11th Annual
DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION
November 4 - November 13, 2016Follow us on 
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Best Documentary: ISTANBUL NOTES / İstanbul Makamı directed by Özlem Sarıyıldız and Yunus Emre Aydın
Best Short Film: THE TRANSLATOR / Çevirmen directed by Emre Kayış
Best Documentary Audience Award: BAKSI: FROM UTOPIA TO REALITY / Baksı: Ütopyadan Gerçeğe directed by Bahriye Kabadayı Dal
Best Short Film Audience Award: THEN I WOKE UP / Sonra Uyandım directed by Atilla Ünsal
Special Mentions - Documentaries:
THE CHILDREN OF RAFET / Rafet’in Çocukları directed by Mümin Barış ve Reşit Ballıkaya
FAR FROM HOMELAND / Ülkemden Uzakta directed by Haydar Demirtaş
FIDELITY / Vefa directed by Baran Vardar
İDİL BİRET: THE PORTRAIT OF A CHILD PRODIGY / İdil Biret: Bir Harika Çocuğun Portresi directed by Eytan İpeker
LOST HOMELAND / Kayıp Vatan directed by Aydın Kapancık
SON OF THE MOUNTAINS / Dağların Oğlu directed by Yavuz Selim Taşçıoğlu
UP AND DOWN GALATA / Aşağı Yukarı Galata directed by Çağan Dural and Ali Uluç Kutal
Special Mentions - Short Films:
0Rh- directed by Taylan Mintaş
AZAD directed by Yakup Tekintangaç
BELOVED BY BRITAIN directed by Mahir Güden
FAREWELLCOME directed by Roko Noyan Babataşı
KITE / Uçurtma directed by Serdal Altun
THE OLIVE TREE AT THE BORDER directed by Sholeh Zahraei and Kamil Saldun
THE SPIDER WEB / Une toile d'arraignée directed by Hüseyin Aydın Gürsoy
FINALISTS AND SCREENING SCHEDULE
OPENING NIGHT - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
LIVE MUSIC BY NEOTOLIA AT BRAVO AFTER THE FILM SCREENING
KEDİA documentary about what
it's like to be a cat in IstanbulNon-Competition
Directed by Ceyda Torun
Doc. / 80 min. / 2016
Cat Cast: Bengu, Deniz, Duman, Gamsiz, Psycho, Rat Catcher, YellowSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 | 11:00 am
Museum of Fine Arts, Alfond Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
UP AND DOWN GALATAAşağı Yukarı Galata
In Competition
Directed by Çağan Duran & Ali Uluç Kutal
Doc. / 80 min. / 2015SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 | 3:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Alfond Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
BAKSI: FROM UTOPIA TO REALITYBaksı: Ütopyadan Gerçeğe
In Competition
Directed by Bahriye Kabadayı Dal
Doc. / 52 min. / 2016
İDİL BİRET: THE PORTRAIT
OF A CHILD PRODIGYİdil Biret: Bir Harika Çocuğun
PortresiIn Competition
Directed by Eytan İpeker
Doc. / 60 min. / 2015SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 | 7:00 pm
Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
MOMENT
In Competition
Directed by Baturhan Bilgin
Short / 2’ 14” / 2016
Cast: Merve Yel
THE OLIVE TREE AT THE BORDERIn Competition
Directed by Sholeh Zahraei & Kamil Saldun
Short / 6’ 39” / 2014
Cast: Cengiz Bayraktaroğlu, Vural Çeliker
MERSİN: A CULTURAL SEA
Kültür Denizi Mersin
In Competition
Directed by Esra Nur & Kader Çetintaş
Doc. / 39 min. / 2015
HEAVENLY JOURNEYS
Himmelsreisen
In Competition
Directed by Marcel Klapp
Doc. / 30 min. / 2015 / GermanySATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 | 8:30 pm
Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
FAR FROM HOMELANDÜlkemden Uzakta
In Competition
Directed by Haydar Demirtaş
Doc. / 28 min. / 2016
SENDER: İLHAN SAMİ ÇOMAKGönderen: İlhan Sami Çomak
In Competition
Directed by Çiğdem Mazlum Yıldız and Sertaç Yıldız
Doc. / 68 min. / 2016
Narrated by Muhammet UzunerMONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 | 5:30 pm
Boston University, GSU Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
TARZAN KEMAL: STORY OF A
CITIZENTarzan Kemal: Bir Kentli Hikayesi
In Competition
Directed by Yusuf Emre Yalçın
Doc. / 59’ 30” / 2016
HOW TO SHAPE A TOWN
Heykeltraş
In Competition
Directed by Caner Kaya
Doc. / 78 min. / 2016MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 | 8:00 pm
Boston University, GSU Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
LIGHTS IN DARKNESS
Karanlıkta Işıklar
In Competition
Directed by Erkan Tahhuşoğlu
Doc. / 75 min. / 2016
IN THE SHADOW OF THE LIGHTIşığın Gölgesinde
In Competition
Directed by Mevlüt Çiftçi
Doc. / 18 min. / 2016WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016 | 5:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
COLIBRI
In Competition
Directed by Emre Açıkgöz
Anim. Short / 45 sec. / 2016
CAUSEIn Competition
Directed by Aykut Bilge
Short / 29’ 10” / 2016 / USA
Cast: Vanessa Ramos, Julie Ingaciola, Hadi Shavarini, Nelson Aquino, Danny Furlong
BELOVED BY BRITAINIn Competition
Directed by Mahir Güden
Short / 10 min. / 2016 / UK
Cast: Dursun Duran, Musa Pekin, Robert Truscatt
