Documentary and Short Film Competition

SHORT FILMS

-- In Competition -

THE SLOPE

(Yokus)

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 3:15 p.m.
GSU Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
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Short / 2008 / 14 min. / Turkey
Written and directed by Mehmet Can Mertoglu
Cast: Feridun Koc, Yelda Yel, Hakan Sahin, Huseyin Guler, Oguzhan Yurdalan

Synopsis

A sharp look at humankind's marathon of a life, from the perspective of a suburban hospital's janitor.

MEHMET CAN MERTOGLU

Mehmet Can Mertoglu was born in Akhisar, Turkey, 1988. He studies Turkish Literature at Bogazici (Bosphorus) University, Istanbul. The Slope is his first film. He is the editor of cinema magazine "Cinephile" and also wrote for a while 'European Basketball' articles for a sport magazine "Sixth Man".