|
21st Ankara International Film Festival
The 21st Ankara International Film Festival was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey that ran from March 11 to 21, 2010. This edition of the Ankara 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 the President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center (Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya District, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altındağ, Pursaklar, Mamak, Ankara, Mamak, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Gölbaşı, Sincan, Ankara, Sincan) and 5,864,049 in Ankara Province (total of 25 districts). Ankara is Turkey's List of cities in Turkey, second-largest city by population after Istanbul, first by urban land area, and third by metro land area after Konya and Sivas. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celts, Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gece Gündüz
''Gece Gündüz'' is a police procedural soap produced by the Altıoklar Productions. The main characters are Aslan Aydemir (portrayed by Sarp Levendoğlu) and Kemal (portrayed by Settar Tanrıöğen). They both work at the Istanbul Organized Crime section of the police force. The series finished on its 33rd episode. The theme song is an edited version of "Gündüz Gece" by Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, who is also named "Uzun Ince bir Yoldayım (I'm on a long thin road)", which was a famous Turkey, Turkish folk music and Veysel was the famous one for this song. Characters *Sarp Levendoğlu - Chief inspector Aslan Aydemir Aslan is a hotshot police officer around his early-30s. He lost his wife in a terrorist action while serving in the army (It is unknown as what though) against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK. He then has a romantic involvement with one of the other characters (Alev) and this later turns into a serious romance relationship towards the middle of the soap. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mehmet Bahadır Er
Mehmed or Mehmet is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad (name), Muhammad () (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic ''Muhammad'' were completed with an ''e'' in adaptation to Turkish phonology, Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemmed, Mehemed and the name lost the central ''e'' over time. Final obstruent devoicing, Final devoicing of ''d'' to ''t'' is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, ''Muhammed''. In Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani it is ''Məhəmməd''. The name Mehmet also often appears in Mehmed#Derived names, derived compound names. The name is also prevalent in former Ottoman territories, particularly among Balkan Muslims in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo. The name is also commonly used in Turkish culture in the form o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Step Into The Darkness (2009 Film)
''A Step into the Darkness'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Atil Inac, starring Suzan Genç as an Iraqi refugee who travels to Turkey in search of her missing brother after losing her entire family when soldiers raid their village. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , has won awards at international film festivals in Ankara, Antalya and Tiburon. Production Atil Inac's second feature film ''A Step into the Darkness'' was in local theaters on September 17, 2010. The film was premiered at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival in the summer of 2009, where it was highly praised by Quebecers. It was the opening film of the International Film Festival of Kerala, India. It won the Golden Reel Award for Best Cinematography at the Tiburon International Film Festival in San Francisco and Best Film Award at the South European Film Festival in Los Angeles. “A Step Into the Darkness” was written by Avni Özgürel - Atil Inac and produced by Ay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Selen Uçar
Selen may refer to * Chemical element selenium, which is called selen in multiple languages *Selen (actress) (born Luce Caponegro in 1966), Italian actress and TV presenter *Selen (name) *''RV MTA Selen'', a Turkish research vessel See also * Selene (other) *Selens, a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Black Dogs Barking
''Black Dogs Barking'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by Mehmet Bahadır Er with co-director Maryna Er Gorbach, starring Cemal Toktaş as a naive young parking attendant who gets mixed up with the mob in pursuit of his dream of running his own car park. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Ankara and its newcomer directors have been hailed as Turkey's answer to Martin Scorsese, for their inventive shooting style and authentic ear for the city's underground slang demonstrated in this their debut film. Production The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey. Plot Selim's family has migrated from Anatolia to İstanbul. A naive young man without any special training or expertise, he likes to feed pigeons on the rooftop of the building he lives in. Selim's best friend, Çaça Celal, is a local tough guy. Selim and Çaça work for a man they refer to as Usta, running car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Volga Sorgu
The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment area of .«Река Волга» , Russian State Water Registry It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta – between and – and of . It is widely regarded as the national river of |
Saadet Işıl Aksoy
"Saadet" is a Turkish feminine given name, meaning "Felicity." People with this name include: Given name *Saadet Aksoy (born 1983), Turkish-born actress *Saadet I Giray (1492–1538), Khan of the Crimean Khanate *Saadet II Giray (?–1587), Khan of the Crimean Khanate * Saadet İkesus Altan (1916–2007), Turkish opera singer, vocal coach and opera director *Saadet Özkan (born 1978), Turkish activist against child abuse *Saadet Yüksel (born 1983), Turkish judge at the European Court of Human Rights Other uses *Felicity Party The Felicity Party (, SAADET) is an Islamism, Islamist Turkey, Turkish political party. It was founded in 2001, and mainly supported by conservative Muslims in Turkey. It was founded on 20 July 2001 after the Virtue Party (Turkey), Virtue Party ... ({{langx, tr, Saadet Partisi), an Islamist Turkish political party Turkish given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Love In Another Language
''Love in Another Language'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker. The film, which went on nationwide general release on , won awards at film festivals in Antalya, Bursa and Ankara as well as the 3rd Yeşilçam Awards. Production The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey. Plot Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to speak, he has chosen to stay silent because of the pitying looks of the people around him. At his friend Vedat's engagement party, he meets Zeynep, who later finds out about Onur's hearing disability, but is not bothered by it. She is forced by her overbearing father to leave home and gets a job at a call-center. Having to speak on the phone all day to people she doesn't know, Zeynep finds peace with Onur, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mert Fırat
Şahabettin Mert Fırat (born 10 January 1981) is a Turkish actor and screenwriter. Life His father is singer Nihat Fırat. After finishing high school, he studied radio and television broadcasting in Sweden. He then returned to Ankara and took acting classes in Ankara University. Fırat graduated from the theatre department of Ankara University and took his master's degree in Film and Drama from Kadir Has University. He founded the "Moda Theatre" and "Das Das" in Istanbul, and "Sanat Mahal" in Bursa. He has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2005 and has won many awards. In October 2017 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Turkey chose Fırat as a Goodwill Ambassador in Turkey. Filmography Screenwriter *'' Başka Dilde Aşk'' (2009) *'' Atlıkarınca'' (2010) *''Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş'' (2015) Actor Theatre *'' Hastalık Hastası'' (1999–2000, Söder Theatre, İsveç) *''Suç ve Ceza'' (2001–2004 Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu) *'' Şeyh Bedrettin'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
10 To 11
''10 to 11'' () 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) * Cinema Novo Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pelin Esmer
Pelin Esmer (born 3 May 1972, Istanbul) is a Turkish Film director, screenwriter and film producer. Career Pelin Esmer studied sociology at the social sciences department of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She made her first short documentary, ''Koleksiyoncu'' (The Collector) about her uncle Mithat Esmer, who is also the main character of her first fiction feature, ''10 to 11'' (2009). Her 2005 work, ''Oyun'', was filmed in Arslanköy and documents the efforts of a group of peasant women who produce a play based on their lives. Her 2012 film, ''Watchtower'', earned five awards, including Best Director at the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Filmography *2002 ''Koleksiyoncu: The Collector'' (documentary) *2005 ''Oyun'' (documentary) *2009 ''10 to 11'' *2012 ''Watchtower'' *2017 ''Something Useful'' *2019 ''Queen Lear'' *2025 ''And The Rest Will Follow (film), And The Rest Will Follow'' Awards *Yilmaz Güney Award at the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival 2006 (for ''Oyun'') *Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
