Documentary and Short Film Competition

BEHIND THE WINDOWS

Pencereler Ardinda

In Competition

Saturday, December 5, 2009, 1 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Directed by Cenk Erturk
Short / 18 minutes / 2008 / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Cast: Aziz Erturk, Cenk Erturk

Festivals and Awards

14th Turkish-German Film Festival (2008): Special Mention Award

Synopsis

Father falls into sleep behind the window. He wakes up as Son knocks on the window. Father tells Son that he feels he will die soon. No one likes Father in his village. He evokes Son to the village to bury him. Yet, Father has a few things to say before he dies… about being ignorant or wise; about being a good man or bad…

But it is just a dream for Father. Sons only come in dreams. And Fathers wait for their deaths alone.

Cenk Erturk

Cenk Erturk was born in Sivas, Turkey in 1985. He has just graduated from Bosphorus University with a degree in Economics. He is currently studying film directing in UCLA. He worked as Director's Assistant in Dervis Zaim's last feature film, Dot (Nokta, 2008). He also worked as Director's Assistant in Erden Kiral's last feature film, Conscience (Vicdan, 2008)

Filmography

Banana Slope / Muz Egrisi (2009): Director, Scriptwriter - Postproduction
I Know I don't Smell Good / Guzel Kokmadigimi Biliyorum (2009): Director, Scriptwriter
Behind the Windows / Pencereler Ardinda (short, 2008): Director, Scriptwriter
In My Father's Heaven / Babamin Cennetinde (short, 2008): Director, Scriptwriter
Crossing the Yellow Line / Sari Cizgiyi Gecmek (short, 2007): Assistant Director, Scriptwriter