The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) returns, under the sponsorship of Vodafone Red, for the 37th Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey’s biggest international cinema event. Featuring 198 feature films and 12 short films – from cult classics to modern pieces, local and international, encompassing a wealth of genres – it looks to be the most ambitious entry to date. The festivities run from Friday 6 through Tuesday 17 April. A detailed program, as well as the additional talks with guest filmmakers, concerts, and other special events can be found via the official festival page. Tickets are set to go on sale on Saturday 24 March, but as with all IKSV events, Tulip card holders enjoy an advance release date of Tuesday 20 March and discounted prices. To learn more, visit the official page for applying for a Tulip card. A detailed list of the films and their respective categories can be found below.
From the organizer:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (11 FILMS)
In the International Competition section of the Istanbul Film Festival, 11 films from 11 countries, under the “New Perspectives in Cinema” theme will vie for the Golden Tulip. The jury of the International Competition, presided by director who won the Golden Tulip in the International Competition with his film O Ornitólogo / The Ornitologist last year João Pedro Rodrigues, comprises actress, known from the films such as Dogtooth, The Lobster, Angeliki Papoulia, director of Las Herederas which won the Best Actress and Silver Bear Alfred Bauer awards at the Berlin Film Festival Marcelo Martinessi, musician, known from Ferzan Özpetek’s Hamam and Harem films’ compositions Pivio and director of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tiina Lokk.
The International Competition Award, presented in memory of Şakir Eczacıbaşı, will be supported with a 25,000 Euro monetary award given by the Eczacıbaşı Group. The director of the Best Film will be awarded 10,000 Euros, the distribution company of the film in Turkey will be awarded 10,000 Euros, and the director of the film to receive the Special Jury Prize will be awarded 5,000 Euros.
Chien / Dog / Samuel Benchétrit / France / 90’
Tuzdan Kaide / The Pillar of Salt / Burak Çevik / Turkey / 70’
Cocote / Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias / Dominican Republic-Argentina-Germany-Qatar / 106’
As Boas Maneiras / Good Manners / Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas / Brazil-France / 135’
Western / Valeska Grisebach / Germany-Bulgaria-Austria / 119’
Pewnego razu w listopadzie / Once Upon a Time in November / Andrzej Jakimowski / Poland / 88’
Soldatii. Poveste din Ferentari / Soldiers. Story from Ferentari / Ivana Mladenovic / Romania-Serbia-Belgium / 119’
Vinterbrødre / Winter brothers / Hlynur Palmason / Denmark / 100’
Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak / Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts / Mouly Surya / Indonesia-France-Malaysia-Thailand / 90’
The Home / Asghar Yousefinejad / Iran / 78’
The Rider / Chloe Zhao / USA / 104’
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CINEMA COMPETITION (11 FILMS)
The Human Rights in Cinema Competition is being presented only at the Istanbul Film Festival since 12 years. The Award endorsed by coproduction fund Eurimages comprises a 5,000 Euros monetary prize. The Jury is comprised of artist from New York and director of Looking for Oum Kulthum which will be in the festival programme Shirin Neshat, producer of the radio and television’s culture-art programmes Christine Masson, and producer, director Erol Mintaş.
Central Airport THF / Karim Ainouz / Germany-Brazil-France / 100’
Razzia / Nabil Ayouch / Morocco-France-Belgium / 109’
Frost / Sharunas Bartas / Lithuania-France-Ukraine-Poland / 132’
Muhi – Generally Temporary / Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman / Israel-Germany / 87’
Styx / Wolfgang Fischer / Austria-Germany / 94’
Une Saison en France / A Season in France / Mahamat-Salah Haroun / France / 100’
Kaçış / The Escape / Kenan Kavut / Turkey / 92’
Ptaki spiewaja w Kigali / Birds are singing in Kigali / Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze / Poland / 113’
Obscuro Barroco / Evangelia Kranioti / France-Greece / 60’
Pailalim / Underground / Daniel Palacio / Philippines / 84’
Andið eðlilega / And Breathe Normally / Isold Uggadottir / Iceland-Sweden-Belgium / 95’
TURKISH CINEMA 2017-2018
NATIONAL COMPETITION (13 FILMS)
13 films completed in the 2017-18 season will be vying for the Golden Tulip in the National Competition of the festival, 10 of them world premieres and 1 of them Turkey premiere. The National Competition Jury will be headed by Pelin Esmer and comprises cinematographer Gökhan Tiryaki, actress Selen Uçer, poet-writer Küçük İskender, and film critic Barbara Lorey de la Charrière.
