Turkish Days in New York - Part 3 in Union Square

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Movie Fest-Contemporary Turkish Movies will begin on Tuesday September 29th and run through October 1st from 7pm until 10pm supported by the New York Film Academy at 14 Street Union Square. After each movie, there will be discussion sessions with the directors and the actors/actresses.

Day 1: Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi: – The Dance of Love – Tuesday September 29thAbout: Dance of Love is a movie which moves you with the poetry in it, music & dance. Day 1: “The Dance of Love” (Askin Dansi) is a documentary movie which presents the life and poetry of well-know philosopher Mawlana Jelaladdin Rumi who lived in the 13th century in Anatolia. The Dance of Love is a movie which moves you with its poetry, music & dance in Rumi’s words of tolerance and harmony: "Come, come again, whoever you are, come! Heathen, fire worshipper or idolatrous, come! Come even if you broke your penitence a hundred times; Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are."- Rumi
Director: Kürşat Kızbaz – Actors: Musfik Kenter, Turan Ozdemir, Selcuk Yontem – Released: April 2008.


Day 2: “Butterfly” (Kelebek) is the first Turkish movie that looks at the events leading up to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The movie was shot in the United States, Afghanistan, Istanbul and parts of southeastern Anatolia on a budget of $2M.
Director: Cihan Taskin - Actors: Deniz Bolisik, Caner Cindoruk, Ghassan Massoud – Released: May 2009 The movie was shot in Afghanistan, Istanbul and parts of southeastern Anatolia.


Day 3: “Revolution Cars” (Devrim Arabalari) tells of Turkey's first attempt to manufacture its own indigenous cars, the inner and outer resistance to the idea. The work reflects the atmosphere of early 1960's when these 4-door passenger cars which were manufactured by 23 Turkish engineers within 130 days.
Director: Tolga Ornek Actors: Haluk Bilginer, Taner Birsel – Charles Carroll – Released: October 2008

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY 100 E. 17th Street New York, NY 10003 Phone: 212.674.4300 - 1-800-611-FILM (3456) NY Film Academy is at Union Square which lies over 14th Street–Union Square, a New York City Subway complex served by the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, and W trains