THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL FROM AUGUST 21 TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2014THE OFFICIAL JURY: A jury presided over by Italian actor and director Serge Castellitto and RACHID BOUCHAREB, director (France-Algeria);ANDRÉANNE BOURNIVAL, cinéma professional (Canada); FRIDRIK THOR FRIDRIKSSON, director and producer (Iceland); ANA TORRENT, actress (Spain); JANE ZHANG, singer and actress (China)
AWARDS:Grand prix des Americas: OBEDIENCIA PERFECTA (PERFECT OBEDIENCE) by Luiz Urquiza Mondragon (Mexico)
Special Grand Prix of the jury: FUSHIGI NA MISAKI NO MONOGATARI (CAPE NOSTALGIA) by Izuru Narushima (Japan)
Best Director: SOKONOMINITE HIKARI KAGAYAKU (THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE) by Mipo O (Japan)
Best Actress : RACHAEL BLAKE and LUCIE DEBAY for the film MELODY by Bernard Bellefroid (Belgium-France-Luxembourg)
Best Actor : YAO ANLIAN for the film DA GONG LAO BAN (FACTORY BOSS) by Zhang Wei (China)
Best Screenplay: UN RAGAZZO D’ORO by Pupi Avati, screenplay by Pupi Avati (Italy)
Best Artistic Contribution :DAS ZIMMERMÄDCHEN LYNN (THE CHAMBERMAID LYNN) by Ingo Haeb (Germany)
Innovation Award: TRAVELATOR by Dusan Milic (Serbia-Montenegro)
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish films of MWFF 2014
HIRSIZ VAR / THERE IS A THIEF Focus on World Cinema, Color, 15 minutes, Turkey, 2014
Production Team Director : Ali Ihtiyar Screenwriter : Ali ?htiyar Cinematographer : Ali Ihtiyar Editor : Ali Ihtiyar Cast : Bülent Aksu, Okay Senol, Murat Ergür, Burcu Senol, Derya Aydogan, Serkan Sagir, Roja Rojda Serin Music : Erkan Ogur
Ali Ihtiyar, a fine arts graduate of Marmara University in Istanbul, has worked in Turkey and Canada. Filmography: About Life (1999), His Father (1999), Blue (2001), Mute (2007), Window (2004), Two Prayers One Faith (2012).
Film production and Sales : Prod. & Ventes/Sales: Ali ?htiyar, Rochetiam, 5030, rue Rimbaud, Saint-Léonard, Québec, tél.: 514 303 8349, ihtiyarali@hotmail.com
SILSILE / CONSEQUENCES 2014, Turkey, Focus on World Cinema Color, 105 MINUTES, TURKEY, 2014 Production Team Director : Ozan Aciktan Screenwriter : Cem Akas, Ozan Açiktan, Faruk Özerten Cinematographer : Ahmet Sesigürgil Editor : Erkan Erdem Cast : Tardu Flordun, Nehir Erdogan, Ílger Kaleli, Esra Bezen Bilgin, Serkan Keskin, Aytaç Uzun Music : Burak Güven
Synopsis: When Ece goes to visit old flame Cenk on his return from the US, she stumbles onto a robbery which quickly becomes a more serious crime scene.
Born in Eskisehir, Turkey in 1978, Aciktan graduated in film and communications from the University of Ankara, later studying in Lodz, Poland and the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Germany. Filmography: Diogene's Wife (2002), Mono (2003), Marlis (2004), COMEDY KITCHEN: HOLIDAY RECIPES (2010) and WHO ARE YOU? (2012).
Film production and Sales : Prod.: Tunay Vural, PToT Film, Asmalí Mescit Minare Sok. 19A, Beyoglu 34430 Istanbul (Turquie), info@pttfilms.com
WERE DENGÊ MIN / COME TO MY VOICEFocus on World Cinema Color, 105 minutes, Germany, France, Turkey, 2013 Director : Hüseyin Karabey Screenwriter : Hüseyin Karabey, Adibin Parilti Cinematographer : Anne Misselwitz Editor : Baptiste Gacoin Cast : Feride Gezer, Melek, Ülger, Tuncay Akdemir, Mushin Tokçu, Ali Tekbas, Kadir Ilter Synopsis: In a Turkish mountain village a man is arrested and his family are told that he will be kept until they turn in all hidden guns. But they don't have any! They need to find a gun quickly.
Born in Istanbul in 1970, Hüseyin Karabey studied film at the University of Marmara and has been making films since 1996, many influenced by the democracy movement of the 1990s. Filmography: SILENT DEATH (2001), PINA BAUSCH, ISTANBUL, BREATH (2004), GITMEK: MY MARLON AND BRANDO (2008), DO NOT FORGET ME ISTANBUL (2011).
Film production and Sales : Prod.: Hüseyin Karabey, Emre Yeksan, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion, Leipzig (Allemagne), leipzig.office@mediopolis-online.de / ASI Films, Istanbul (Turquie), emre@yeksan.com
Ventes/Sales: EZ Films, Paris (France), elie@ez-films.com