12th BOSTON TURKISH FESTIVALSM

Colors of Anatolia
 
OCTOBER 29 - DECEMBER 15, 2007
  
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DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION

 

Friday - November 23, 2007    at 9 p.m.

Main Auditorium
Harvard Film Archive
Carpenter Center for the Arts, Cambridge
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In Competition
THE SHORE OF LIFE

Yasamin Kiyisi

Directed by Behiye U. Yilmaz

Written by Serkan Yilmaz and Behiye U. Yilmaz


Documentary / Turkey / 2007 / 30 min.
In Turkish with English subtitles

Yumurtalik is an important place for the reproduction of turtles, fishes, birds, frogs and so many other living species. It is the birthing shore of the Mediterranean, which has so generously given of himself for thousands of years to the civilizations that have lived on its surrounding lands.

 Usages of fields that are away from the balance of protection-use leads the biological diversity and natural sources of Yumurtalik, which is one of the most important areas for natural life of the Mediterranean sea to the point of annihilation.

This fertile land where lions, hyenas, and gazelles had lived on once upon a time is looking for its lost children now.

 

 


Director BEHIYE U. YILMAZ:

Behiye U. Yilmaz has been working as a director, photographer and editing operator in the National Society for Nature and Cultural Documentaries (DogaBel) since 2003. Yilmaz began working on documentary films with the documentary,  Palas (Tuzla) Golu, in which she worked as editor and assistant director. It was supported by the UNDP GEF/SGP. Behiye Yilmaz's photographs have been published in the National Geographic, YesilIz and Atlas Magazine. Yilmaz currently has a photograph exhibition at the Dogabel Society consisting of her photographs about nature and people.

Filmography:

The Shore of Life  (2007)
Water  (2007)
In Pursuit of a Pair of Wings  (2005 - Best Documentary at the 2nd Akbank Short Film Festival and the27th IFSAK National Short Film and Documentary Festival)
Bird Watching Time  (2005)
Migration  (2005)
Hurmetci Marhs (2004)