THE FALL OF HEAVEN
Cennetin Düşüşü

In Competition

Directed by Ersin Kana
Doc. / 79’ 15” / 2014

Synopsis

The fifteen-day long protest in Istanbul, in June 2013, broke out initially against the urban development plan of Gezi Park, a public park of 616 trees in the heart of Taksim Square, in Istanbul. The peaceful protest, followed by the occupation of thousands of people in Gezi park, resulted in violent clashes with the police in the next few weeks. The protests quickly propagated in all the squares of Turkish major urban centres. The documentary begins with the sentence: "Let justice arrive falling from the heaven" and depicts the protest since its beginning.

Selected Festivals and Awards

* Terra di Tutti Film Festival, Bologna, Italy
* Trento Film Festival, Italy
* Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Turkey

Ersin KANA

Ersin Kana is a professional filmmaker. In 2008, he directed The Rebel Soul (Asi Ruh), a feature-length documentary about Beşiktaş Çarşı, the world-famous Beşiktaş supporters' club. A book of the film was also published in the same year. In 2009, Kana wrote the screenplay for Brought by the Sea (Denizden Gelen), a dramatic feature directed by Nesli Çölgeçen. In 2012 he made his first feature film, By Way of Deception (Hile Yolu), based on the murder of journalist Hrant Dink.