Nikken Sekkei Tokyo Branch after graduation. Özge is passionate about art and graphic design and has a keen interest in community building, social justice, and environmental design. She began working as a freelance graphic designer and Webflow developer after returning to Turkey in 2018. She is also a member of the Design+Peace Organization, where she currently serves as the general manager.