DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION
December 4 - 9, 2009
2009 COMPETITION WINNERS:
Best Short Film: ATA (by Cagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti)
Best Documentary: EYES OF THE DARKNESS / Karanligin Gozleri (by Can Diker)
Best Short Film Audience Award: THE JUDGEMENT / Hukum (by L. Rezan Yesilbas)
Best Documentary Audience Award: KARSARDAHAN (by Alkim Un)
Special Mention - Short Films:
BEHIND THE WINDOWS / Pencereler Ardinda (by Cenk A. Erturk)
BLACK / Siyah (by Neslihan Siligur)
FROST / Ayaz (by Onur Yigit)
THE SEED / Tohum (by Mujde Arslan)
Special Mention - Documentaries:
MOLASSES OF THE LOST TRIBE / Kayip Kavmin Pekmezi (by Celal Vecel)
THE SHORE / Son Kumsal (by Ruya Arzu Koksal)
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Enjoy this rare opportunity to view films of the competition, the first of its kind organized in North America. The competition has already transformed to a great tradition where Bostonians are able to explore works of the emerging filmmakers first hand. Each year more than hundred films are submitted from numerous countries including Armenia, Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Iran, S. Korea, Nepal, Norway, Turkey, U.K., U.S.A..
After a careful elimination process, a total of 54 films will be screened in this year's program at Boston University and the Museum of Fine Arts. All films are in English or with English subtitles.
Members of this year's Competition Jury include:
Haden Guest, Director, Harvard Film Archive
Peter Keough, Film Editor - Boston Phoenix
Carter Long, Katharine Stone White Curator of Film, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In addition to the 'Best Documentary" and "Best Short Film" Awards to be selected by the jury, we will also announce the "Audience Awards". Ballots will be distributed at the beginning of each film screening and will be collected in the end. Therefore, we invite you all 'movie enthusiasts' to come and participate in this fun process!
Co-presented with the Howard Thurman Center at Boston University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Documentary & Short Film Competition
Official Selection/Finalists
Screening Schedule
Friday, December 4, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Film screenings followed by Opening Reception
Listening to Istanbul (Istanbul'u Dinliyorum)
Directed by Veysel Cihan Hizar, Bilgi Diren Gunes
2009 / Documentary / 8 min. / Turkey
Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy of a Ballet
Directed by Gonca Sonmez-Poole
2009 / Documentary / 56 min. / U.S.A. / In English
Special Screening - World Premiere
Ata
Directed by Cagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti
2008 / Short / 26 min. / Turkey-France / In Turkish and French with English subtitles
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
1:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Black (Siyah)
Directed by Neslihan Siligur
2009 / Short / 15 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Swing (Salincak)
Directed by Bilal Cakay
2009 / Short / 5' 43" / Turkey
Only One Day (Sadece Bir Gun)
Directed by Okan Gokalp
2008 / Short / 14' 44" / Turkey
Helmet (Migfer)
Directed by Mustafa Karakaya
2007 / Short / 4' 18"/ Turkey
Frost (Ayaz)
Directed by Onur Yigit
2008 / Short / 12' 40" / Turkey
Behind the Windows (Pencereler Ardinda)
Directed by Cenk A. Erturk
2008 / Short / 18 min. / Turkey-U.S.A. / In Turkish with English subtitles
The Seed (Tov / Tohum)
Directed by Mujde Arslan
2009 / Short / 13' 38" / Turkey / In Turkish and Kurdish with English subtitles
Judgement (Hukum)
Directed by L. Rezan Yesilbas
2008 / Short / 18 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Saturday, December 5, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Immigrants (Gockusagi)
Directed by Mustafa Karakaya
2009 / Documentary / 23' 14" / Turkey / In Turkish and Greek with English subtitles
The Shore (Son Kumsal)
Directed by Ruya Arzu Koksal
2008 / Documentary / 56 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Eyes of the Darkness (Karanligin Gozleri)
Directed by Can Diker
2007 / Documentary / 28' 51" / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
1:00 p.m.
GSU Auditorium, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Films of the International Youth Filmmaking Project in Turkey- Part 1 
Special Screening
Sunday, December 6, 2009
3:00 p.m.
GSU Auditorium, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Films of the International Youth Filmmaking Project in Turkey - Part 2
Special Screening
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Monday, December 7, 2009
6:00 p.m.
GSU Auditorium, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Paper Lives (Kagittan Hayatlar)
Directed by Savas Baykal
2008 / Short / 13 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Non-competition
Expelled (Art'a Kalan)
Directed by Ismail Yilmaztekin
2009 / Short / 40 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Wedding (Dugun)
Directed by Meral Ozcinar
2009 / Documentary / 10 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Non-competition
Feyiz
Directed by Arzu Oztok
2009 / Documentary / 42' 43" / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
The Molasses of the Lost Tribe (Kayip Kavmin Pekmezi)
Directed by Celal Vecel
2008 / Documentary / 16' 45" / Turkey / In Turkish and Kurdish with English subtitles
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
6:00 p.m.
GSU Auditorium, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
No More Than Real (Gercekten Fazlasi Degil)
Directed by Bilal Bay
2009 / Short / 12' 44" / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Conversation (Diyalog)
Directed by Engin Behlul
2008 / Short / 34 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
The Journey of Sinope (Sinope'nin Yolculugu)
Directed by Ali Canlar
2008 / Documentary / 15 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Karsardahan
Directed by Alkim Un
2007 / Documentary / 29 min. / Turkey / In English
The Last Mills (Son Degirmenler)
Directed by Aygun Filiz
2008 / Documentary / 32 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
6:00 p.m.
GSU Auditorium, Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Be My Bride
Directed by Jisuk Jung
2009 / Short-Animation/ 4' 29" / S. Korea
Non-competition
Black Rainbow
Directed by Jisuk Jung
2008 / Short-Animation / 6' 26" / S. Korea
I saw it Interlude
Directed by Hakan Hisim
2009 / Short-Experimental / 6' 12" / Turkey
Shame (Utanc)
Directed by Hasan Gunduz
2008 / Short / 6 min. / Turkey
Puzzle (Yap-Boz)
Directed by Umut Guven
2009 / Short / 19 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
Ignotus
Directed by Ulas Gunes Kacargil
2008 / Short-Experimental / 2' 50" / Turkey
Wet Pipes on a Happy Sunday
Directed by Baysan Yuksel, Ozgur Erman
2009 / Short-Animation / 4' 19" / Turkey
Non-competition
Taw (Misket Oyunu)
Directed by Onder Dogan
2009 / Short / 6' 12" / Turkey
Nostophobia and Its Treatment (Eve Donus Korkusu ve Tedavisi)
Directed by Gamze Hakverdi
2008 / Short / 4 min. / Turkey-U.S.A.
There is Death also in Heaven (Cennette de Olum Var)
Directed by Savas Baykal
2009 / Short / 15 min. / Turkey / In Turkish with English subtitles
A Fatal Dress: Polygamy (Kirasê Mirine: Hewîtî / Olum Elbisesi: Kumalik)
Directed by Mujde Arslan
2009 / Documentary / 45 min. / Turkey / In Turkish and Kurdish with English subtitles
