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Congratulations to the award recipients of Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual
Documentary and Short Film Competition.
Best Documentary (MAFFY'S JAZZ) Deniz Yüksel Abalıoğlu
Best Short Film (Echo / Yankı) Hazal Kara and Sezin Ertek
Best Documentary Audience Award (PATRIDA) Ayça Damgacı & Tümay Göktepe
Best Short Film Audience Award (HELLO AFRICA / Merhaba Afrika) Hasan Serin
Special Mentions - Documentaries:
EXPECTING A GRAIN OF SAND (Bekleyiş) Aslı Akdağ
NOSEMA Etna Özbek
OUR ARK Deniz Tortum and Kathryn Hamilton
STATELESS (Vatansız) Esra Yıldız
Special Mentions - Short Films:
ALGERIAN VIOLET Emrah Yükselir
AN ORDINARY DAY (Sıradan Bir Gün) Arda Gökçe
THE COLD (Sar) Adar Baran Değer
Special Mentions - Documentaries
LAKE SHORE (Göl Kenarı) Directed by Aziz Alaca
TWELVE HOURS (12 Saat) Directed by Emre Mirza
http://www.bostonturkishfestival.org/competition
Boston Turkish Film Festival
Boston Turkish Arts and Culture Festival 2022 Documentary and Short Film
Competition
Nov 11 - 24 2022
FINALIST FILMS & SCREENINGS SCHEDULE
The Competition Opening Night and non-competition screenings will take place at
the
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON (MFA) between November 11-12, 2022.
All competition screenings are online and will be streaming between November
13-23.
OPENING NIGHT
Friday, November 11, 2022 | 7:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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LOVE, DEUTSCHMARKS AND DEATH
Liebe, D-Mark und Tod
Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm
Director Present.
Film screening followed by Q&A with director Cem Kaya.
Love Deutschmark and Death
Directed by Cem Kaya
Doc. / 95 min. / 2022 (non-competition)
Co-presented with the Goethe-Institut Boston
Panorama Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival
Love, Deutschmark and Death is a documentary film about the independent, and as
of yet, unknown music of emigrated Turkish guest workers and their grandchildren
in Germany. In a musical and essayistic form, Cem Kaya shares insights into the
unique liveliness of this forgotten subculture.
Saturday, November 12, 2022 | 12:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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MİMAROĞLU: THE ROBINSON OF MANHATTAN ISLAND
Mimaroglu
Directed by Serdar Kökçeoğlu
Doc. / 77 min. / 2020 (non-competition)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Best Documentary Award
"Mimaroğlu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island" is the story of two free spirits:
legendary electronic music composer İlhan Mimaroğlu and his vibrant wife Güngör
who migrated to the USA from Turkey in early 1960s. Using the couple's personal
archives, the documentary captures the career of Ilhan as an edgy artist, and
the power of their life-long companionship.
Saturday, November 12, 2022 | 2:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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INVISIBLE TO THE EYE
Ah Gözel Istanbul
Film screening followed by Q&A with historian Prof. Cemal Kafadar, Harvard
University
Invisible to the Eye Ah Gozel Istanbul
Directed by Zeynep Dadak
Doc. / 85 min. / 2020 (non-competition)
Special Mention at the Istanbul Film Festival
Inspired by Eremya Çelebi Kömürciyan’s book “History of Istanbul: Istanbul in
the Seventeenth Century”, Invisible to the Eye traces this particular itinerary
in contemporary Istanbul and opens up an endless path into the multifaceted
visual history of this long-standing city.
