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Kuma (film)
''Kuma'' (Turkish: "concubine") is a 2012 Austrian film directed by Umut Dag about a Turkish immigrant family living in Vienna. Umut Dag’s mature feature debut is a rich tapestry of swirling emotions, suppressed desires, unspoken words and uncomfortable yet pressing social and political questions. Plot Fatma, a housewife around 50, lives in Vienna with her husband Mustafa and their six children. She grew up in Turkey and clings to the traditions and values of the old country. Her son Hasan gets married in rural Turkey to the 19-year old Ayse. When the family takes Ayse to Vienna this is revealed as a charade. Ayse is to be the kuma (second wife) of Fatma’s husband Mustafa. Ayse is welcomed by the family, although polygamy is illegal in Austria. Her presence in a foreign country marks her as an outsider. Tension grows between Western norms and Muslim beliefs. Cast *Nihal G. Koldas as Fatma *Begüm Akkaya as Ayse *Vedat Erincin as Mustafa *Murathan Muslu as Hasan *Alev Imak as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umut Dag
Umut (; ) is a Turkish gender neutral given name meaning ''hope''. Notable people named Umut include: * Umut Akkoyun (born 2000), Turkish tennis player * Umut apa (fl. 1991–2005), renowned charismatic healer from Kazakhstan * Umut Aral (born 1976), Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter * Umut Atakişi (born 1981), Turkish Chess Champion * Umut Bozok (born 1996), French-born Turkish footballer * Umut Bulut (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Umut Gündoğan (born 1990), Turkish footballer * Umut Güneş (born 2000), Turkish footballer * Umut A. Gurkan, Turkish–American mechanical and biomedical engineer * Umut Güzelses (born 1987), Turkish-Israeli soccer player * Umut Meraş (born 1995), Turkish footballer * Umut Nayir (born 1993), Turkish footballer * Umut Oran (born 1962), Turkish textile manufacturer and politician * Umut Özkirimli (born 1970), Turkish political scientist * Umut Shayakhmetova (born 1969), Kazakh businesswoman * Umut Sönmez (born 1993), Azerba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Katz (producer)
Michael Katz is an Austrian film producer. He has produced films for cinematic release as well as made-for-television movies and television series. He has worked with Michael Haneke on most of his films, including '' Amour''. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Amour'' along with Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt and Veit Heiduschka in 2013. Selected filmography * '' Sternberg - Shooting Star'' (1989) * '' Benny's Video'' (1992) * '' Der Fall Lucana'' (1993) * '' Die 3 Posträuber'' (1998) * '' The Piano Teacher'' (2001) * ''Everyman's Feast'' (2002) * ''Time of the Wolf'' (2003) * '' Welcome Home'' (2004) * '' Caché'' (2005) * ''For a Moment, Freedom'' (2008), executive producer * ''The White Ribbon'' (2009) * '' Local Hero'' (2010) * '' Kuma'' (2011) * ' (2011) * '' Amour'' (2012) * ''Beloved Sisters ''Beloved Sisters'' (german: Die geliebten Schwestern) is a 2014 German biographical film written and directed by Dominik Graf. The film is based on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turks In Austria
Turks in Austria, also referred to as Turkish Austrians and Austrian Turks, (german: Türken in Österreich; tr, ) are people of Turkish ethnicity living in Austria. They form the largest ethnic minority group in the country; thus, the Turks are the second largest ethnic group in Austria after the ethnic Austrian people. The majority of Austrian Turks descend from the Republic of Turkey; however, there has also been significant Turkish migration from other post- Ottoman countries including ethnic Turkish communities which have come to Austria from the Balkans (especially from Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Romania), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria. History Turkish migration from the Republic of Turkey Turkish people were recruited to Austria as Gastarbeiter (guest workers) for the construction and export industries following an agreement with the Turkish government in 1964. From 1973 the policy of encouraging guest workers ended and rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
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Hamptons International Film Festival
The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) is an international film festival founded in 1992, by Joyce Robinson. The festival has since taken place every year in East Hampton, New York. It is usually an annual five-day event in mid-October and is held in theatre venues located in the Long Island area of New York, United States. Approximately 18,000 visitors attend each festival and close to a hundred films are featured each year, including an annual representation of at least twenty countries and an awards package worth over $200,000. HIFF was founded as a celebration of independent film in a variety of forms, and to provide a forum for independent filmmakers with differing global perspectives. The festival places a particular emphasis upon new filmmakers with a diversity of ideas, as a means to not only provide public exposure for festival content and its creators, but to also inspire and enlighten audiences. The festival has presented films that have subsequently been co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Film Festival
The Philadelphia Film Festival is a film festival founded by the Philadelphia Film Society held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The annual festival is held at various theater venues throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area. Overview The annual festival lasts for two weeks in October. The festival also holds a three day "springfest" in June. Venues have included the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the PFS Roxy Theater Prince Theater, and Landmark Ritz Theatres, the Philadelphia Film Center, PFS Bourse Theater, and the PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard. Screening categories hosted by the festival include Centerpieces, Spotlights, Special Events, Masters of Cinema, World View, Non/Fiction, After Hours, From the Vaults, Made in USA, Cinema de France, Green Screen (Environmental films), Visions of Iran, "Sights and Soundtrack" and short films. Its Filmadelphia category, previously known as "Festival of the Independents," promotes local filmmakers. Notable members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
62nd Berlin International Film Festival
The 62nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2012. British film director Mike Leigh was the President of the Jury. The first five films to be screened in the competition were announced on 19 December 2011. American actress Meryl Streep was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear on 14 February. Benoît Jacquot's film '' Les adieux à la reine'' was announced as the opening film. The Golden Bear for Best Film went to the Italian film ''Caesar Must Die'', directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, which also served as closing night film. Competition Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International jury * Mike Leigh, director and screenwriter (United Kingdom) - Jury President * Anton Corbijn, photographer and director (Netherlands) * Asghar Farhadi, director, screenwriter and producer (Iran) * Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress (France) * Jake Gyllenhaal, actor (United States) * François Ozon, director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw (born 19 June 1962) is a British writer and film critic. He has been chief film critic at ''The Guardian'' since 1999, and is a contributing editor at ''Esquire''. Early life and education Bradshaw was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hertfordshire and studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was president of the Cambridge Footlights. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984, followed by postgraduate research in the Early Modern period in which he studied with Lisa Jardine and Anne Barton. He received his PhD in 1989. Career In the 1990s, Bradshaw was employed by the ''Evening Standard'' as a columnist, and during the 1997 general election campaign, editor Max Hastings asked him to write a series of parodic diary entries purporting to be written by the Conservative MP and historian Alan Clark, which Clark thought deceptive and which were the subject of a court case resolved in January 1998, the first in newspaper hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over ''The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Films
2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, the two oldest surviving American film studios, Universal and Paramount both celebrated their centennial anniversaries, marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years, and the Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of '' Brave''. The ''James Bond'' film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, ''Skyfall''. Six box-office blockbusters from previous years (''Beauty and the Beast'', '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', ''Titanic'', ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', ''Finding Nemo'', and ''Monsters, Inc.'') were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Also, the year marked the debut for high frame rate technology. The first film using 48 F.P.S., a higher frame rate than the film industry sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Drama Films
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria ** Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France *L'Autrichienne (film), ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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