Thursday, November 13, 2014
7:30 p.m.

Conference Auditorium,
Boston University

775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
                                                          

WATER BEDOUINS
Su Bedevileri

In Competition

Directed by Ömer Güneş
Doc. / 17 min. / 2014

Su Bedevileri | Water Bedouins



Synopsis

The film tells the current water-related issues of the water bedouins, who live in the swamp area at the point where the rivers Tigres and Euphrates flow into the sea, in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and the dangers that one of the ancient settlements in Anatolia, Hasankeyf, is facing.



Ömer GÜNEŞ

Omer Gunes

Ömer Güneş was born in 1988 in Diyarbakır. He graduated from Erciyes University, Faculty of Communication, Department of  Radio, Film and Television.During his undergraduate years, he took part in many short film and documentary projects and worked in Kampus TV. He worked as director, cinematographer, and cameraman in “Erciyes Film Atölyesi” in numerous projects, in the making of documentary, fiction, promotional and commercial films.