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Generation 14plus |Güvercin / The Pigeon by Banu Sıvacı
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Turkey 2018 | Turkish | 76 min · Colour | World premiere | Video
Maverdi. Won’t you talk to them? Why are you not going over there? They are your kind.’
On a rooftop in Adana, Yusuf cares for the pigeons in his dovecote. His favourite bird is called Maverdi. To lure it even closer, he sometimes puts a seed between his lips for it to peck. The light grey pigeon is an outsider in the dovecote, just as Yusuf is in society, where he has to face ignorance and violence. The young man’s face rarely brightens up, and the pressure from his brother to go out to work makes things even worse. In her debut feature film, Banu Sıvacı evokes a genuine sense of empathy for the apparently fragile then fiercely rebellious loner who is fighting for a small joy that most people seem to begrudge him.
WITH
Kemal Burak Alper (Yusuf)
Ruhi Sarı (Halil)
Michal Elia Kamal (Gülfem)
Demet Genç (Rümeysa)
Mazlum Taşkıran (İrfan)
Evren Erler (Seymen)
Emin Özdenvar (İsmet)
Maverdi (Maverdi)
CREW
Written and directed by
Banu Sıvacı
Director of Photography
Arda Yıldıran
Editing
Mesut Ulutaş
Music
Canset Özge Can
Sound Design
Uğur Akagündüz
Sound
Abidin Tan
Production Design
Tuğba Gül Poyraz
Costumes
Sultan Sıvacı
Assistant Director
Sema Aytaç
Production Management
Ertan Erdal
Producers
Mesut Ulutaş, Banu Sıvacı
Co-Producers
Zeynep Koray, Levent Arslan
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BIOGRAPHY
Banu Sıvacı
Born in Adana, Turkey in 1987, she studied fine arts with a focus on painting at Çukurova University in Adana. She has worked on various films as an assistant director and has directed several short films.
Filmography
2003 Hayalim Tahtadan (My Wooden Dream); short film 2005Başka Dokunuş (Another Touch); short film 2012 Savaş Alanı(Battle Zone); short film 2015 Faik; short film 2018 Güvercin(The Pigeon)
PRODUCED BY
Anagraf Film
Istanbul, Turkey
info@anagraffilm.com
www.anagraffilm.com/
WORLD SALES
WIDE Management
Paris, France
+33 1 53950464
infos@widemanagement.com
Forum | Tuzdan kaide / The Pillar of Salt by Burak Çevik
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Turkey 2018 | Turkish | 70 min · Colour | World premiere | Video
A pregnant young woman who lives in a sort of cave is looking for her vanished sister, yet this plot summary hardly does justice to the charm, richness and radical nature of Burak Çevik’s first feature – all of which a result of the liberties he takes in creating an extravagant cinematic world to tell this story. The protagonist leaves her almost fairytale-like cave to set out across a river, taking up her sister’s trail. This trail leads her to a botanical garden, a bird shop, and a darkroom. The photo lab technician compares the effect of photographs to God turning Lot’s wife into a pillar of salt because she couldn’t resist the temptation of turning around to see Sodom be destroyed. Captured for eternity, transfixed for eternity – should we take it at face value when the protagonist tells the boatwoman that she is a part-time vampire? The dreamlike way in which the film digresses to show us a plant, a strip of negatives, or a table tennis match contributes considerably to the strange fascination it develops. Some things remain mysterious – which only makes us even more curious about what they might be referring to.
WITH
Zinnure Türe
Dila Yumurtacı
Esme Madra
Banu Fotocan
Elit İşcan
Nihal Koldaş
Reyhan Özdilek
Ayşe Demirel
Nazan Kesal
Nalan Kuruçim
CREW
Written and directed by
Burak Çevik
Director of Photography
Burak Serin
Editing
Burak Çevik
Music
Ozan Tekin
Sound Design
Ozan Tekin
Sound
Ömür Müldür
Producers
Burak Çevik, Fol Film, Arda Çiltepe, Semih Gülen, Cem Celai Bilge, Selman Nacar
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BIOGRAPHY
Burak Çevik
Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1993. He completed studies in Film and Television at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2016. Tuzdan kaide is his debut film.
