The opening film is Güzel Günler Göreceğiz (To Better Days) by Hasan Tolga Pulat. The drama is an ensemble story of one day in the life of five characters.
The other features screening during the festival are Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever (Love Likes Coincidences), Nar (Pomegranate), Deli Deli Olma (Piano Girl), Kırık Midyeler (Broken Mussels), Kar Beyaz (White As Snow), Gişe Memuru (Toll Booth), Metruk (The Abandoned), Toroslarda Bir Efsane (A Legend in the Taurus Mountains), Zincirbozan and Batiya Bak (Look West).
The 4th Montreal Turkish Film Festival screens until May 17 at the Cinéma du Parc, 3575 Avenue du Parc, and then continues from May 18-20 at La CinéRobothèque de l'ONF, 1564 Rue Saint-Denis.
http://festivaldufilmturc.org/home/
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4th Montréal Turkish Film Festival - May 11-20
TO BETTER DAYS / GÜZEL GÜNLER GÖRECEĞİZ
Friday 11 May, 7pm (EST) – (CINÉMA DU PARC) OPENING FILM
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Turkey. 2012. Dir.: Hasan Tolga Pulat. 112 min. Digital
With Uğur Polat, Nesrin Cavadzade, Buğra Gülsoy, Feride Çetin and Barış Atay
Original Turkish Version with English subtitles
http://www.guzelgunlergorecegiz.com/
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Eighteen year-old Cumali kills his sister in accordance with honour codes. Ali loses his professional boxing license because of his participation in illegal street fights. Figen, whose real name is Mediha, works in a sewing house in one of Istanbul’s slums. İzzet is the senior superintendent at the immigration office. Anna, who has come to Turkey with dreams of finding a job and a piece of mind, finds herself in the prostitution business.
LOVE “JUST A COINCIDENCE” / AŞK TESADÜFLERI SEVER
Saturday May 12th, 7pm (EST) (CINÉMA DU PARC)
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Turkey. 2011. Dir.: Ömer Faruk Sorak. 118 min. Digital
With Belçim Bilgin, Mehmet Günsür, Ayda Aksel and Altan Erkekli
Original Turkish Version with English subtitles
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“If existence is not a coincidence, may love be a coincidence?”
Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara… Yılmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife, Neriman, to the hospital and he crushes into Omer’s car. This accident causes Omer’s pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a preterm labour. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time…
THE POMEGRANATE / NAR
Sunday May 13th, 7pm (FST) (CINÉMA DU PARC)
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Turkey. 2012. Dir.: Umit Unal. 81 min. Digital
With Serra Yılmaz, İrem Altuğ, İdil Fırat and Erdem Akakçe
Original Turkish Version with English subtitles)
http://www.nar-film.com/
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We all differ from each other like pomegranate seeds: We are both similar and distinct yet we are still like a whole pomegranate. It is the crust of faith that keeps us together, the faith that we have for each other. But, what if the crust cracks… What if we doubt everything and our trust in each other… What if we lose our sense of justice… What if we seek our own justice… Won't the seeds scatter everywhere like a cracked pomegranate?
PIANO GIRL / DELİ DELİ OLMA
Monday May 14th, 7pm (FST) (CINÉMA DU PARC)
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Turkey. 2009 Dir.: Murat Saraçoğlu. 95 min. Digital
With Çağla Acar, Tarık Akan, Deniz Arna and Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu
Original Turkish version with French subtitles
http://www.delideliolma.com/
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As Mishka grows old in Kars and operating the only mill in the village he falls into financial difficulties at his seventies after the modern machines came out. The cranky old woman of the village Popuç (Şerif Sezer), hates Mishka and does not want him to live in their village. But the villagers do not see harm in Mishka, they even like him, thus, they don't choose sides between Mishka and Popuc. Popuç, lives with her son Semistan (Levent Tulen), daughter in law Figen (Zuhal Topal), and their three grandchildren.
BROKEN MUSSELS / KIRIK MİDYELER
Tuesday May 15th, 7pm (EST) (CINÉMA DU PARC)
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Turkey. 2011. Dir.: Seyfettin Tokmak. 93 min. Digital
With Selam Alispahic, Engin Benli and Uğur Mehmetoğlu
Original Turkish Version with English subtitles
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Hakim (15 years old) and Faysal (14 years old) have come from Mardin to Istanbul to find work and escape to Germany where their cousin lives. After a short time they make close friends with Medina (40 years old) and her daughter Elma (13 years old), refugees from Bosnia. With the aim of finding a cure for Elma who has a heart problem, Medina suddenly disappears from sight one day. The now lonely and desperate girl is at the mercy of Hakim and Faysal whose plans are now rent askew. The three children now in pursuit of Medina find themselves in struggle to survive in one of the world’s greatest metropolis.
