14th Annual
DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION
November 15 - November 24, 2019
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AWARD WINNING FILMS OF 2019
Best Documentary:
MEETING JIM
by Ece GerBest Short Film:
STONE / Taş
by Alican YücesoyBest Documentary Audience Award:
SEVAN THE CRAFTSMAN / Sevan Bıçakçı: İstanbul’u Mücevhere Sığdıran Usta by Ümran SafterBest Short Film Audience Award:
STONE / Taş
by Alican YücesoySPECIAL MENTIONS
Documentaries
AMINA by Kıvılcım Akay
ANAFARTALAR by Galip Kürkçü
TRIUMPH OF THE MOUNTAIN / Dağın Zaferi by Yasir Sarın
KAZIM by Dilek KayaShort Films
THE LOCKSMITH / Çilingir by Ali Bilgin
FINISH / Finiş by Benhür Bolhava
FINE DYING / İyi Yemek Öldürür by Umut Evirgen
THE TAIL / Kuyruk by Yiğit Hepsev
AD INFINITUM / Sonsuz by Murat Çetinkaya
THE EXCHANGE / Takas by Mehmet Kanadlı and Halil Ibrahim Kaplan
VAHIDE by Burkay Doğan
XYZ[T] by Bilal Uğur Liman
OPENING NIGHT - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
DIRECTOR PRESENT
Reception with live music following film screening
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
AnonsWinner of Venice Film Festival Special Orizzonti Jury Prize
Directed by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
Written by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun and Ercan Kesal
95 min. / 2018 / with English subtitles
Featuring Ali Seçkiner Alıcı,Tarhan Karagöz,Murat Kılıç, Şencan GüleryüzFINALIST FILMS & SCREENINGS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2019 | 12:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
XYZ[T]In Competition
Directed by Bilal Uğur Liman
Anim. Short / 3 min. / 2019
OPENAçık
In Competition
Directed by Kerem Altın
Short / 15 min. / 2018Cast: Polat Bilgin, Mehmet Ulay, Murat Sağlam, Tuğba Kürükoğlu, Kadir Külekçi
HOMESTRETCHIn Competition
Directed by Mahmut Mehmet Hamarat
Short / 4 min. / 2018Cast: Mahmut Mehmet Hamarat
FINISHFiniş
In Competition
Directed by Benhür Bolhava
Short / 12 min. / 2018Cast: Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Mahir Berkant Varol, Oğul Aşkın, Mertcan Coşar, Hikmet Bolhava, Necla Bolhava
SIGNİşaret
In Competition
Directed by Uğur Şahin
Short / 6 min. / 2018Cast: Gözde Kısa, Yücel Can, Eda Çatalçam
IN BETWEENNavber
In Competition
Directed by Kadir Eman
Short / 12 min. / 2019Cast: Sevim Çeper, Nasrullah Kurşun
THE WET DRESSIslak Elbise
In Competition
Directed by Erkan Orasan
Short / 9 min. / 2019Cast: İlknur Aydoğan, Kübra Gürkan, Zafer Yüzük
CLEATSKrampon
In Competition
Directed by Abdullah Şahin
Short / 11 min. / 2018Cast: Ahmet Akdoğan, Ahmet Yusuf Yıldırım, Emirhan Furuncuoğlu, Hüseyin Yakar, Eyüp Şahin, Coşkun Şimşek
CAUGHT IN THE FLOODSulara Kapılmak
In Competition
Directed by Mustafa Deniz Doğan
Short / 16 min. / 2018Cast: Sultan Uyar, Iimam kaya
UNDERSTANDINGİzan
In Competition
Directed by Ümit Aygül
Short / 6 min. / 2018Cast: Fatih Al, Oben Fışkır, Ahmet Selim Arı, Mehmet Şimşek, İmran Ötmi
THE EXCHANGETakas
In Competition
Directed by Mehmet Kanadlı and Halil Ibrahim Kaplan
Short / 15 min. / 2018Cast: Onur Kırat, Ceren Yüksekkaya, Vahit Atan, Onur Alagöz, Gizem Yıldırım, Hakan Bahadır Polat, Kerem Büyüktaş, Kenan Etişgen
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2019 | 2:30 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
ANAFARTALARIn Competition
Directed by Galip Kürkçü
Doc. / 60 min. / 2018
A HOPEFUL STORYUmutlu Bir Hikaye
In Competition
Directed by Jale İncekol
Doc. / 55 min. / 2018MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019 | 6:00 pm