Tuzdan Kaide / The Pillar of Salt / Burak Çevik / 70’
Halef / Murat Düzgünoğlu / 104’
Buğday / Grain / Semih Kaplanoğlu / 128’
Kelebekler / Butterflies / Tolga Karaçelik / 117’
Kaçış / The Escape / Kenan Kavut / 92’
Renksiz Rüya / Hewno Bêreng / Colorless Dream / Mehmet Ali Konar / 80’
Aydede / Road to the Moon / Abdurrahman Öner / 96’
Yol Kenarı / Sideway / Tayfun Pirselimoğlu / 122’
Borç / Debt / Vuslat Saraçoğlu / 94’
Güvercin / The Pigeon / Banu Sıvacı / 78’
Sofra Sırları / Serial Cook / Ümit Ünal / 102’
Put Şeylere / Put to the Things / Onur Ünlü / 87’
Körfez / The Gulf / Emre Yeksan / 110’
OUT OF COMPETITION (9 FILMS)
Bekçi / Watchman / Durmuş Akbulut / 91’
Locman / Lodging / Şükrü Alaçam / 90’
Kuluçka / Incubation / Mehmet Selçuk Bilge / 94’
Paranın Kokusu / The Smell of Money / Ahmet Boyacıoğlu / 99’
Benim Küçük Sözlerim / My Short Words / Bekir Bülbül / 83’
Dört Köşeli Üçgen / Four Cornered Triangle / Mehmet Güreli / 88’
Eksi Bir / Minus One / Orhan Oğuz / 96’
Taksim Hold’em / Michael Önder / 89’
Bağcık / The Shoelace / Görkem Yeltan / 94’
NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION (10 FILMS)
The Istanbul Film Festival will be awarding a 10,000 TL worth Best Documentary Award, in order to support documentary film-makers and documentary film production in Turkey. The National Documentary Competition jury consists of director Ayat Najafi, the Chairman of Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Turkey Mustafa Ünlü, and the Director of Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary Petra Holzer. 10 of the documentaries will have their Turkey premieres at the Istanbul Film Festival.
Parçalar / Fragments / Rojda Akbayır / 86’
Onun Filmi / Her First / Su Baloğlu, Merve Bozcu / 80’
Saraybosna Yürüyüşü / Sarajevo March / Ersan Bayraktar / 84’
Güzel Adam Süreyya / Süreyya the Kitman / Gökçe Kaan Demirkıran / 110’
Turtle Shells / Schildkröten Panzer / Tuna Kaptan / Germany /30’
Zavar, Çocuk ve Keklik / Zavar, The Kid and Partridges / Zeynep Gülru Keçeciler / 39’
Fındıktan Sonra / Gone with the Hazelnuts / Ercan Kesal / 40’
Yerel TV / Local TV / Özgür Fırat Kınay / 72’
Araf / Didem Pekün / 47’
Başka Tren Gıdı Gıdı / Another Train Gıdı Gıdı / Yasin Ali Türkeri / 80’
SPECIAL SCREENINGS (3 FILMS)
Muazzez Mucizesi 104 Yaşında / Miracle Worker 104 Years Old / Nurdan Arca / 45’
Bitmeyen Yolculuk / Endless Journey / Mehmet Güleryüz / 46’
Yaşar Kemal Efsanesi / The Legend of Yaşar Kemal / Aydın Orak / 113’
NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION (12 FILMS)
The National Short Film Competition will be held for the second time with the intent of encouraging short film making, supporting the development in this field, and bringing together the audience and short films of quality. The jury composed of art director and one of the founders of Transilvania International Film Festival Mihai Chirilov, and directors Ceylan Özçelik and Onur Saylak will select the Best Short Film among 12 films which will be awarded 5,000 TL. FIPRESCI will also select a film to award the FIPRESCI Prize.