COMPETITION FINALISTS
All competition screenings are online and will be streaming between November
13-23, 2022
DOCUMENTARIES
EXPECTING A GRAIN OF SAND
Bekleyiş
Expecting a Grain of Sand - Bekleyis
Directed by Aslı Akdağ / Doc. / 67 min. / 2021
What happens if a single woman is obliged to bring up a baby without a father in
a “modern” city of a conservative country? This autobiographical documentary
thoroughly researches social roles of women and intellectualizes social
inequality while searching for anwers to this question. The visual diary
captures experience of an expecting woman, and presents it like a letter to the
baby, while portraying what it means to be a single mother in this part of the
world, both geographically and mentally.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Special Jury Award: Antalya International Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Best Documentary: Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Best Documentary: Golden Saffron Documentary Film Contest, Turkey (2021)
ANOTHER VILLAGE
Bir Başka Köy
Bir baska koy
Directed by Sevde Tunç / Doc. / 12 min. / 2022
Bedriye Berber Engin who lives in Bilecik’s Kurşunlu village changed her own
life as well as lives of many women of the same village. Bedriye not only
promoted her village to the world, she also began a reverse migration from the
city to the village. She made it possible for the village women to earn an
income, and contributed to the economic development of the village. They now
organize workshops in their yards and introduces local tastes to domestic and
foreign tourists.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Best Third Film: IFSAK Short Film and Documentary Competition, Turkey (2022)
International Frankfurt Film Festival, Germany (2022)
Aizonai Kütahya Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
MAFFY'S JAZZ
Maffy's Jazz
Directed by Deniz Yüksel Abalıoğlu / Doc. / 56 min. / 2022
Maffy Falay, who passed away in February 2022 at an age of 92, has left his
homeland for Sweden at an early age, following his passion for music. In the
60’s Maffy became a popular trumpet player in Europe. He was coveted by such
jazz legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and he shared the stage with
Quincy Jones, Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland. In the last years of his life, he was
among the few remaining members of a bygone generation. Before he passed away,
in different time frames we accompany Maffy in his one-room apartment in the
suburbs of Stockholm and witness his alienation as he seeks to redefine his
existence during a time when his generation and music fade away.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Best Second Film: Frankfurt Turkish Film Festival, Germany (2022)
Istanbul International Jazz Festival (IKSV), Turkey (2022)
Documentarist, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)
International Izmir Music and Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
Bodrum Jazz Festival, Turkey (2022)
Kuşadası Jazz Festival, Turkey (2022)
Akbank Jazz Festival, Turkey (2022)
Ankara Jazz Festival, Turkey (2022)
MOĞOLLAR
Mogollar
Directed by İrem Aydın / Doc. / 31 min. / 2022
"The Moğollar Rockumentary" focuses on interviews with group members and one of
the concerts of the Moğollar group, which brought important works to the
Anatolian Pop/Rock literature.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Izmit International Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
NARPERİ’S BRACELET
Narperi'nin Bileziği
Narperi's Bracelet - Narperi'nin Bilezigi
Directed by Jale İncekol / Doc. / 72 min. / 2022
Twenty unemployed women attend a three-month craft workshop that includes
physical activity and music classes. The tale of "Narperi's Bracelet" told in
the workshop allows them to question the inequalities associated with gender
roles and discover their own strengths. They socialize with volunteer educators
and each other in exceptional interactions. They also acquire a skill that
generates income. In the process, handmade products begin to be sold on social
media; their self-confidence increases and they produce more. The ragdolls they
make are important with their symbolic value. Since they create the ragdolls
with their dream professions, some become doctors, some teachers, some
ballerinas.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
NOSEMA
Directed by Etna Özbek / Doc. / 30 min. / 2021
Three months before the couple, Hürmüz and Şimuni Diril, living in a desolate
mountain village in southeastern Turkey, vanished without a trace, director Etna
Özbek followed them for her short film Nosema. They were among the last Chaldean
Catholics in the region. They had moved to France in the 1990’s but returned to
their village. For generations their family lived on herding goats and keeping
bees. Director’s camera witnesses the last week they spent with their children.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Special Mention: Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
World Premiere: IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (2021)
European Film Festival Paris (2022)
Documentarist Istanbul, Turkey (2022)
Ischia Film Festival, Italy (2022)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards Nominee (2021)
OUR ARK
Directed by Deniz Tortum & Kathryn Hamilton
Doc. / 12 min. / 2021 / In English
We are backing up the planet, creating 3D models of animals, rainforests, cities,
and people. We are archiving as if ecological collapse could be staved off
through some digital Noah’s Ark of beasts and objects. Our Ark is an essay film
on our efforts to create a virtual replica of the real world.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Best Short Film: Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
World Premiere: Imagine Science Film Festival, USA (2021)
IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2021)
BAMPFA Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives, USA (2022)
Museum of the Moving Image, USA (2022)
True/False Film Festival, USA (2022)
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, USA (2022)
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (2022)
Vilnius Film Festival Kino pavasaris, Lithuania (2022)
PATRIDA
Directed by Ayça Damgacı & Tümay Göktepe
Doc. / 67 min. / 2021
Patrida means home country, fatherland in Greek. In this documentary, actress
Ayça Damgacı tells us about her visit to the lands where her 87-year-old West
Thracian father İsmet Damgacı was born and left due to forced migration. The
journey starts in Istanbul, to Xanthi, Thessaloniki and Athens and all the way
to Zurich. ‘Patrida’ is the story of a father and daughter, a family and their
shared past, the questioning of ‘appointed’ belongings-identities and giving
them new meanings.
