SHORT FILMS

All films have English subtitles except where stated.

 

Short Films Programme (Cert 15)
Sunday 12 March 12.00 noon

Films from Turkey

IN BETWEEN (Arada Kalanlar)IN BETWEEN (Arada Kalanlar)
Italy 2005 / DV / Documentary / 14m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Özgür Balci
The plight of refugees in Milan.

SACRIFICE (Adak)SACRIFICE (Adak)
Turkey 2005 / DV / Drama / 6m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Murat Seker
A young man is doing his duty of sacrifice for the first time. He comes face to face with the sacrifice.

TENT (Çadir)TENT (Çadir)
Turkey 2005 / DV / Documentary / 14m
Turkish no subtitles
Director: A. Murat Koçak
A short look at the life of a gypsy family and their nomad lifestyle.

STORY TELLER (Hikayeci)STORY TELLER (Hikayeci)
Turkey 2005 / 16mm / Drama / 9m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: A.Korcan Derinsu
In a train station, a man has an unusual job: writing and selling stories.

DESTRUCTION (Yikim)
Turkey 2005 / DV / Drama / 11m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Can Gülbudak
How the war affects human psychology as shown by a young child.

CAPTAIN RIZA (Riza Kaptan)CAPTAIN RIZA (Riza Kaptan)
Turkey 2005 / 35mm / Drama / 10m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Tolga Dilsiz
Captain Riza is the last in a long line of ferrymen on the Bosphorus but now his days are numbered.

THE QUILT (Yorgan)THE QUILT (Yorgan)
Turkey 2005 / DV / Drama / 10m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Caner Yalcin
A quilt, ordered as a wedding present, is the starting point for a series of tragic events in the tense atmosphere of the days that follow September 12th 1980.

SURA ZILZAL (Zilzal Suresi)SURA ZILZAL (Zilzal Suresi)
Turkey 2005 / DV / Drama / 14m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Mehmet Bahadir Er
A short film about Sura Zilzal, a section of the Koran which talks about judgement day.

HARMONIA MUNDIHARMONIA MUNDI
Turkey 2005 / DV / Experimental / 6m
Director: Veysel Gencten
How would Istanbul look if time passed 100 to 250 times faster than normal?


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Films from the UK

NIGHTMARE (Kara Kabuslar)
UK 2005 / Digibeta / Music Video / 5m
Turkish no subtitles
Director: Evrim Sanal
Featuring hip-hop artist Yimaz AK09 and a Shadow Theatre performance that could be either a day dream or reality.

WRITING ON THE WALL (Duvardaki Yazi)WRITING ON THE WALL (Duvardaki Yazi)
UK 2005 / DV / Drama / 20m / English
Director: Canan Ibrahim
A tragic love story, set in London, between Greek Cypriot Michael and Meliha, a young Turkish Cypriot woman.

AN EYE FOR A TOOTH (Dis Icin Goz Cikarmak)AN EYE FOR A TOOTH (Dis Icin Goz Cikarmak)
UK 2005 / DV / Drama / 15m / English/Turkish
Director: Murat Kebir
The story of two families and how they are affected by the tradition known as "Kan Davasi"
(The Blood Feud).

ANATOLIA IN A NUTSHELLANATOLIA IN A NUTSHELL
UK 2005 / DV / Documentary / 10m / English
Director: Elvin Titiz
A photo-documentary celebration of the rich history of Anatolia, the lives of Turks, Kurds and Turkish Cypriots in the UK and the events that brought them here…

BEYOND (Otede)BEYOND (Otede)
UK 2005 / DV / Drama / 12m / English
Director: Evren Gunes
A film of two parts: HANGING ON is about the values, traditions and aspects of a culture. LETTING GO is about escaping from them...


Balik Arts Films

BROTHERSBROTHERS
UK 2005 / DV / Drama / 12m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Group work
Two brothers come into conflict with each other after arriving in London.

INTOLERANCEINTOLERANCE
UK 2005 / DV / Drama / 9m
Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Group work
Ayse tries to deal with her brother's oppression.

Tourists in the ParkLamb  LettuceWhere did you come from?Chicken_wingsBODY LANGUAGE (Vucut Dili)
UK 2005 / DV / Drama / 16m
Turkish with English subtitles
Directors: Cigdem Aslan, Songul Yildiz, Metin Sak & Didar Turan
Four short stories about cultural and language
differences: 'Tourists in the Park', 'Lamb
Lettuce', 'Where did you come from?', 'Chicken
Wings'.

13th London Turkish
Film Festival

10-16 October 2003

introduction
diary
feature films
documentaries
short films
acknowledgements