PRODUCED BY
Fol Film
Istanbul, Turkey
+90 532 5950706
cevikburak@gmail.com
Forum Expanded |Araf by Didem Pekün
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Greece / Turkey / Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 | English | Documentary form
47 min · Black/White
World premiere
Araf is an essayistic road movie and diary of a ghostly character, Nayia, who travels between Srebrenica, Sarajevo, and Mostar in Bosnia. She has been in exile since the war and returns for the 22nd memorial of the Srebrenica genocide. The film is guided by her diary notes of the journey, which merge with the myth of Daedalus and Icarus – Icarus being the name given to the winner of a bridge diving competition in her home country. The story of Icarus and Daedalus, a myth symbolic of man’s over-ambition and inevitable failure, is woven throughout the film as a way to think about exorcizing the vicious cycle of such events happening in the future and of a possible reconciliation. Nayia also thinks of Icarus from a different perspective, that of seeing the optimism of such a leap, his braveness in taking a leap into the unknown in this era of radical instability, that perhaps Icarus wanted to write a different narrative. Araf thus traces these paradoxes through Nayia’s displacement and her return to her home country post-war – that of a constant terror and a permanent standstill, and the friction between displacement and permanence.
WITH
Dino Bajrić (Icarus)
CREW
Written and directed by
Didem Pekün
Director of Photography
Petros Nousias
Editing
Didem Pekün
Music
Elena Kakaliagou, Ingrid Schmoliner, Ellen Arkbro
Sound Design
Fatih Rağbet, Eli Haligua
Sound
Theophilos Botonakis
Assistant Director
Dino Omerović
Producers
Maria-Thalia Carras, Olga Hatzidaki, Didem Pekün
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BIOGRAPHY
Didem Pekün
Didem Pekün was born in 1978 in Istanbul, Turkey. Her work explores both artistic research and practice; conceptually it deals with the production of subjectivities within violent geographies, displacement, and the different forms they take on screen. Her studio practice includes documentaries and video installations, which have screened internationally and received awards. She is a founding member of the Center for Spatial Justice (MAD). Following a BA in music at SOAS University of London and an MA on documentary at Goldsmiths, she holds a practice-based PhD from Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths. She is a faculty member at the Media and Visual Arts Department at Koç University, a Research Fellow at Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths and a Teaching Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, CEU, Budapest.
Filmography
2007 The tree that smiles at me 2010 Tülay German; Years of Fire and Cinders 2016 of dice and men; video installation, 43 min. 2018 Araf
PRODUCED BY
locus athens
Athen, Greece
+30 6974 859827
maria@locusathens.com
locusathens.com
Generation 14plus |Güvercin / The Pigeon by Banu Sıvacı
Turkey 2018 | Turkish | 76 min · Colour | World premiere | Video
Maverdi. Won’t you talk to them? Why are you not going over there? They are your kind.’
On a rooftop in Adana, Yusuf cares for the pigeons in his dovecote. His favourite bird is called Maverdi. To lure it even closer, he sometimes puts a seed between his lips for it to peck. The light grey pigeon is an outsider in the dovecote, just as Yusuf is in society, where he has to face ignorance and violence. The young man’s face rarely brightens up, and the pressure from his brother to go out to work makes things even worse. In her debut feature film, Banu Sıvacı evokes a genuine sense of empathy for the apparently fragile then fiercely rebellious loner who is fighting for a small joy that most people seem to begrudge him.
WITH
Kemal Burak Alper (Yusuf)
Ruhi Sarı (Halil)
Michal Elia Kamal (Gülfem)
Demet Genç (Rümeysa)
Mazlum Taşkıran (İrfan)
Evren Erler (Seymen)
Emin Özdenvar (İsmet)
Maverdi (Maverdi)
CREW
Written and directed by
Banu Sıvacı
Director of Photography
Arda Yıldıran
Editing
Mesut Ulutaş
Music
Canset Özge Can
Sound Design
Uğur Akagündüz
Sound
Abidin Tan
Production Design
Tuğba Gül Poyraz
Costumes
Sultan Sıvacı
Assistant Director
Sema Aytaç
Production Management
Ertan Erdal
Producers
Mesut Ulutaş, Banu Sıvacı
Co-Producers
Zeynep Koray, Levent Arslan
BIOGRAPHYBanu Sıvacı
Born in Adana, Turkey in 1987, she studied fine arts with a focus on painting at Çukurova University in Adana. She has worked on various films as an assistant director and has directed several short films.