WHITE AS SNOW / KAR BEYAZ
Wednesday May 16th, 7pm (EST) (CINÉMA DU PARC)
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Turkey-Greece. 2010. Dir.: Selim Güneş. 80 min. 35 mm
With Hakan Korkmaz, Sinem Islamoğlu, and Gürsan Piri Onurlu.
Original Turkish Version with English subtitles
http://karbeyazfilm.com/
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Hasan is a twelve-year-old boy who is struggling to survive in a mountain village with his two younger siblings. The family falls into poverty when his father goes to prison. His mother starts to work as a caretaker in town. The film tells the story of a day in the life of Hasan, who tries to sell ayran (yogurt-drink) even though it is the middle of winter, looking for a solution to their situation.
TOLL BOOTH / GİŞE MEMURU
Thursday May 17th, 7pm (EST) (CINEMA DU PARC)
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Turkey. 2010. 96 min. Dir.: Tolga Karaçelik.
With Serkan Ercan, Zafer Diper, and Nergis Öztürk.
Original Turkish version with English subtitles
www.gisememurufilm.com
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Toll Booth is co-presented by the Global Film Initiative and is part of the Global Lens 2012 film series. For more information, visit www.globalfilm.org
Kenan is a 35-year-old toll booth attendant still living with his father who suffers from heart disease. Shy and withdrawn, he prefers to live in his own head rather than engaging with the people around him. He works at a busy toll station, and is known to talk to himself occasionally while working. As with everyone else, his relationship with his father is one of reserve and distance.
THE ABANDONED / METRUK (Documentary)
Friday 18 May, 7pm (EST) (CINEROBOTHEQUE)
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Turkey. 2010. Dir.: Orkide Ünsür. 13 min. Digital
Canada Premiere / Short Film&Documentary Competition-finalist
Original Turkish version with English subtitles
http://orkideunsur.wordpress.com/
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LOGLINE : Condemned houses are like abandoned lovers.
Condemned houses are like abandoned lovers that once shared good and bad moments. Now, because of abandonment and rejection they are left alone for self distruction. They are disappointed, upset and same proud. They’ll try to survive by resisting the passing of time. Yet if the lover comes back again one day, there is no possibility for living together again in the same house as it is. The house is now disconnected, worn by the weather and the aging of its stillness. The home has no more to offer as it once did.
A LEGEND in the TAURUS MOUNTAINS / TOROSLARDA BİR EFSANE (Documentary)
Friday 18 May, 7:15pm (Eng.) (CINEROBOTHEQUE)
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Turkey. 2003. Dir.: Aylin Eren. 44 min. Digital
Short Film and Documentary Competition-finalist
English
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A Legend in the Taurus Mountains is the tale of King Azatiwada's castle, discovered in 1946 in Karatepe-Aslantaş. The puzzle of the as yet undecipherable ancient Hitite hieroglyph script on which linguists had given up all hope, was solved here.
The film tells the story of Prof. Dr. Halet Çambel's selfless efforts over more than half century. Her initiative brought about the first ever stone restoration performed in Turkey, as well as the first open-air museum of its kind in the country.
ZINCIRBOZAN / ZINCIRBOZAN
Saturday 19 May, 7pm (EST) (CINEROBOTHEQUE)
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Turkey. 2007. Dir.: Atil Inaç. 101 min. Digital
With Bülent Yarar, Suavi Eren and Haldun Boysan
Original Turkish version with English subtitles
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Starting with the assassination of Journalist Abdi Ipekci, climbing up to the September 12, 1980 military intervention, the politics which governed the events, the military governance of the country, exile of the political leaders and other events that were lived in that time frame, Zincirbozan reflects this period with its unknown ways most accurately and stunningly.
The Film claims its name from the Zincirbozan military facilities in Çanakkale, where some politicians were subject to obligated residency after September 12, 1980.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F2YgtOcSSw
LOOK WEST / BATIYA BAK / Documentary / (Closing Film)
Sunday 20 May, 7pm (EST) (CINEROBOTHEQUE)
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Canada. 1990. Dir.: Werner Wolkmer. 57min. Digital
With the Turkish Community in Montreal
Short Film and Documentary Competition-finalist
French
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In 1986, a group of Turkish nationals arrived in Canada claiming refugee status. After lengthy hearings, a number were expelled early in 1988. There was protest, intensive media coverage and an outpouring of public sympathy for the Turks. Against this backdrop, various individual figures emerged, including charismatic 9-year-old Gülizar Ersoy. This little girl, who speaks French fluently, and who was among those sent back to Turkey, became a symbol of the plight of Turks in Canada. But Batiya Bak probes deep, while focusing closely on the lives of the families involved, it also shows how sympathy for the Turks was triggered by a clever media campaign and illustrates just how profoundly the media can influence public issues.
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