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Boston Kısa Film ve Belgesel Yarışması Sonuçları Açıklandı.
16. Boston Türk Kültür ve Sanat Festivali kapsamında düzenlenen A.B.D.’nin ilk
ve tek Türk belgesel ve kısa film yarışmasının sonuçları açıklandı.
Festival komitesinden yapılan açıklamaya göre, yarışmada En İyi Kısa Film Ödülü
yönetmenliğini Güçlü Yaman’ın yaptığı “Dönüşü Olmayan Yolculuk - Son Durak
Frankfurt Havaalanı” ile yönetmenliğini Uygar Şirin ve Burcu Aykar Şirin’in
yaptığı “Ölüm” ile adlı kısa filmler arasında paylaşıldı.
En İyi Belgesel Ödülü de yönetmen Enis Rıza’nın “Çöpte Dostoyevski Buldum” adlı
belgeseli ile yönetmen Zeynep Merve Uygun’un “In Out” adlı belgeseline verildi.
Seyirci Ödülleri’ni Kısa Film dalında yine yönetmen Güçlü Yaman’ın “Dönüşü
Olmayan Yolculuk - Son Durak Frankfurt Havaalanı” adlı filmi ile belgesel
dalında yönetmen Ahmet Turgut Yazman’ın “Göbeklitepe: Dünyanın İlk Tapınağı”
adlı filmi aldı.
Ayrıca yarışmada bu yıl da özel mansiyonlar verildi. Kısa Film dalında özel
mansiyona değer bulunan filmler Veysel Cihan Hızar’ın “Adem’in Kuyusu”, Orhan
İnce’nin “Ali Ata Bak”, Ertuğ Tüfekçioğlu’nun “Direk Aşk”, Tunç Şahin’in
“Hamam”, Azime Kanal’ın “İzdivaç”, Ayşegül Şahinbozkır’ın “Süt” adlı filmleri
oldu. Belgesel dalında ise Sabite Kaya’nın “Bedensiz Ruhlar”, Nagihan Çakar’ın “Büyükaşık’lar”,
Nefin Dinç’in “Öteki Kasaba”, Erkal Tülek’in “Sudaki Suretler” ile Sabine Küper-Büsch
ve Thomas Büsch’ün “Yollarda” adlı filmleri özel mansiyona değer bulundu.
Festivalin kurucusu ve direktörü Erkut Gömülü, Boston’da düzenlenen belgesel ve
kısa film yarışmasının genç yönetmenlere filmlerinin A.B.D. seyircisi ile
buluşma fırsatı verdiğini belirtti. Bu yıl yarışmaya katılan filmlerin hem
yarışma jürisininin hem de seyircilerin büyük takdirini kazandığını ve seçim
yapma konusunda zorlandıklarını belirttiklerini söyledi.
Yarışma jürisinde Harvard Film Arşivi Başkanı Haden Guest, Boston Phenix
gazetesinin film eleştirmeni Peter Keough, Boston Güzel Sanatlar Müzesi Film
Programı Küratörü Carter Long gibi film konusunda uzman isimler görev aldı.
Ayrıca, seyirciler de “En İyi Belgesel” ve “En İyi Kısa” filmleri belirlemek
için oy kullandılar. Bu yıl yarışma filmleri Boston Güzel Sanatlar Müzesi ve
Boston Üniversitesi’nin yanısıra ilk kez Boston Halk Kütüphanesi’nde de
gösterildi.
Yarışmaya son yıllarda katılan filmlerin sayısında ciddi bir artış olduğunu ve
katılan filmlerin kalitesi nedeniyle Türk sinemasının ümit verdiğini belirten
Gömülü, tüm genç yönetmenleri ve yapımcıları 2012 yılında yapılacak Boston
Belgesel ve Kısa Film Yarışması’na katılmaya davet etti. Yarışma başvurularının
15 Nisan 2012’de başlayacağı öğrenildi. Erkut Gömülü ayrıca yarışmaya
desteklerinden dolayı Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü’ne de
teşekkür ettiklerini belirtti.
1996’dan bu yana her yıl düzenlenen Boston Türk Kültür ve Sanat Festivali
“Anadolu’nun Renkleri” temalı festival programı altında sergiler, konserler,
film yarışması, Türk yemeklerinin tanıtımı gibi geniş bir yelpazeye yayılıyor.
Boston Türk Festivali, Kuzey Amerika’daki bir ayı aşan ilk Türk kültür ve sanat
festivali olma niteliğini de taşıyor. Festivalin ana sponsorları arasında Türk
Kültür Vakfı (Turkish Cultural Foundation) , Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı ve Türk
Hava Yolları bulunuyor.