Boston University, GSU Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, BostonSHORT & DOCUMENTARIES
TEARDROP
Bir Damla
In Competition
Directed by Birnur Karatimur Çutsay
Anim. Short / 5 min. / 2018
ALARGA
In Competition
Directed by Soner Sert
Short / 9 min. / 2018Cast: Raymond N'dong, Sermet Yeşil, Kayhan Berkin
BED BUG
Tahta Kurusu
In Competition
Directed by Tunahan Kurt
Short / 16' 30" / 2018Cast: Erkan Can, Gülşah Yavuz, Sezgin Cengiz
THE GEEZER
Amca
In Competition
Directed by Senem Bay
Doc. / 12 min. / 2018
URGENT TYRO WANTED
Acil Çırak Aranıyor
In Competition
Directed by Osman Çakır
Doc. / 15 min. / 2019
VAKIFLI
In Competition
Directed by Duygu Sebzeci
Doc. / 15 min. / 2019
THE LEFT BEHIND
Ardında Kalanlar
In Competition
Directed by Nuray Kayacan
Doc. / 60 min. / 2018FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 | 4:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
THE MIRACLE WORKER: MUAZZEZ İLMİYE ÇIĞ
Muazzez Mucizesi 104 Yaşında
Non-Competition
Directed by Nurdan Arca
Doc. / 45 min. / 2018
THE LONG JOURNEYUzun Yolculuk
Non-Competition
Directed by Mesut Gengeç
Doc. / 70 min. / 2019FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
THE TAILKuyruk
In Competition
Directed by Yiğit Hepsev
Short / 10 min. / 2019Cast: Fatih Al, Elit Andaç Çam
VAHIDEIn Competition
Directed by Burkay Doğan
Short / 6 min. / 2018Cast: Esra Yeşer, Selim Kalıç
THE LOCKSMITHÇilingir
In Competition
Directed by Ali Bilgin
Short / 15 min. / 2019Cast: Caner Erdem, Ezgi Senler
THE RUSEDolap
In Competition
Directed by Osman Oğuz Ogün
Short / 25 min. / 2018
Cast: Mazhar Alican Uğur, Türkü Turan, Metin Akdülger
MORALITY POLICEMutavva
In Competition
Directed by Berk Sata and Mert Sata
Short / 17 min. / 2019
Cast: Fırat Tanış, Yunus Narin
AD INFINITUMSonsuz
In Competition
Directed by Murat Çetinkaya
Short / 13 min. / 2018Cast: Serhat Kılıç, Bülent Çolak, Ulaş Yatkın
SPEECHLESSSuskunluk
In Competition
Directed by Merve Gezen
Short / 20 min. / 2019Cast: Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Beste Menemencioğlu, H. Yasin Polat, Janset, İpek Ceken, Koray Ergun, Mehmet Nurkut İlhan, Kadri Özcan, Başak Anat Özcan
STONETaş
In Competition
Directed by Alican Yücesoy
Short / 12 min. / 2019Cast: Ata Yılmaz Önal, Görkem Arda Keskin, Füruzan Aydın, Yüksel Çakır, Serkan Keskin, Aşkın Şenol, İrem Kahyaoğlu, Bülent Şakrak
FINE DYINGİyi Yemek Öldürür
In Competition
Directed by Umut Evirgen
Short / 15 min. / 2019Cast: Burak Yamantürk, Hazer Amani, Seda Akman
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 | 11:00 am
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
AMINAIn Competition
Directed by Kıvılcım Akay
Doc. / 70 min. / 2019SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 | 1:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
SEVAN THE CRAFTSMANSevan Bıçakçı: İstanbul’u Mücevhere Sığdıran Usta
In Competition
Directed by Ümran Safter
Doc. / 71 min. / 2017SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 | 3:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
MEETING JIMIn Competition
Directed by Ece Ger
Doc. / 76 min. / 2018SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2019 | 2:00 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Alfond Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
TRIUMPH OF THE MOUNTAINDağın Zaferi
In Competition
Directed by Yasir Sarın
Doc. / 10 min. / 2019
KÂZIMIn Competition
Directed by Dilek Kaya
Doc. / 85 min. / 2018Co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Boston University Howard Thurman Center GO TO PREVIOUS YEARS...
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