SEATTLE TURKISH FILM FESTIVAL
ARCHIVE 2012 - 2017
STFF 2012
The 2012 Seattle Turkish Film Festival delighted Seattle moviegoers with five contemporary feature films by some of Turkey’s most respected directors.
My Grandfather’s People (2011) by the internationally celebrated director ÇaÄŸan Irmak kicked off the festival with a screening at the opening night gala. The director traveled to Seattle for a Q&A with the audience.
The festival also featured Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) by the two-time Cannes recipient Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Merry-Go-Round (2011) by Ilksen BaÅŸarır, Love Likes Coincidences (2011) by Ömer Faruk Sorak, and last but not least Summer Book (2008) by Seyfi Teoman.
Films
Director: ÇaÄŸan Irmak
Screenwriter: ÇaÄŸan Irmak
Stars: Çetin Tekindor, YiÄŸit ÖzÅŸener, Gökçe Bahadır
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
My Grandfather's People describes the spectacular transformation of a family and their country through the eyes of a ten-year old child and his grandfather living in a small town. This story about the people in the crowded and warm Aegean, you will once again experience the population exchange, what it means to be the other, the ability to belong anywhere no matter where you go, insurrections, numerous minorities, and both side.
Director: Ömer Faruk Sorak
Screenwriter: Nuran Evren Sit
Stars: Mehmet Günsür, Belçim Bilgin, Altan Erkekli
Genre: Drama, Romance
Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara… Yılmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crushes into Ömer's car. This accident causes Ömer's pregnant wife Ä°nci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time.
This accident is the threshold of the coincidences that bring Özgür and Deniz together.
Director: Seyfi Teoman
Screenwriter: Seyfi Teoman
Stars: Taner Birsel, Tayfun Günay, Harun ÖzüaÄŸ
Genre: Drama
Mustafa is a hard-working and ambitious agricultural merchant who is cold and austere towards his family.One day he has a brain hemorrhage on a business trip and goes into a coma after the operation...
Director: Nuri Bilgen Ceylan
Screenwriter: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Stars: Muhammet Uzuner, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Taner Birsel
Genre: Crime, Drama
Through the night, three cars carry a small group of men police officers, a doctor, a prosecutor, grave diggers, gendarmerie forces, and two brothers, homicide suspects around in the rural surroundings of the Anatolian town Keskin, in search of a buried body.
Director: İlksen Başarır
Screenwriter: İlksen Başarır
Stars: Mert Fırat, Nergis Öztürk, Zeynep Oral
Genre: Drama
Erdem, Sevil and their children Edip and Sevgi live in a small town. Their lives start to change when they have to move to Istanbul because Sevil’s mother has had a stroke.
Festival Schedule
Friday, November 2nd
6:30pm – Opening Reception* – Gordon Biersch Brewery at Pacific Place
8:30pm – Opening Film* – Dedemin Ä°nsanları (My Grandfather's People) – AMC Pacific Place 11
Saturday, November 3rd
3:30pm – AÅŸk Tesadüfleri Sever (Love Loves Coincidences) – SIFF Film Center
6:00pm – Tatil Kitabı (Summer Book) – SIFF Film Center
8:30pm – Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) – SIFF Film Center
Sunday, November 4th
3:30pm – AÅŸk Tesadüfleri Sever (Love Loves Coincidences) – SIFF Film Center
6:30pm – Atlıkarınca (Merry-Go-Round) – SIFF Film Center
*Director ÇaÄŸan Irmak attended the Opening night event and Q&A after the film screening.
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