“And what if a journey... Is a journey enough to understand all the violence
we’ve experienced, the anger, our fears?”
Selected Festivals and Awards
JVDK Jury Special Award: Documentarist, Turkey (2021)
Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards Official Selection (2022)
Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Documentarist Istanbul, Turkey (2021)
Queerfest Istanbul & Ankara, Turkey (2021)
Nürnberg Film Festival Türkei-Deutschland, Germany (2022)
Munich Turkish Film Days, Germany (2022)
International Labor Films Festival, Turkey (2022)
STATELESS
Vatansız
Directed by Esra Yıldız / Doc. / 66 min. / 2021
Stateless is the story of two dissident journalists, Doğan Özgüden and İnci
Tuğsavul Özgüden who were forced to leave Turkey after 12th March, 1971 military
coup and whose citizenships were revoked in 1982. The documentary tells how
Doğan Özgüden and İnci Tuğsavul Özgüden, who have been living in exile in
Brussels since 1974, keep their vision of a world free of discriminatory
ideologies at the multicultural education center Atelier du Soleil (The Sun
Workshops) of which they are founders.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2021
International Flying Broom Women’s Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
International Women Directors Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
TURQUOISE UNVEILED: GALATA MEETS SAN PIERRE HAN AND BLUE JEANS
Created and Written by Zeynep Yener - Directed by Görkem Özok
Doc. / 27 min. / 2022 / In English
One of the most vibrant districts in Istanbul, Galata, has become today the
center of cultural and artistic ventures in Istanbul. A landmark symbolizing a
mix of cultures along with the firsts in history, San Pierre Han still stands;
the first Ottoman Bank, mustard factory, architecture offices, blue jean
workshop, among others. As the label “Kot” remains today in Turkish language, Mr.
Kot established the first blue jean workshop within San Pierre Han. In the
1980’s, Mr. Kot was challenged by competitors and closed his workshop in 1992.
