STAGES WITH NO CURTAIN Perdesiz Sahneler
	TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017 6:00 pm Boston University GSU Auditorium 775 Commonwealth Avenue Boston In Competition Directed by Hakan Dursun Doc. / 85 min. / 2016 Featuring Mert Fırat, Şahika Tekand, Mahir Günşiray, Nihal Koldaş, Sevinç Erbulak Free admission. Advance registration required.
Stages with No Curtain is a documentary about the past and present of alternative-independent performing arts. While the film looks at the last 30-year history of Turkey independently, it also discusses the problems of theatre art, the artistic backdrop of new styles and new stage structure. The film puts a numerous theatre groups under the scope, tracing their footprints as new theatre groups and companies emerged following up the 1982 coup and looking for today to see the transformation of the contemporary generation. The history of this artistic movement is revealed by the witnesses of both sides; the main stream and the alternative wing.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND AWARDS Anatolian Theater Awards, Turkey: Theater Documentary of the Year Ayvalık Theater Festival, Turkey Flying Broom Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey

HAKAN DURSUN

Hakan Dursun (Ankara, 1979) received his graduate degree from Dokuz Eylül University as a Film Director. He worked as an assistant director and creative director and producer in various projects such as commercials, TV series, music clips, and movies. He assisted screenplays of the projects he was involved, and also received the Best Screenplay award from the Ministry of Culture in 2008. He completed his first full-length documentary film, Stages with No Curtain in 2015. The film premiered in the 20th Istanbul International Theater Festival in 2016 and won the “Best Theater Documentary” award in the Anadolu Theater Awards.