WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE TO YOU VAROSHA

Asla Hoşçakal Demedik Varosha

In Competition

Written and Directed by Çiğdem Mazlum, Sertaç Yıldız
Documentary / 55 min. / 2013

Synopsis

Varosha, the only city on the world without people, the loneliest city... Varosha is a province in Cyprus that is closed with fences and unpopulated since 1974.

 

Selected Festivals and Awards

Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey
International Labor Films Festival, Turkey
Nar Film Festival, Turkey

 

Çiğdem MAZLUM YILDIZ

While still a student at Ankara University’s Radio Television and Cinema Department she worked as an assistant in the Turkish Radio and Television (TRT). During the last year of her undergraduate studies she shot her first documentary about women in the city of Batman. After graduation she started working independently in cinema/documentary making. With her first feature script "Yarını Hatırlıyorum", she received Script Development Support from the Ministry of Culture in 2011. She was also finalist in TÜRSAK Best First Script Competition. Her filmography as director includes "Batmanlı Kadın", "Güneşe Açılan Eller" (2009), "Dilsiz Zaman" (2010), "Zamanın Manzarası" (2010), "Asla Hoşçakal Demedik Varosha" (2013).

Sertaç YILDIZ

Sertaç Yıldız graduated from Ankara University Radio-TV-Cinema Department in 2007. After graduation he worked independently in cinema and documentary making. He wrote and directed two documentaries, "Dilsiz Zaman" (2009) and "İstanbul'a Bir Şarkı" (2010), with support from the Ministry of Culture. His filmography as director includes "Hazine" (2008), "19'dan Sonra" (2010), "Asla Hoşçakal Demedik Varosha" (2013).

Thursday, November 14, 2013, 6:00 p.m.
Conference Auditorium, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston