HOLY CAMEL! A TRUE LOVE STORY
Yok Devenin Pabucu: Bir Aşk Hikayesi

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016
2:00 pm

Boston University, GSU Auditorium
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

In competition
Directed by Sibel Mary Şamlı
Doc. / 52 min. / 2016

An insight into the lives of the people who own wrestling camels as a passionate hobby.  Camel wrestling is a nomadic tradition handed down generations for centuries and still remains a popular winter entertainment among the rural communities living on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Original score of the film is by the Turkish band Baba Zula.

Selected Festivals and Awards Istanbul Film Festivali, National Documentary Competition TRT Documentary Days, National Professional Documentary Competition
SİBEL MARY ŞAMLI
	Sibel Şamlı (U.K., 1989), after graduating from Üsküdar American High School went to the U.K. for undergraduate studies. In 2010 she received her undergraduate degree from Leeds University Department of Cinema, Television and Photography. He worked as a volunteer English teacher in India for six months. During her stay in India she photographed portraits of towns people and opened an exhibit of 150 pictures in the public town square. In 2011 she returned to Turkey to work in the film industry. She worked in the documentary production company, Ajans21, as assistant director. After working for two years in Turkey on documentary making, she took part in Peeta Planet, an international travel program abroad, for six months as production supervisor. For the last year she has been working for MA Productions as local producer/fixer for documentary TV teams who visit Turkey.