AGACHERI TURKS: THE WOODMEN OF ANATOLIA Ağaçeriler: Tahtacı Türkmenleri
	MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 6:00 pm Boston University GSU Auditorium 775 Commonwealth Avenue Boston In Competition Directed by Elif Ertürk Doc. / 19' 50" / 2016 Free admission. Advance registration required.
“Tahtacılar / The Woodmen of Anatolia” are Alevite Turcomans who live in the mountainous areas of northern and southern coasts of Anatolia, living on wood work and carpentry. Although the historical documents are vague, it is known that they have been living in the same area for centuries. Today many still live on the same lands. This documentary portrays their daily lives and traditions.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS Adana Film Festival, Mediterranean Countries Short Film Competition, Turkey Early Bird Student Films Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria International Boğaziçi Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul International Arts Fair, Turkey ISFF Festival Cinemaiubit, Romania Free Net World International Film Festival, Nish, Serbia Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, Eugene, Oregon, USA International Film Festival of Nepal, Dharan, Nepal

ELİF ERTÜRK

Elif Ertürk (Istanbul, 1981) received her bachelor’s degree from Istanbul Kültür University, Department of Communication Design, on Cinema Module. She completed her master’s thesis on the analysis of the film ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ in 2012. She worked in many short film and documentary projects, and in various capacities for radio and TV. Her articles were published in IFSAK Photography and Cinema Journal and International Congress of Visual Culture 2012 (Visualist2012). Also in 2012 her photography were displayed in the IKSV Design Academy Group Exhibition. In 2016 she taught “Theories of Film Analysis in Cinema” class  in the short film workshop  organized by the İKÜ Communication Design Department and Adana Çukurova Municipality. She works in Istanbul Kültür University since 2009.