UNKAPANI: THE ENDLESS TALE
Unkapanı: Bitmeyen Masal
Directed by Tayfun Belet / Doc. / 48 min. / 2021
They are those who do not believe that this fairy tale is over, those who cannot
come back, those who remain. Those who still hope to become famous despite years
of disappointment, those who have nowhere else to go. They are the ones who are
not tired of being in a fairy tale and living an endless tale. Unkapani: The
Endless Tale; It is the tragicomic story of people who connect their hopes of
fame to a place, who do not leave the stage of the fairy tale called finished
for the sake of their dreams, and make up their own tales.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Noble International Film Festival, India (2021)
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Salerno International Film Festival, Italy (2021)
Frankfurt International Turkish Film Festival, Germany (2021)
International Izmir Music and Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
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SHORT FILMS
ACOUSTIC LOST
La Perdita Acustica
Directed by Ortaç Genç / Short / 10 min. / 2022
Cast:Pietro Angelo Pozzato , Leonardo Maltese , Alessandro Turchoie
A father who is a very important viola luthier in Rome has his work as the most
important focus in his life. His son feels neglected and can’t explain his
illness to his father but the real purpose of his father is to build a viola
with him.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Honorable Mention: Florence Film Awards, Italy (2022)
Rome Prisma Film Awards, Italy (2022)
ALGERIAN VIOLET
Cezayir Menekşesi
Directed by Emrah Yükselir / Anim. Short / 6 min. / 2022
Cast: Altay Çapan, Evay Çapan, Tezay Karagül
In a small village, a young girl is forced to be a child-bride to a married old
man.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Italy (2022)
One Earth Awards, India (2022)
International Labor Films Festival, Turkey (2022)
Kwetu International Animation Film Festival (KIAFF), Tanzania (2022)
AN ORDINARY DAY
Sıradan Bir Gün
Directed by Arda Gökçe / Short / 18 min. / 2021
Cast: Ahmet Melih Yılmaz, Selda Aktuna, Dilek Güler, Sude Sade Çakmak
Tolga spends his days without knowing what to do; he refuses the world he lives
in with his silence and unresponsiveness while his mother has a very dominant
attitude in his life to put everything in the right way.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Best Actor, Best Cinematography: Uşak Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
IFSAK Short Film Competition, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)
Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Sinepark Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)
BE VISIBLE
Directed by Gül Yıldırım / Anim. Short / 3 min. / 2021
The film condemns violence as the subject. This violence is not only against
humans, but also against animals and nature. It encourages the people who remain
as bystanders to all these events to take action and be visible.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Honorable Mention: International ROFIFE Short Film Festival, Animated Film
Competition
Sinepark Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
Near East University Cinema Symposium Short Film Selection (2022)
Clapperboard Golden Festival (2022)
Open Vision Film Fest (2022)
Duemila 30 Milano (2022)
ECHO
Yankı
Directed by Hazal Kara & Sezin Ertek / Short / 19 min. / 2020
Cast: Bengü Ergin
Scared and courageous, at home but not feeling safe at the same time... A woman,
a journalist, having served prison time because of her book, wins her freedom
back and comes back to life she left behind. A chaotic Istanbul combined with
the traumas of dark days past, she spends a day full of fear and paranoia. Is it
possible to get used to live in constant fear?
Selected Festivals and Awards
Max Ophüls Preis, Germany (2021)
Wendland Shorts, Germany (2021)
Ischia Film Festival, Italy (2021)
Vox Feminae Festival, Croatia (2021)
Directed by Woman Turkey (2021)
IFSAK International Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2020)
FIRST 10K
İlk 10 bin
Directed by Halil Ercüment Çayır/ Short / 10 min. / 2021
Cast: Ege Tanman, İhsan İlhan
Mustafa is an ambitious student studying photography at the university. His sole
purpose is to capture the "divine photo" frame that will place him among the
immortal photographers and enable him to rapidly climb the steps of his career.
