Signals: Young Turkish Cinema
Overzicht van films
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Autumn
Özcan Alper | 106' | Germany | None
Straight our of prison, the once political active Yusuf returns to his Black- Sea hometown. It isn’t just redemption he seeks but a peaceful asylum… -
Black Dogs Barking
Mehmet Bahadir Er, Maryna Gorbach | 88' | Turkey | World premiere
A dynamic shooting-style, pitch-perfect written street lingo and a transfixing dog-eat-dog story form the essence of this exciting first feature about -
Innocence
Zeki Demirkubuz | 110' | Turkey | None
Society has turned its back on Bekir, Ugur and Yusuf, three marginals who look for love in the most unlikely places. Director Zeki Demirkubuz’s tour-d -
Journey to the Sun
Yesim Ustaoglu | 113' | Turkey | None
Two men of different origin, a western Turk and a Kurd. A true friendship that goes beyond cultural boundaries. Amidst the chaotic background of Istan -
Kasaba
Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 85' | Turkey | None
Awe-inspiring black-and-white début film of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, shot in a village in Anatolia, about the director’s childhood years. Two children are w -
Milk
Semih Kaplanoglu | 102' | France | None
A young emerging poet, his beautiful but unfulfilled mother and their small Turkish town about to be swallowed by industrialization. A contemplative t -
On Board
Serdar Akar | 102' | Turkey | None
First film by the social-realist film collective Yeni Sinemacilar, which became the harbinger of a new style of film making in Turkey: straightforward -
The One Note Man
Daghan Celayir | 14' | Turkey | None
Charming tragicomedy about music and love. Cymbal player in a symphony orchestra has a supporter in the audience. -
Pandora’s Box
Yesim Ustaoglu | 112' | Belgium | None
An estranged family is brought together upon the news of their mother’s worsening illness. But the tough-minded mother is not so keen on spending time -
The Slope
Mehmet Can Mertoglu | 14' | Turkey | None
Sober yet effective début about a cleaner’s routines in hospital. -
Somersault in a Coffin
Dervis Zaim | 80' | Turkey | None
A social outcast’s daily adventures couldn’t be more endearing; Mahsun looks like he just escaped from Folsom Prison but his genuineness and warm-hear -
The Storm
Kazim Öz | 156' | Turkey | International premiere
The 90s were the heyday of Turkey’s student movement, and acclaimed documentarist Kazim Öz’s second feature The Storm is a true-to-life epic of Kurdis