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The Pain (film)
''The Pain'' ( tr, Acı) is a 2009 Turkish drama film written, produced and directed by Cemal Şan, which looks at generation gaps through the story of an old man and his granddaughter. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , has been screened at numerous international film festivals. It is dedicated to Engin Çeber who died while he was in custody. Plot Nesrin is a young girl fighting for freedom, while the grandfather Hıdır defends the family values. Through the story of Hıdır and Nesrin, the film brings forward the issues of identity, toleration, leniency, cultural differences and ethics. “Pain” is a universal story on the necessity of saying “no!” for a humanely life. Release General release The film opened in 25 screens across Turkey on at number twenty-eight in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $3,067. Festival screenings * 2009 ** Dadaş Film Festival **4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemal Şan
Cemal is the Turkish language, Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Jamal (Arabic: جَمَال jamāl) which means "beauty, charm". People named Cemal include: First name * Cemal Erçman (1896–?), Turkish weightlifter * Cemal Nalga (born 1987), Turkish basketball player * Cemal Oğuz, Turkish judoka * Cemal Pasha (1872–1922), Ottoman military leader * Cemal Süreya (1931–1990), Turkish writer * Cemal Yıldırım (1925–2009), Turkish philosopher Middle name * Ahmed Cemal Eringen (1921–2009), Turkish- American engineering scientist * Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980), Turkish diplomat and politician * Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), Turkish composer {{given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engin Çeber
Engin Çeber (May 5, 1979 – October 8, 2008) was a Turkish human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ... activist who was tortured and killed while in police custody. In 2012, twelve prison guards and officials received prison sentences in connection with this death, causing Amnesty International to call it a "landmark case". Background Çeber was arrested in 2008 after he criticized authorities for not investigating or punishing police officers for the shooting and paralyzing of a left-wing activist. He was sent to a prison in Istanbul, where he was severely beaten. After complaining to his lawyer, he was sent to a hospital, where he fell into a coma, dying of a brain hemorrhage on October 8. Amnesty International criticized Turkey's human rights record arguing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Drama Films
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2009 Films
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 t ... [...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 Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ... [...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] |
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] |
4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival , or The Fourth of July
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Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Soviet drama See also * * * 1/4 (other) * 4 (other) * The fourth part of the world (other) * Forth (other) * Quarter (other) * Independence Day (United States) Independence Day ( colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesrin Cavadzade
Nesrin Cavadzade ( az, Nəsrin Cavadzadə; born 30 July 1982) is a Turkish actress of Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani origin. Biography Nesrin Cavadzade was born in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR (now Azerbaijan). She moved to Istanbul with her mother at the age of 11. Cavadzade attended Özel Bilgi Lisesi in Şişli for secondary school education and enrolled in the drama club, after secondary school, she attended Şişli Terakki Lisesi where she became a part of the drama club, while studying she was in real there she made five short films, which were screened at local and international festivals, including Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale Talent Campus, and received various prizes. After graduating from Şişli Terakki High School, she enrolled in Marmara University, Fine Arts Faculty, Cinema and TV department. She made her television debut in ''Yersiz Yurtsuz'' and then appeared in the different TV series, including ''Samanyolu'', ''The Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