2011 - 16th Boston Turkish Festival
Documentary & Short Film Competition Winners
Best Documentary:
* In Out by Zeynep Merve Uygun
* Recycling Life: I Found Dostoevski in the Garbage (Copte Dostoyevski Buldum)
by Enis Riza
Best Short Film:
* Death (Olum) by Uygar Sirin and Burcu Aykar Sirin
*Journey of No Return - Last Stop Frankfurt Airport (Donusu Olmayan Yolculuk -
Son Durak Frankurt Havaalani) by Guclu Yaman
Audience Awards
Best Documentary:
* Gobeklitepe: The World's First Temple (Gobeklitepe: Dunyanin Ilk Tapinagi) by
Ahmet Turgut Yazman
Best Short Film:
*Journey of No Return - Last Stop Frankfurt Airport (Donusu Olmayan Yolculuk -
Son Durak Frankurt Havaalani) by Guclu Yaman
DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION
December 1 - 8, 2011
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Enjoy this rare opportunity to view films of the competition, the first of its
kind organized in North America. The competition has already transformed to a
great tradition where Bostonians are able to explore works of the emerging
filmmakers first hand. Each year more than hundred films are submitted from
numerous countries including Armenia, Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Iran, S.
Korea, Nepal, Norway, Turkey, U.K., U.S.A..
After a careful elimination process, more than 30 films will be screened in this
year's program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston Public Library, and
Boston University. All films are in English or with English subtitles.
Members of this year's Competition Jury include:
Haden Guest, Director, Harvard Film Archive
Peter Keough, Film Editor - Boston Phoenix
Carter Long, Katharine Stone White Curator of Film, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In addition to the 'Best Documentary" and "Best Short Film" Awards to be
selected by the jury, we will also announce the "Audience Awards". Ballots will
be distributed at the beginning of each film screening and will be collected in
the end. Therefore, we invite you all 'movie enthusiasts' to come and
participate in this fun process!
Co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Documentary & Short Film Competition Finalists Screening Schedule
Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
GOBEKLITEPE: THE WORLD'S FIRST TEMPLE
In Competition
Directed by Ahmet Turgut Yazman
Doc. / 80 min. / 2010 / Turkey / In English
12,000 years ago, long before the age of settlement, far earlier than
agriculture and in advance of any known belief system, there already was a
sacred place on Earth. Winner of many awards, including the Most Educational
Documentary at Atlanta Docufest and official selection at Iran Cinema Verite,
the film challenges common beliefs on the history of civilization and takes the
audience back to 12 thousand years ago, to Gobeklitepe, an ancient site recently
found in SanliUrfa, Turkey.
Friday, December 2, 2011 6:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
TURKISH PASSPORT (Türk Pasaportu)
In Competition
Directed by Burak Cem Arliel
Doc. / 91 min. / 2011 / Turkey
The Turkish Passport tells the story of diplomats in several European countries,
who saved the lives of many Jews during the Second World War. Whether they
pulled them out of camps or took them off trains that were taking them to
concentration camps, the diplomats, in the end, ensured that they could go to
Turkey and thus be saved. Based on the testimonies of witnesses who traveled to
Istanbul to find safety, the Turkish Passport also uses written historical
documents and archive footage, as well as interviews conducted with surviving
Jews who had boarded the trains traveling from France to Turkey, and with the
diplomats and their families who saved their lives.
Saturday, December 3, 2011 1:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
RECYCLING LIFE: I FOUND DOSTOYEVSKI IN THE GARBAGE (Cöpte Dostoyevski Buldum)
In Competition
Directed by Enis Riza
Doc. / 100 min. / 2010 / Turkey
Oktay is an amalgamation of a beggar, a junk collector, a rubbish collector even
a glue sniffer; he has begged on the streets, he has collected rubbish; he has
sold paper, cuddled up to stray dogs. Despite everything experienced, this
dark eyed boy never gave up on life. His life changed in Istanbul through chance
meetings with students and discarded books he found in the bins whilst
collecting paper. He read them and began to collect them for himself. Oktay’s
tale challenges prejudices, opinions and those little or even ignored facts
about these street workers- these street kids. This young man’s’ tale, in which
he went from nobody to a somebody, shines a beacon of hope and understanding for
all ready to listen.
Saturday, December 3, 2011 3:15 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
ON THE ROAD (Yollarda / Unterweg)
In Competition
Directed by Sabine Küper-Büsch and Thomas Büsch
Doc. / 60 min. / 2011 / Turkey
In German, Turkish, English, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian with English
Subtitles
A documentary about Turkey and Europe on the large-scale, high-profile arts tour
throughout Turkey and Europe in 2009/2010 under the title "European Literature
Goes to Turkey/ Turkish Literature Goes to Europe", organized by the
Goethe-Institut Istanbul. The tour has brought noted authors and countless
musicians, photographers, filmmakers and artists from eight European countries (Belgium,
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria) to 24
cities throughout Turkey. The tour finally showcased readings by Turkish authors
and concerts by various Turkish musicians in Sofia, Bucharest, Vienna, Venice,
Zurich, and the two other Capitals of Culture 2010, Pécs and Essen. Accompanying
the tour was a bookmobile containing the showcased literature. The bookmobile
itself became a meeting point and a platform for exchange.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
3:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
WHERE ARE YOU GOING BRO? THE EXCHANGE
(Kardes Nereye? Mübadele)
In Competition
Directed by Ömer Asan
Doc. / 77 min. / 2011 / Turkey
The documentary, which was shot in Ordu and Thessaloniki, Drama, Katerini,
Kavala is about the banish before the Lausanne Treaty, and the exchange occurred
after. The movie begins with the opinions of experts and historians. Both sides
lost so many things during this compulsory migration. Getting ready for a new
land wasn’t easy for these people, after experiencing such great traumas caused
by losing their homelands. The documentary illuminates this subject by
benefiting from photographs, narrations, witnesses and archived films. The
results of great drama brought by the exchange affected even the third
generations in a traumatic way. It is also unbelievable that, the longing for
the lost homelands still existss among the children of the exchanged.
THE OTHER TOWN(Oteki Kasaba)
In Competition Directed by Nefin Dinc
Doc. / 45 min. / 2011 / Turkey
Why do neighbors fight? Why do the world’s ethnic or religious groups experience
mutual hatred and suspicion? This documentary explores the negative feelings of
a Greek town, Dimitsana, and a Turkish town, Birgi, towards the “Other.” Bitter
sentiments and prejudices are widespread in both societies. Locals of all ages
are caught in a web of stereotypes that impedes bilateral relationships between
Turkey and Greece. Similar situations exist in many other societies around the
world.
Sunday, December 4, 2011 6:30 p.m.
635 Commonwealth Avenue, SAR101 Boston University
THE ZONE
In Competition
Directed by Mustafa Unlu
Doc. / 55 min. / 2011 / Turkey
"The Zone" tells the stories of five Palestinian characters through their daily
life. A general manager who is separated from his children; a factory worker who
is not able to go to his parent's funeral, a basketball team's captain who
always has to play as guest; a businessman whose customers are mostly bankrupt,
a woman worker who is unaware that she will be late for home because of check-points.
BODIES WITHOUT SOUL (Bedensiz Ruhlar)
In Competition
Directed by Sabite Kaya
Doc. / 60 min. / 2011 / Turkey
The documentary tells the holding-onto-life stories of young girls and women,
who are unwillingly in the prostitution business, obscured by secrets under the
guise of privacy, sold to prostitution houses or other prostitution sectors, and
capitalized against their will. It shows how they struggle to free themselves
from this business, and how they are excluded from their families and left alone
with drastic financial problems. It also s project will observe how the lives of
these women which started with high hopes and expectations like everyone else
change due to familial or social factors and will investigate the reasons why
they chose to live on streets.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 6:00 p.m.
Howard Thurman Multicultural Center, Boston University 775 Commonwealth Avenue,
Lower Level
THE GREAT LOVERS (Buyukasik'lar)
In Competition
Directed by Nagihan Cakar
Doc. / 19 min. / 2011 / Turkey
The story of Hasan Buyukasik who professes sericulturing which is one of the
Anatolian cultural heritages, continuing centuries-long traditions in silk
production.
FIGURES IN THE WATER (Sudaki Suretler)
In Competition
Directed by Erkal Tulek
Doc. / 74 min. / 2011 / Turkey
From Artvin, to Muğla, from Kastamonu to Dersim, the invasion of the water heads/fronts
has gone so far all around the country... Both the raid and the resistance are
quite tough, and it is obvious that they are going to get tougher. HPP (HES -
Hydroelectric Power Plant) is a vague voice; the counter party, on the
controversy and from pure spite, is pertinacious and openly existing as clear as
light…
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 5:00 p.m.
Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street, Boston
IN OUT
In Competition
Directed by Zeynep Merve Uygun
Doc. / 15 min. / 2011 / Turkey
“IN OUT” is about a Turkish filmmaker participated in a documentary project
organized in Europe and her story of probation and deportation at the
landborders of Serbia and Bulgaria. The documentary consisting of three main
parts visualizes the concept of border and aims to raise questions about the
various kinds of citizenship status and the procedures conducted during the
border transitions between countries.
LAST NOMADS IN ANATOLIA SARI KECILILER (Anadolu'nun Son Gocerleri Sari Kecililer)
In Competition
Directed by Yuksel Aksu
Doc. / 75 min. / 2010 / Turkey
The history of nomadic culture has begun with the existence of human race. Today,
it has been considered as one of the most important alternative life styles
within the intellectual movements of ecological studies. In Anatolia, the
nomadic tribes have existed since the 9th and 10th centuries. This documentary
tells the story of the last nomadic tribe in Anatolia within their natural
habitat.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 7:00 p.m.
Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street, Boston
THE ABANDONED (Metruk)
In Competition
Directed by Orkide Unsur
Doc. / 12' 7" / 2010 / Turkey
A short experimental documentary. “Condemned houses are like abandoned lovers.”
HAGIA SOPHIA (Ayasofya)
In Competition
Directed by Ibrahim Aynekin
Doc. / 25' 47" / 2010 / Turkey
A documentary about one of the most important and magnificent historical
monuments in Istanbul. Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica,
later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul. From the date of its dedication in
360 until 1453, it served as the Greek Patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople,
except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic
cathedral under the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople of the Western Crusader
established Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931.
It was opened as a museum in 1935.
WAVES ON YOUR FACE - EMPTY ISLAND (Yuzundeki Dalgalar - Bos Ada)
In Competition
Directed by Ozlem Yilmaz
Doc. / 56' 12" / 2011 / Turkey
A documentary about one of the most important and magnificent historical
monuments in Istanbul. Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica,
later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul. From the date of its dedication in
360 until 1453, it served as the Greek Patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople,
except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic
cathedral under the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople of the Western Crusader
established Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931.
It was opened as a museum in 1935.
Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:00 p.m.
8 St. Mary's Street, PHO206 Boston University
BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Gercek Bir Hikayeden Uyarlanmistir)
In Competition
Directed by Kerem Keskin
Short / 19 min. / 2011 / Turkey
Salih is a young laborer who works in a factory. His only hobby is watching
movies at home. One day, he watches a movie which is “based on a true story”.
The bag full of money is forgotten in the middle of the valley, at the end of
the movie. Salih believes that the money is still out there and tries to
convince his friends to “find the bag”. But his friend, Cemil has different
plans about “the bag”. They went on the road together…
MILK (Sut)
In Competition
Directed by Aysegul Sahinbozkir
Short / 7' 5" / 2011 / Turkey
A short film about human beings' abilites to give meaning to their lives by
interpreting unexplainable entities and occurrences. Faced with the deep
question of the reason for being alive, supernatural explanations offer a relief
from feelings of insignificance and uncertainty, and can provide a purpose in
life. The story of a lonely, depressed man, living in a small distant shack,
excluded from society, whose life changes drastically following the mysterious
arrivals of
empty milk bottles at his door from an unknown source. This transforms his state
of depression into one of wonder and eventually to serenity.
WEDLOCK (Izdivac)
In Competition
Directed by Azime Kanal
Short / 12 min. / 2011 / Turkey
Feride is a 55-year-old widow, who lives with her daughter. She is about to get
married with her fiancee Adnan who is disapproved but nevertheless accepted by
her daughter. The film starts with Adnan’s disappearance at the wedding day.
‘Wedlock’ is a film about women’s weaknesses, their search for support to stand,
and fear of loneliness.
ALI ATA BAK
In Competition
Directed by Orhan Ince
Short / 12 min. / 2011 / Turkey
Ali's conversation with his uncle, whom he hasn't seen for a long time, reveals
tragic situations caused by the education system.
PEREPARA (The Money)
In Competition
Directed by Bedirhan Sakci
Short / 8' 6" / 2011 / Turkey
A story about a beggar and a child, who tries to understand the importance of
money in life.
ADAM'S WELL (Adem'in Kuyusu)
In Competition
Directed by Veysel Cihan Hizar
Short / 18' 30" / 2011 / Turkey
A short story about Adem, who is an outsider, makes up new characters out of his
collections from garbage; nevertheless, he can't succeed to communicate even
with these characters.
THAT MOMENT (O An)
In Competition
Directed by Suat Oktay Senocak
Short / 9' 19" / 2011 / Turkey
A man, who got tired of problems with his wife, cannot enjoy the life. While he
was lying half naked in one hotel room, he makes the decision of his life.