THE TRANSLATORÇevirmen
In Competition
Directed by Emre Kayış
Short / 23 min. / 2015 / Turkey, UK
Cast: Sherko Mohamad Ali, Gamze Kaçak, İlke Can
0Rh-In Competition
Directed by Taylan Mintaş
Short / 15 min. / 2016
Cast: Ergin Sekendiz, Coşkun Sekendiz, Olgun Sekendiz, Niyat Moco, Azad Mintaş, Çiçek Çolak
AZADIn Competition
Directed by Yakup Tekintanğaç
Short / 16 min. / 2016
Cast: M.Veysi Ak, Gülistan SarbasWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016 | 7:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
PATH OF TEARS
Gözyaşı Yolu
In Competition
Directed by Engin Türkyılmaz
Doc. / 30 min. / 2016
THE CHILDREN OF RAFET
Rafet’in Çocukları
In Competition
Directed by Mümin Barış & Reşit Ballıkaya
Doc. / 60 min. / 2016 / Germany, Turkey
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016 | 5:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
FIDELITYVefa
In Competition
Directed by Baran Vardar
Doc. / 13 min. / 2016
SON OF THE MOUNTAINS
Dağların Oğlu
In Competition
Directed by Yavuz Selim Taşçıoğlu
Doc. / 17’ 35” / 2016
LOST HOMELAND
Kayıp Vatan
In Competition
Directed by Aydın Kapancık
Doc. / 52 min. / 2016FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016 | 7:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
IN THE WORLD OF LIES:
NEŞET ERTAŞAh Yalan Dünyada: Neşet Ertaş
Non-Competition
Directed by Atalay Taşdiken & Hacı Mehmet Duranoğlu
Doc. / 103 min. / 2015SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 | 12:30 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
KEDİ
A documentary about what it's like
to be a cat in IstanbulNon-Competition
Directed by Ceyda Torun
Doc. / 80 min. / 2016
Cat Cast: Bengu, Deniz, Duman, Gamsiz, Psycho, Rat Catcher, YellowSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 | 3:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
THERE IS A PULSE
Bir Nabız Var
In Competition
Directed by Bora Yediel
Doc. / 25 min. / 2016
ISTANBUL NOTES
İstanbul Makamı
In Competition
Directed by Özlem Sarıyıldız & Yunus Emre Aydın
Doc. / 69 min. / 2016SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 | 7:00 pm
Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
EGG
Yumurta
In Competition
Directed by Muaz Güneş & Emrah Doğru
Short / 16 min. / 2016
Cast: Adle Gündüz, Mevlüt Kulat, Ömer Çelik, Fikret Ağırman, Yusuf Çelik
THE STRAW
Pipet
In Competition
Directed by Serdal Doğan
Short / 20 min. / 2016
Cast: Eren Doğan, Kadir İlter
THE ROADIERodi
In Competition
Directed by Emre Sert & Gözde Yetişkin
Short / 18 min. / 2016
Cast: Onur Ünsal, Barkın Kula, Sibel Kasapoğlu
IN THE FAMILY
En Famille
In Competition
Directed by Jérôme Waquet
Short / 19 min. / 2016 / France
Cast: Malassagne Naël, Japy Camille, Blancan Bernard, Millet Laure, Mobihan Loïc
THEN I WOKE UP
Sonra Uyandım
IN MEMORIAM TOMRİS İNCER
In Competition
Directed by Atilla Ünsal
Short / 14 min. / 2016
Cast: Tomris İncer, Emrah Özdemir
FAREWELLCOME
In Competition
Directed by Roko Noyan Babataşı
Short / 15 min. / 2015
Cast: Irma Roksen Lülü, Suzin Akalan, Metin Akgülder, Cem Coşkun Öz, Ali Baba
KITE
Uçurtma
In Competition
Directed by Serdal Altun
Short / 12 min. / 2015
Cast: Baran Altun, Emin Altun
EL MATADORIn Competition
Directed by Can Eren
Short / 9’ 43” / 2015 / Turkey, Mexico
Cast: Luis Alberti, Diana Garcia, Silvana SantibañezSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 | 2:00 pm
Boston University, GSU Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
DYING BREATHSon Nefes
In Competition
Directed by Ömer Akbaş
Doc. / 41 min. / 2016
HOLY CAMEL!
A TRUE LOVE STORYYok Devenin Pabucu:
Bir Aşk HikayesiIn Competition
Directed by Sibel Mary Şamlı
Doc. / 52 min. / 2016SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2016 | 3:45 pm
Boston University, GSU Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
PREJUDICEÖnyargı
In Competition
Directed by Fatih Yaşar
Short / 4 min. / 2016
ABOUT ARİF
Tecahül-i Arif
In Competition
Directed by Hasan Kalender
Short / 12 min. / 2016
Cast: Deniz Özkan, Sabriye Kara, Altan Erkekli, Erdem Baş, İlkay Çelik
THE YELLOW FRIDGESarı Buzdolabı
In Competition
Directed by Safet Ayhan
Short / 14’ 39” / 2015
Cast: Bora Çelik,Erengül Öztürk, Demet Kızılay, Serkan Bilgi
TUESDAYSalı
In Competition
Directed by Ziya Demirel
Short / 13 min. / 2015
Cast: Melis Balaban
THE SPIDER WEBUne toile d'arraignée
In Competition
Directed by Hüseyin Aydın Gürsoy
Short / 17 min. / 2015 / France
Cast: Çağdaş Doğan, Ahmet Zirek, Sedef Ecer, Chérazade Benyahia
THROUGH MY LENSArtık Hayallerim Var
In Competition
Directed by Nefin Dinç
Doc. / 62 min. / 2015GO TO PREVIOUS YEARS...
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