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Men On The Bridge
''Men on the Bridge'' ( tr, Köprüdekiler) is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Aslı Özge. The film, which tells about the young generation who lives in the suburbs of Istanbul and come to the center of the city to make a living, follows a rose seller, a taxi driver and a traffic police officer whose lives unknowingly intersect every day on the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul. It "wowed the audience in last year's Locarno and London Turkish film festivals, and won Best Film awards at last year's Istanbul International and Golden Cocoon film festivals", according to Emrah Güler, writing in ''Turkish Daily News''. Production The film, which is based on the real lives of three men, with Fikret Portakal and Umut İlker playing themselves, was originally intended to be a documentary film, but after an extensive research period in Istanbul starting in 2006, Özge along with director of photography Emre Erkmen got to know the main characters, who are working around the bridge, and deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslı Özge
Aslı Özge (born 3 July 1975 / 1 January 1975 (?)) is a Turkish people, Turkish director, scenarist and producer. Early life Özge was born on 1 January 1975 (?) in Istanbul. She graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and Television. During her time as a student, her short film ''Capital C'' was shown at many festivals and won prizes. After graduation, she settled in Berlin where she studied philosophy. Career In 2003, she directed her feature film ''April'' with the support of German Film and Television Academy and a German TV channel. This film was not released in Turkey. In 2005, she completed the filming of her documentary titled ''Hesperos'un Çömezleri'' in Istanbul. Her feature film ''Soluksuz'' was awarded the Balkan Fund Script Development Award at the 46th International Thessaloniki Film Festival. In 2009, he wrote and directed the film titled ''Men on the Bridge''. She has continued to work in both Turkey and Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mete Gümürhan
Mete is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Mete" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant". Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" which is the regional name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire. Appropriate Turkish reading of "Mo - du" is " Baghatur". Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Bahadır, Batur, and as in other cognate forms. Abbreviation * MetE, Met.E., Metallurgical Engineer People Given name * Ahmet Mete Işıkara (1941-2013), Turkish seismologist * Mete Binay, Turkish weightlifter * Mete Özgencil, Turkish singer * Halil Mete Soner, Turkish mathematician Surname * Victor Mete Victor Joseph Mete (born June 7, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Mete was selected 100th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Pl ... (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player Fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11'e 10 Kala
''10 to 11'' ( tr, 11'e 10 kala) is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Pelin Esmer. The film, loosely based on the story of Esmer's uncle, Mithat Esmer, who also plays the leading role, follows an elderly collector in İstanbul who lives in a rundown apartment building that is under threat of demolition. Release General release The film opened in 30 screens across Turkey on at number eleven in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $21,895. Festival screenings * 28th Istanbul International Film Festival (April 4–19, 2009) * 17th Altın Koza International Film Festival * 3rd International Middle East Film Festival (October 9–17, 2009) * 20th Tromso International Film Festival (January 19–24, 2010) * 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 27-February 7, 2010) * Travelling Rennes Film Festival (February 9–16, 2010) * 15th Nuremberg Turkish-German Film Festival * 21st Ankara International Film Festival (March 11–21, 2010) * Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn (2008 Film)
, image = Autumn-sonbahar-film.jpg , caption = Original film poster , director = Özcan Alper , screenplay = Özcan Alper , story = , starring = Onur Saylak Megi KobaladzeSerkan Keskin Raife Yenigül , producer = F. Serkan Acar Kadir Sözen , music = , cinematography = Feza Caldiran , editing = Thomas Balkenhol , distributor = Filmpot , released = , runtime = 95 minutes , country = Turkey , language = Turkish, Georgian languages and the Homshetsi dialect , budget = , gross = ''Autumn'' ( tk, Sonbahar) is a 2008 Turkish drama film directed by Özcan Alper, filmed trilingually in Turkish, Georgian and Homshetsi Armenian. It was filmed in Hopa, Çamlıhemşin, and Kemalpaşa. It profiles Yusuf, who as a 22-year-old university student was jailed for rioting, after his release from prison. Cast *Onur Saylak as Yusuf *Megi Kobaladze as Eka *Serkan Keski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Films Of 2009
