Omnibus of five short films that were shot in the Turkish province of Kars, on the border with Armenia. Among the five directors are three debutants who were chosen to film their stories after winning a scenario contest. The final result is a sympathetic collection of films that remain small and simple: the puppy love between a boy and a girl on their winter trip to school, the memories of a young woman about her mother's response to her first menstruation and bra, and the story of a student who returns to his village, but all too soon flees again for the past that is waiting for him there.
The stories take place strikingly often around the cemetery and look at things from the past being revealed. The last contribution to the omnibus film is also significantly called ‘a small truth’.
- Directors
- Özcan Alper, Zehra Derya Koç, Ülkü Oktay, Ahu Öztürk, Emre Akay
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Turkey
- Year
- 2010
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 81'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Original title
- Kars oykuleri
- Language
- Turkish
- Producers
- Basak Emre, Ahmet Boyacioglu
- Production Company
- Gezici Film
- Sales
- Gezici Film
- Screenplay
- Zehra Derya Koç, Ülkü Oktay, Ahu Öztürk, Özcan Alper, Emre Akay
- Cinematography
- Özgür Eken
- Editor
- Cicek Kahraman, Ulas Cihan Simsek
- Sound Design
- Ismail Karadas
- Cast
- Ayda Aksel