9th Annual New York Turkish Film Festival All screenings will be held at Anthology Film Archives All Tickets: $10 | ||
Contemporary Turkish Cinema: Friday, October 12, 7:00 pm Yilmaz softly tells us a heart-felt story in a language wrapped (sometimes maybe over-wrapped) with music—a story that carries traces of Yesilçam of the past. [In The Magician] he attemps to depart from his comedy in favor of creating a complete character. In fact, all of the characters in the movie are meticulously weaved and presented. Therefore, the four stars deliver an ensemble performance as harmonious as the music of a good quartet. This movie shows without any doubt that “The Funniest Man in Turkey” is also a candidate to be a very good director. Welcome director Cem! The box-office hit of the 2006-2007 season in Turkey, Hokkabaz (The Magician) is a funny, warm and touching road movie. The screening of Hokkabaz (The Magician) has been made possible by MTS Logistics, Inc. (Screening Sponsor).
Contemporary Turkish Cinema: Saturday, October 13, 1:00 pm 2007 Ankara International Film Festival (Turkey): Best Film, Best Screenplay Set in Adiyaman, the business for a group of local musicians hits rock bottom due to curfew laws implemented in 1982. The solutions they seek end up with the group in jail. The region’s martial law commander puts a twist to the story when he decides to create a ‘modern orchestra’ with the local musicians. The orchestra is asked to prepare a welcoming ceremony for the military council’s visit to the town. There is yet another group who is eagerly waiting for the arrival of the council: the activist university students lead by Haydar, a political science student, and Gulendam, the daughter of the new local orchestra chief plan a protest during the welcoming ceremony. The military law and the local orchestra on one side and the protesters on the other, unexpected events are about to unfold during the ceremony.
Contemporary Turkish Cinema: Saturday, October 13, 4:00 pm During a time when the Seljuks have departed, Byzantium has retreated to its original borders, the Ottomans have not yet totally gained control, various principalities are fighting for dominance and Anatolia is still vulnerable to the Tartar and Mongol invasions, we observe a life which is painted with the tolerance preached by Sufism, as well as the reflection of that tolerance in the world of commerce through Akhism [a religious fraternity or trade guild]. As Akay emphasizes, Christianity, Judaism, Shamanism (the old religion of the Turks) are still as dominant as Islam. Karagöz, a trader whose mother conjures the help of shamanistic spirits, and Hacivat, a messenger between various principalities, meet, argue, fight and eventually transform into a very popular comic duo in this ethnic and religious mosaic. They are the ancestors of contemporary showmen, comic duos such as Laurel and Hardy, and one of the first examples of internationally renown entertainers. But as any comic who does his job properly, they have a tendency to criticize the ones in power. Thus, trouble is inevitable. (Atilla Dorsay, “An Era When Anatolia Was a Place of Chaos, Tolerance and Joy: Who Killed the Shadows?”). 2006 Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival (Turkey): Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction Karagöz and Hacivat lived and died during the first clashes of the decaying Eastern Roman Empire and the early Ottomans of the 14th century Anatolia. Their stories and characters have been adapted for the traditional shadow theatre of the later Ottoman Empire, in modern Turkey and all over the Middle East, Greece and western Asia. Their legend and the truth about their tragic deaths are twisted and distorted, but their caustic humor still lives on. The screening of Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü? (Who Killed the Shadows?) has been made possible by Özlem and Eray Artan (Screening Sponsors); Zeynep and Boğaçhan Özdemir (Venue Sponsors).
Contemporary Turkish Cinema: Saturday, October 13, 7:00 pm 2006 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkey): Best Actress (Sibel Kekilli), Best Supporting Actor (Civan Canova) Mustafa and his wife, Esma, are a working-class married couple whose only goal in life is to pay the installments of their recently purchased television set by working extra shifts. They are politically apathetic and have no relevance with the protests that are organized by the worker unions. One morning, when they wake up with the notice of a military coup, they still maintain their indifference and show no reaction to the political news. As a matter of fact, Mustafa becomes pleased by the military intervention as he thinks that national security is about to be achieved. However, one night, when he is mistakenly arrested for being a political activist with the code name “Şehmuz,” Mustafa begins to realize that life is not simply black and white.
Tribute Film: Sunday, October 14, 4:00 pm 1988 San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain): Prize San Sebastian Muhsin Bey is the tragicomical story of an aging man who has been unsuccessful as a music manager because of his strict principles. Muhsin Kandirik loves traditional Turkish music (and hates arabesque). Ali Nazik is a young man from Urfa with a good voice who wants to be famous quickly. Their friendship and conflicting attitudes lead to unexpected events. Filled with authentic scenes from Istanbul’s Beyoglu district with its narrow streets, alleys and music halls, Muhsin Bey has become one of the most popular films in Turkish cinema. The screening of Muhsin Bey has been made possible by Gunseli, Tanseli and Agah Atilgan (Screening Sponsors).
Contemporary Turkish Cinema: The famous undercover narcotics agent Ertugrul gets killed before he can solve the case he was working on. 16 years later his son Attila, now a young narcotics agent operating under code name “Pars (Panther)”, will seek revenge. Attila and his partner Asena seize a large amount of drugs that belong to Vahdet, a drug kingpin masquerading as a respectable businessman. Attila loses his brother to a drug related crime and determined to find the killers of his father and brother, he pursues Vahdet to the Netherlands, France, Greece, Monaco and back to the streets and drug-infested schools of Istanbul. |
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