In a Turkish village, three siblings who neither know each other nor anything about their late father, wait to bury his body. As they start to find out more about their father and each other, they also start to learn more about themselves.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Sundance Film Festival, USA: Grand Jury Prize
Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania: Best Film
Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey: Special Prize of the Jury, Best Actor (Tolga Tekin)
Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey: Best Director, Best Editing (Evren Lus), Best Actress (Tugce Altug), Best Supporting Actress (Gulcin Kultur Sahin)
Rotterdam Film Festival, The Netherlands
Sydney Film Festival, Australia
Hamburg Film Festival, Germany
TOLGA KARAÇELİK
Tolga Karaçelik (Istanbul, 1981) directed two feature films and several award winning shorts. His debut film “Toll Booth” (Gişe Memuru, 2010) screened in festivals around the world winning 13 awards including best first film, best actor and best cinematography in Turkey’s important film festival Golden Orange. The film was screened at prestigious venues such as MOMA New York and Smithsonian.
His second film “Ivy” (Sarmaşık, 2015) premiered in Sundance and was shown at more than 30 festivals so far, including prestigious festivals like Toronto, Karlovy Vary, Sao Paolo, and Sydney. “Ivy” had been awarded more than 20 awards worldwide, including Best Film at East End Film Festival of London and Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor Awards at Antalya Film Festival, and Best Director and Best Actor Awards at Adana Film Festival.
Tolga Karaçelik was jury at Karlovy Film Festival’s East West Competition 2016.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
7:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Remis Auditorium 465 Huntington Avenue,
Boston
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Tolga Karaçelik (Istanbul, 1981) directed two feature films and several award winning shorts. His debut film “Toll Booth” (Gişe Memuru, 2010) screened in festivals around the world winning 13 awards including best first film, best actor and best cinematography in Turkey’s important film festival Golden Orange. The film was screened at prestigious venues such as MOMA New York and Smithsonian.