Filmography
2003 Hayalim Tahtadan (My Wooden Dream); short film 2005Başka Dokunuş (Another Touch); short film 2012 Savaş Alanı(Battle Zone); short film 2015 Faik; short film 2018 Güvercin(The Pigeon)
PRODUCED BY
Anagraf Film
Istanbul, Turkey
info@anagraffilm.com
www.anagraffilm.com/
WORLD SALES
WIDE Management
Paris, France
+33 1 53950464
infos@widemanagement.com
Forum | Tuzdan kaide / The Pillar of Salt by Burak Çevik
Turkey 2018 | Turkish | 70 min · Colour | World premiere | Video
A pregnant young woman who lives in a sort of cave is looking for her vanished sister, yet this plot summary hardly does justice to the charm, richness and radical nature of Burak Çevik’s first feature – all of which a result of the liberties he takes in creating an extravagant cinematic world to tell this story. The protagonist leaves her almost fairytale-like cave to set out across a river, taking up her sister’s trail. This trail leads her to a botanical garden, a bird shop, and a darkroom. The photo lab technician compares the effect of photographs to God turning Lot’s wife into a pillar of salt because she couldn’t resist the temptation of turning around to see Sodom be destroyed. Captured for eternity, transfixed for eternity – should we take it at face value when the protagonist tells the boatwoman that she is a part-time vampire? The dreamlike way in which the film digresses to show us a plant, a strip of negatives, or a table tennis match contributes considerably to the strange fascination it develops. Some things remain mysterious – which only makes us even more curious about what they might be referring to.
WITH
Zinnure Türe
Dila Yumurtacı
Esme Madra
Banu Fotocan
Elit İşcan
Nihal Koldaş
Reyhan Özdilek
Ayşe Demirel
Nazan Kesal
Nalan Kuruçim
CREW
Written and directed by
Burak Çevik
Director of Photography
Burak Serin
Editing
Burak Çevik
Music
Ozan Tekin
Sound Design
Ozan Tekin
Sound
Ömür Müldür
Producers
Burak Çevik, Fol Film, Arda Çiltepe, Semih Gülen, Cem Celai Bilge, Selman Nacar
BIOGRAPHYBurak Çevik
Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1993. He completed studies in Film and Television at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2016. Tuzdan kaide is his debut film.
PRODUCED BY
Fol Film
Istanbul, Turkey
+90 532 5950706
cevikburak@gmail.com
Forum Expanded |Araf by Didem Pekün
Greece / Turkey / Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 | English | Documentary form
47 min · Black/White
World premiere
Araf is an essayistic road movie and diary of a ghostly character, Nayia, who travels between Srebrenica, Sarajevo, and Mostar in Bosnia. She has been in exile since the war and returns for the 22nd memorial of the Srebrenica genocide. The film is guided by her diary notes of the journey, which merge with the myth of Daedalus and Icarus – Icarus being the name given to the winner of a bridge diving competition in her home country. The story of Icarus and Daedalus, a myth symbolic of man’s over-ambition and inevitable failure, is woven throughout the film as a way to think about exorcizing the vicious cycle of such events happening in the future and of a possible reconciliation. Nayia also thinks of Icarus from a different perspective, that of seeing the optimism of such a leap, his braveness in taking a leap into the unknown in this era of radical instability, that perhaps Icarus wanted to write a different narrative. Araf thus traces these paradoxes through Nayia’s displacement and her return to her home country post-war – that of a constant terror and a permanent standstill, and the friction between displacement and permanence.
WITH
Dino Bajrić (Icarus)
CREW
Written and directed by
Didem Pekün
Director of Photography
Petros Nousias
Editing
Didem Pekün
Music
Elena Kakaliagou, Ingrid Schmoliner, Ellen Arkbro
Sound Design
Fatih Rağbet, Eli Haligua
Sound
Theophilos Botonakis
Assistant Director
Dino Omerović
Producers
Maria-Thalia Carras, Olga Hatzidaki, Didem Pekün
BIOGRAPHYDidem Pekün
Didem Pekün was born in 1978 in Istanbul, Turkey. Her work explores both artistic research and practice; conceptually it deals with the production of subjectivities within violent geographies, displacement, and the different forms they take on screen. Her studio practice includes documentaries and video installations, which have screened internationally and received awards. She is a founding member of the Center for Spatial Justice (MAD). Following a BA in music at SOAS University of London and an MA on documentary at Goldsmiths, she holds a practice-based PhD from Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths. She is a faculty member at the Media and Visual Arts Department at Koç University, a Research Fellow at Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths and a Teaching Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, CEU, Budapest.
Filmography
2007 The tree that smiles at me 2010 Tülay German; Years of Fire and Cinders 2016 of dice and men; video installation, 43 min. 2018 Araf
PRODUCED BY
locus athens
Athen, Greece
+30 6974 859827
maria@locusathens.com
locusathens.com