However, just couple hours ago while he was at a corner in Taksim Square, a
mysterious guy, who had another goal, asked for a light. The goal of that
mysterious guy would affect the decisioin of the man in the room.
LOVE IS BLIND (Direk Ask)
In Competition
Directed by Ertug Tufekcioglu
Short / 11 min. / 2011 / Turkey
A desperately unhappy woman finds love in the most unexpected place.
HAMAM
In Competition
Directed by Tunc Sahin
Short / 12 min. / 2009 / Turkey
A young man's interesting encounter at his first visit in a hamampays visits a
hamam for the first time.
SCARECROW (Korkuluk)
In Competition
Directed by Adem Demirci
Short / 10' 42" / 2011 / Turkey
A girl who is in her early 20's imputes the fear, which her husband has made on
her, to a scarecrow after her husband's death. Although she is alone, she still
tries to cope with the fear as if he is still at the center of her life as a
scarecrow
Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:30 p.m.
8 St. Mary's Street, PHO206 Boston University
JOURNEY OF NO RETURN - LAST STOP FRANKFURT AIRPORT (Donusu Olmayan Yolculuk -
Son Durak Frankfurt Havaalani)
In Competition
Directed by Guclu Yaman
Short / 25 min. / 2010 / Germany
Based on the true story of a Sudanese refugee, Aamir Ageeb. He wanted to report
the theft of his jacket to the police, but at the police station everything goes
completely in a different direction from what he had imagined. His journey has
already begun.
BRUSH STROKE (Firca Darbesi)
In Competition
Directed by Nihan Belgin
Short / 29 min. / 2010 / Turkey
February 1980… The times that left and right-wing clashes have been heightened
to the peak... A group of young people protested the murder of their friends,
Sinan. Soldiers fired warning shot in order to circumvent the marching and
disband the young people. Smell of gunpowder gets mixed in dark, misty air of
Ankara. Having caught in the middle of the panic of scurrying and chasing, Erdal
fired his shotgun, as well...
THE DEATH (Olum)
In Competition
Directed by Uygar Sirin, Burcu Aykar Sirin
Short / 12 min. / 2009 / Turkey
6 year old Emre is sent to his maternal grandparents' summer house in the spring.
His parents have to take care of his paternal grandmother who is seriously ill.
For Emre, being at the summer house is like being in heaven, getting his
grandparents' compasionate attention and playing with his friend Cicek. However,
the news of his grandmother's death will crack his picture perfect world and he
will do all he can to avoid the reality.
VANTILA-TOGRAF - A GIFT TO AHMET ULUCAY (Vantila-tograf - Ahmet Ulucay'a Armagan)
In Competition
Directed by Yasin Ilgaz Irmak
Short / 2' 34" / 2010 / Turkey
This is a gift to Ahmet Ulucay who has become a role model for us with his
passion and determination to cinema...
A SUNNY DAY (Gunesli Bir Gun)
In Competition
Directed by Selcen Ergun
Short / 7 min. / 2011 / Turkey
On a sunny day’s morning, together with his two friends and his old red bike, a
little journey awaits Emin.
WHEN THE WHEAT IS SCATTERING (Dema Ku Genim Dirijin / Bugdaylar Dokulurken)
Non-Competition
Directed by Orhan Ince
Short / 13' 20" / 2010 / Turkey
A child's hope after losing something precious.
BEREKET APARTMENT (Bereket Apartmani)
In Competition
Directed by Elif Suyabatmaz
Short / 30 min. / 2011 / Turkey
Bereket Apartment is a 100 year old building in the Beyoğlu Galata distirct of
Istanbul. Esin and Nevin, sisters who have lived in Bereket Apartment for 62
years, are selling the building. Their story focuses on the spatial
transformation of
the neighborhood that is reflected in their narration of their family history
and several key personal life encounters with the myriad of lodgers who have
passed trough their building over the years.Today, five years later, the
building has
been renovated. Bereket Apartment now has new owners and a new name: IPera 12.
SCREENING SCHEDULE:
Thursday, December 1, 2011, 6:00 p.m
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Friday, December 2, 2011, 6:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 1:00 p.m. & 3:15 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sunday, December 4, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
635 Commonwealth Avenue, SAR101, Boston University
Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 6:00 p.m.
Howard Thurman Multicultural Center, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level
Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 5:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Boston Public Library
700 Boylson Street, Boston
Thursday, December 8, 2011, 5:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
8 St. Mary's Street, PHO206, Boston University
