A WHISTLE COMES FROM FAR AWAY Işıklık
	MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 6:00 pm Boston University GSU Auditorium 775 Commonwealth Avenue Boston In Competition Directed by Burak Doğan Doc. / 16 min. / 2016 Free admission. Advance registration required.
For centuries the people of a village in the Blacksea coast of Turkey and the surrounding area have used whistling to communicate. The custom is a true form of language, but unfortunately was starting to die out. This documentary shows how “Uncle” Orhan, one of the more elderly villagers, has kept the age-old tradition alive by teaching the whistling language to local children.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS Ouarzazate International Film Festival, Morocco: Best Documentary Safranbolu Documentary Film Festival, Turkey: First Prize in Amateur Category Chennai International Short Film Festival, India: Second Prize for Best Documentary Olympia Film Festival for Children and Young People, Greece Trabzon Film Festival, Turkey: Third Prize Joinville International Short Film Festival, Brazil Rode Tulp Turkish Film Festival, Special Screening, The Netherlands Adana Film Festival, National Student Films Competition, Turkey Marmaris International Short Film Festival, Turkey Antalya Film Festival, Turkey Ankara University Short Film Competition, Turkey Uşak Kanatlı Denizatı Short Film Festival, Turkey Festival Cinema Invisible, USA Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey Berlin Film Festival, Turkey Stand, Germany Toronto International Film Festival, Turkey Stand, Canada Cannes Film Festival, Turkey Stand and Special Screening, France Dhaka International Short & Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh Okan University Student Short Films Competition, Turkey

BURAK DOĞAN

Burak Doğan is based in Samsun, Turkey and works as a independent director and videographer. He graduated with a degree in Cinema-TV from Bahçeşehir University in İstanbul in 2017. With his short documentary, Işıklık (Whistle Comes From Far Away) he has won many awards at film festivals.  Filmography: Semtine Sevdalı Yürekler (doc., 2014) Kalbinin Peşinde (doc., 2014) Bozuk Para (short, 2014)   Terzi Hüseyin (doc., 2015) Firari (short, 2016) Işıklık (doc., 2016)