WELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL
The 10th London Turkish Film Festival once again provides
London's Turkish speaking community and cinema-goers in general
with a chance to see an exciting selection of the best new
Turkish feature films, documentaries and shorts. To mark the
festival's tenth anniversary we are proud to present twelve
classic Turkish films including a six film tribute to the
distinguished director Atif Yilmaz.
This year's festival includes: Zeki Demirkubuz's FATE
and CONFESSION, the first two films of Zeki Demirkubuz's
critically acclaimed Tales About Darkness trilogy -
in FATE, customs office worker Musa goes to extreme lengths
to avoid making decisions about his life, and in CONFESSION,
businessman Harun tries to ignore his wife's infidelity; Dervis
Zaim's THE ELEPHANTS AND THE GRASS, intertwining stories
create a fascinating and enthralling portrait of Turkey during
the last 15 years; Handan Ipekçi's HEJAR, a
controversial and touching story of the friendship of a retired
judge and a five-year-old Kurdish girl; Tayfun Pirselimoglu's
INNOWHERELAND, the story of a widow's attempts to find
her politically active son who has disappeared; Hakan Sahin's
MIRROR, a man tormented by the memory of the accidental drowning
of his brother goes to live in Canada and has an unexpected
confrontation with death; Ümit Ünal's 9, a police
investigation following the murder of a homeless girl in a
poor Istanbul district reveals the secret history of the neighbourhood;
Erdal Murat Aktas' THE RUNAWAY MUMMY, an energetic and charming
Hollywood-style caper comedy set in Egypt and Turkey and a
big box office hit; Semir Aslanyürek's THE WATERFALL,
in a small town in south-east Turkey things come to a head
between the community's political factions when the local
waterfall is demolished to make way for a factory.
The retrospective includes: two films by Ömer Kavur
A BROKEN LOVE STORY and DESPARATE ROAD, Memduh Ün's
THE BROKEN POTS, Yilmaz Guney's HOPE, L. Ömer
Akad's RED RIVER, BLACK SHEEP and Metin Erksan's REVENGE
OF THE SNAKES, The Atif Yilmaz tribute features: CAN
ASIYE BE SAVED?, THE GIRL WITH THE RED SCARF, MY DREAMS, MY
LOVE AND YOU, O BEAUTIFUL ISTANBUL, OH BELINDA and VASFIYE
IS HER NAME.
There will be discussions with film-makers and two extensive
programmes of short films.
Guests include: Mutena Acik (producer THE RUNAWAY
MUMMY), Ayla Algan (actress O BEAUTIFUL ISTANBUL), Erdal Murat
Aktas (director THE RUNAWAY MUMMY), Sevinç Baloglu
(TURSAK), Guldem Durmaz (director THE DRIVER and KORO), Kudret
Gunes (director LEYLA ZANA), Handan Ipekçi (director
HEJAR), Ali Poyrazoglu (actor 9) and Atif Yilmaz.
All the films will have English subtitles.
We hope you enjoy the festival.
Vedide Kaymak & Charles Rubinstein
OPENING GALA MUSIC Fri
6 Dec 8.00pm
The Veneto String Quartet play
SUZAN BEYAZIT an Anatolian touch to the String Quartet
1st Violin: Katy Rimmer 2nd Violin: Emma Blanco Viola: Daniele
Manente Cello: Simon Williamson
Performance sponsored by Önder Sahan
PANEL DISCUSSION
Sun 8 Dec 1.15pm
TURKISH CINEMA AT THE BIRTH OF THE
21ST CENTURY
Participants: Mutena Acik, Ayla Algan, Erdal Murat Aktas,
Sevinç Baloglu, Guldem Durmaz, Kudret Gunes, Handan
Ipekçi, Ali Poyrazoglu, Atif Yilma.
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