THE TRANSLATOR
Çevirmen

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
5:00 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Remis Auditorium
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston

In competition
Directed by Emre Kayış
Short / 23 min. / 2015 / Turkey, UK
Cast: Sherko Mohamad Ali, Gamze Kaçak, İlke Can

Yusuf, a Syrian refugee boy who lives in an exile in a remote Turkish border town is chosen for his newfound power but he has to experience how to use it, at the cost of his innocence.

Selected Festivals and Awards Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina: European Film Awards Short Film Nominee Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia: Best Short Film Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey: Best Short Fiction Film Akbank International Short Film Festival, Turkey: Honorable Mention IFVA Awards, Hong Kong: Honorable Mention Let’s Cee Film Festival, Vienna, Austria: Honorable Mention Montreal World Film Festival, Canada Festival Premiers Plans D’Angers, France Cinemed Montpellier Film Festival, France Hamptons International Film Festival, New York, USA Huesca International Film Festival, Spain Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Film Festival, Bitola, Macedonia Festival Tous Courts, Paris, France Sehsüchte International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
EMRE KAYIŞ
	Emre Kayış is an Istanbul based director and screenwriter. His wrote and directed his short film, “The Couch”, in 2013. He graduated from the London Film School with his short film "Çevirmen/The Translator" which was screened and won prizes at various film festivals around the globe and nominated for Best Short Film for the 28th European Film Awards.