A list of films produced by the Turkish film industry in Turkey in 2009. Highest-grossing films Released films January – June July – December See also * 2009 in Turkey References {{DEFAULTSORT:Turkish Films Of 2009 2009 Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Film
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being ''New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Bit Of April
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st Ankara International Film Festival
The 21st Ankara International Film Festival is a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey that ran from March 11 to 21, 2010. This edition of the Ankara International Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI, opened with a gala on the evening of March 10 at the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, at which the foundation special awards were presented, and closed with a screening of '' The Dust of Time'' () directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos. 11 films competed in the National Feature Competition, 28 films competed in the National Short Film Competition under fiction, experimental and animation categories and 17 films competed in the National Documentary Film Competition under amateur and professional categories. The festival films were shown at three venues, including Batı Movie Theaters, German Cultural Center and Çankata Municipality Contemporary Arts Center with the final awards being given out in a ceremony held at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Turkish Film Festival
The London Turkish Film Festival is a film festival that takes place every year in London in the United Kingdom. It focuses on Turkish films. London Turkish Film Festival Director Vedide Kaymak has been directing the London Turkish Film Festival since 1993. After graduating in Political Science and Journalism, Vedide worked in a variety of Turkish media organisations before moving to London, and a career in the cinema industry. Vedide initially worked with various arts and cultural organisations promoting Turkish culture in the UK, programming for MTV's Turkish channel and co-producing short films. However, it was her work at the Rio Cinema in East London and the subsequent creation of the London Turkish Film Festival that fulfilled her career ambition. With Vedide's leadership, the Festival has grown from a three-day event to an internationally renowned festival. For over a decade, she has also successfully promoted and distributed Turkish films to cinemas throughout the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locarno Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators. The top prize of the festival is the Golden Leopard, awarded to the best film in the International Competition. Other awards include the Leopard of Honour for career achievement, and the Prix du Public, the public choice award. History The Festival del film Locarno kicked off on 23 August 1946, at the Grand Hotel of Locarno with the screening of the movie ''O sole mio'' by Giacomo Gentilomo. The first edition was organized in less than three months with a line-up of fifteen movies, mainly American and Italian, among which was ''Rome, Open City'' directed by Roberto Rossellini, ''And Then There Were None'' dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altın Koza International Film Festival
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival ( tr, Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali), known between 2016 and 2018 as International Adana Film Festival (), is a film festival in Adana, Turkey, that was held five times between 1969 and 1974 and every year since 2005. The event is organized by the Adana Metropolitan Municipality and takes place in June. Beginning from 2006, the scope of the festival is broadened to an international dimension within the framework of the cinema in Mediterranean basin countries. The festival, taking its name from cotton boll, the traditional crop grown in the region, includes national feature films along with international short subjects (since 2006) and student films of young Mediterranean filmmakers (from 2008 on). The 15th edition of the festival was held between June 2–8, 2008. History The Altın Koza Film Festival was organized for the first time in 1969 jointly by the Adana Cinema Club, Adana Municipality and the State Films Archives under the simple nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today's Zaman
''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included domestic and international coverage, and regularly published topical supplements. Its contributors included cartoonist Cem Kızıltuğ. On 4 March 2016, a state administrator was appointed to run ''Zaman'' as well as ''Today's Zaman''. Since a series of corruption investigations went public on 17 December 2013 which targeted high ranking government officials, the Turkish government has been putting pressure on media organizations that are critical of it. , the website of ''Today's Zaman'' had not been updated since 5 March, while all archived articles prior to March 2016 were removed. On July 20, 2016, five days after the military coup attempt, ''Today's Zaman'' was shut down after an executive decree by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
