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Shadows And Faces
''Shadows and Faces'' ( tr, Gölgeler ve Suretler) is a 2010 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim, which tells the story of a young girl who is separated from her father, a Karagöz shadow play master, during the beginning of the conflict between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus in 1963. The film, which saw a nationwide general release across Turkey on , premiered in competition at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won the Turkish Film Critics Association Award. It is the third and final part of a trilogy of films themed around traditional Turkish arts, which includes '' Waiting for Heaven'' (2006) and '' Dot'' (2008). Cast * Buğra Gülsoy as Ahmet * Settar Tanrıöğen as Cevdet * Cihan Tarıman as Rıza * Osman Alkaş as Veli * Popi Avraam as Anna * Konstantin Gavriel as Hristo * Ahmet Karabiber as Dimitri * Erol Refikoğlu as Karagözcü Salih * Ekrem Yücelten as Arif * Hazar Ergüçlü as Ruhsar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derviş Zaim
Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Screenplay for ''Somersault in a Coffin'' (1996); and the Yunus Nadi literary prize for his debut novel ''Ares in Wonderland'' (1995). Biography Derviş Zaim was educated at Famagusta Namık Kemal High School and graduated in Business Administration from Boğaziçi University in 1988. He attended a course in independent film production in London and made experimental video ''Hang the Camera'' (1991). He subsequently wrote, produced and directed numerous television programs starting with the documentary ''Rock around the Mosque'' (1993). He completed his master's degree in Cultural Studies at the University of Warwick in 1994. His first novel, ''Ares in Wonderland'' (1995), won the prestigious Yunus Nadi literary prize in Turkey. ''Somers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |