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WELCOME
TO THE FESTIVAL
The 9th
London Turkish Film Festival once again provides London’s
Turkish speaking community and cinema-goers in general with
a chance to see the best new Turkish films. An important aspect
of the festival is the inclusion of films by Turkish film
makers living in other countries and other films relating
to Turkey.
This year’s
festival includes: Tunç Basaran’s ABUZER
BAKLAVA, a popular comedy in which the hero re-invents
himself as a famous singer in order to raise money for a good
cause; Semih Kaplanoglu’s stylish AWAY
FROM HOME, the disparate journeys of three characters
in search of identity and belonging; Sinan Çetin’s
COMMISSAR SHAKESPEARE,
the story of a tough policeman’s attempt to put on a
play in his police station; Thomas Arslan’s sensitive
portrait of an independent young woman living in Berlin, A
FINE DAY; Ömer Kavur’s dark and mysterious
arthouse thriller HOUSE OF ANGELS;
Serdar Akar’s OFFSIDE,
an entertaining melodrama set in the world of small town amateur
football; Kazim Öz’s oblique look at the war in
south-east Turkey, THE PHOTOGRAPH;
Mehmet Eryilmaz’s documentary tribute to a celebrated
Turkish poet, THE SONGS OF NAZIM
HIKMET; Baris Pirhasan’s charming rights-of-passage
story, SUMMER LOVE; Gani
Savata’s TRIAL, chronicling
the difficulties faced by a Kurdish family returning to their
village; Yilmaz Erdogan & Ömer Faruk Sorak’s
charming and hilarious comedy and box office sensation, VIZONTELE.
There
will also be discussions with film makers and two programmes
of short films.
Invited
guests include: Ömer Faruk Sorak (director of
VIZONTELE), Mehmet Eryilmaz (director of THE SONGS
OF NAZIM HIKMET), Semih Kaplanoglu (director of AWAY
FROM HOME) and Gül Dirican (scriptwriter of SUMMER
LOVE) and Baris Pirhasan (director of SUMMER LOVE).
All
the films have English subtitles.
We
hope you enjoy the festival.
Vedide
Kaymak & Charles Rubinstein
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