To reach this aim, Mustafa takes a photo of each moment. After the earthquake on
17 August 1999, he sets out to the earthquake area to document the tragedies of
the event. According to him, it can be an excellent opportunity to fall into his
lap to take the "divine photo". At all costs, he would take "that" picture.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Switzerland International Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (2021)
International Silk Road Film Awards, Istanbul, Turkey (2021)
Golden Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2021)
Boden International Film Festival, Sweden (2021)
Stockholm City Film Festival, Sweden (2021)
Luleå International Film Festival, Sweden (2021)
Cambio International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany (2022)
South Italy International Film Festival, Puglia, Italy (2022)
HAPPY ANYWAY
happy anyway
Directed by Ahmet Serdar Karaca /Short / 9 min. / 2022
Cast: Zeynep Karaca, Rong Li, Kunning Zhang, Meng Wang
An illustrator who lost her boyfriend leaves her depressive days behind by
drawing happy memories.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Kısa-ca Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
Luma Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)
Humanitarian Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
Gemlik Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
HELLO AFRICA
Merhaba Afrika
merhaba afrika
Directed by Hasan Serin / Short / 13 min. / 2020
Cast: Saadet Serin, Yağmur Korlaelçi, Şevval Elçi
Esma and Serpil are two young girls living in a village of Bingöl, a province in
Eastern Anatolia. From a book the two learn that there are children in Africa
who are starving. So they leave on an adventure to save those children and tell
them about the Gold Mountain.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Outstanding Award: Meihodo Int. Youth Visual Media Festival, Japan (2021)
Best Director of Photography: DYTIATKO International Children’s Media Festival,
Ukraine (2021)
Special Jury Prize: Arctic Open Film Festival, Russia (2021)
Gold Remi Award: WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA (2021)
Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film: San Diego International Kids' Film Festival,
USA (2021)
Best Film: International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Best Third Film: Rotary Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Best Third Film: International Lions Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Best Second Film: TRT World Citizen Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Best Foreign Film: First Short Film Festival, Cameroon (2021)
Honorable Mention: Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase, California, USA
INTENTIONS
Niyetler
Directed by Tanju Özdemir / Short / 21 min. / 2020
Cast: Ayşe Babahan, Derya Çelikkol, Nazlı Sarpkaya, Raz Ayer, Yusuf Yıldız,
Doruk Gündoğan, Yalçın Yanık
Three Turkish couples discuss at the dinner table the notion of claustrophobic
hospitality and racism within the framework of the current Syrian refugee crisis
and Afro-Turks in Turkey.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Best of Competition (Narrative): BEA Festival of Media Arts, USA (2022)
LAKE SHORE
Göl Kenarı
Directed by Aziz Alaca / Short / 19 min. / 2021
Cast: Rugül Serbest, Mahir Berkant Varol
Leyla is the daughter of a prominent family in a small town. When she finds out
that she is pregnant, she wants to talk about it with her lover Fatih. A teacher
in the same town, Fatih wants to keep their relationship a secret. They meet by
the lakeshore to talk.
Selected Festivals and Awards
FIPRESCI Prize: Istanbul Film Festival National Short Film Competition, Turkey
(2022)
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Istanbul Modern, Turkey (2022)
Kayseri Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
AFSAD Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
LIFEBOAT
Filika
Directed by Çağan Çamlıbel/ Short / 17 min. / 2022
Cast: Bora Yelken, Kaan Bora Topçu
Nihat and Kuzey can’t escape from each other anymore when they got stuck in a
car. The only way this father and son can heal their broken relationship is if a
particular third party would leave them alone, and if the father would
eventually become a mature grown up.
THE COLD
Sar
Directed by Adar Baran Değer / Short / 18 min. / 2021
Cast: Şilan Düzdaban, Selam Salar Çakay, Abdullah Tarhan, Emrullah Çakay, Ramin
Nasiri
Migration is always a forced and tragic journey. Immigrants have always lost
something on this journey. The Cold brings together these moments of migration
in the story of a pregnant woman and her husband trying to cross the border in a
cold geography.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Best Film: Golden Horn International Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Special Jury Prize: Batumi Lemon Film Festival, Georgia (2021)
Best Third Film: Kartal Municipality Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey (2021)
Hamburg Kurdisches Film Festival, Germany (2021)
Orient Express Film Festival, Switzerland-Germany (2021)
Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
IFSAK Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)
TWELVE HOURS
12 Saat
Directed by Emre Mirza / Short / 34 min. / 2022
Cast: Tülin Özen, Muhammed Cangören, Sinem Toygar, Umut Kurt
The film chronicles the last 12 hours in the life of a patriarch that cannot
have any physical contact with his family due to COVID-19 fears and restrictions.
The conflict reveals the secrets and unspoken issues amongst his estranged
children, who must overcome their own prejudices to fulfill their father’s dying
wishes. An unexpected connection between a 9-year-old girl with the dying
patriarch catalyzes confrontations and resolutions for the family.
Selected Festivals and Awards
Best COVID-Theme Film: Cannes World Film Festival (2022)
Best COVID-19 Film: Stockholm City Film Festival (2022)
UK Asian Film Festival - World Premiere Cannes World Film Festival
Swedish International Film Festival