PROGRAMME 1:
Kötü Kız / Wicked Girl / Ayce Kartal / 8’
Anadolu Yok / There is no Anatolia / Ferit Katipoğlu / 19’
Doğu Yakası / East Side / Harun Durmuş / 19’
Arîn/ Mizgin Müjde Arslan / 10’
Bitmiş Aşklar Müzesi / Museum of Broken Love / Murathan Özbek / 18’
Sana İnanmıyorum Ama Yerçekimi Var / I Don’t Believe In You But Then There Is Gravity / Umut Subaşı / 13’
PROGRAMME 2:
Hit Me Baby / Semih Gülen / 11’
Toprak / Soil / Alican Durbaş / 18’
Tapınak Şövalyeleri / The Knights’ Templar / Arda Ekşigil / 19’
Keçi / Bizin / Goat / Boğaç Uzun / 1’
Sirayet / The All Seeing Blind / Nuri Cihan Özdoğan / 17’
Kaset / The Tape / Serkan Fakılı / 16’
TURKISH CLASSICS REVISITED (1 FILM)
Istanbul Film Festival continues to unearth the most significant works of Turkish cinema by restoring these outstanding classics and thus reviving them with the collaboration of Zurich Sigorta. Film lovers will have the opportunity to watch the 1988 drama İpekçe by Bilge Olgaç from its copy restored by Atlas Prodüksiyon.
İpekçe / Silky / Bilge Olgaç / Turkey / 92’
VODAFONE RED GALAS (12 FILMS)
Istanbul Film Festival’s popular section Vodafone Red Galas will include the Turkey premieres of 12 most anticipated films by celebrated directors and star actors.
Isle of Dogs / Wes Anderson / USA / 101’
The Bookshop / Isabel Coixet / Spain-UK-Germany / 113’
The Happy Prince / Rupert Everett / UK-Germany-Belgium-Italy / 105’
Lean on Pete / Andrew Haigh / UK / 121’
Disobedience / Sebastián Lelio / Iceland-UK-USA / 114’
Early Man / Nick Park / USA-UK-France / 89’
Beast / Michael Pearce / UK / 107’
Transit / Christian Petzold / Germany-France / 101’
Touch me not / Adina Pintilie / Romania-Germany-Czech Republic-Bulgaria-France / 125’
You Were Never Really Here / Lynne Ramsay / UK-France-USA / 85’
Unsane / Steven Soderbergh / USA / 98’
Fleuve Noir / Black Tide / Erick Zonca / France / 113’
CHALLENGING THE YEARS (6 FILMS)
With the “Challenging the Years” section, cinephiles will have the opportunity of watching the latest films of master directors who defy the years, continuing to shape the direction of world cinema. “Challenging The Years” section of the Istanbul Film Festival, sponsored by ATV, will present audiences with 6 films.
12 Jours / 12 Days / Raymond Depardon / France / 87’
West of the Jordan River (Field Diary Revisited) / Amos Gitai / France / 84’
Viaje a los pueblos fumigados / A Journey to the Fumigated Towns / Fernando E. Solanas / Argentina / 97’
Una Questione Privata / Rainbow – A Private Affair / Paolo + VittorioTaviani / Italy-France / 84’
Nos années folles / Golden Years / André Téchine / France / 103’
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library / Frederick Wiseman / USA / 197’
BEST OF THE FESTS (20 FILMS)
“Best of the Fests” section of the Istanbul Film Festival, sponsored by Sabah Newspaper, will present audiences with 20 films by prominent directors that have been shown at world festivals and mostly won awards.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem / Muayad Alayan / Palestine / 127’
Hjertestart / Handle with care / Arild Andresen / Norway / 102’
Beyond Words / Urszula Antoniak / Poland-Holland-France / 85’
L’atelier / The Workshop / Laurent Cantet / France / 113’
Ga’agua / Longing / Savi Gabizon / Israel / 100’
Dovlatov / Aleksey German / Russia-Poland-Serbia / 126’
Wajib / Annemarie Jacir / Palestine-France-Germany-Colombia-Norway-Qatar-United Arab Emirates / 96’
Bedoone Tarikh, Bedoone Emza / No Date, No Signature / Vahid Jalilvand / Iran / 100’
La Prière / The Prayer / Cédric Kahn / France / 107’
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno / Abdellatif Kechiche / France-Italy / 171’
Namme / Zaza Khalvashi / Georgia / 91’
Armomurhaaja / Euthanizer / Teemu Nikki / Finland / 85’
Hannah / Andrea Pallaoro / Italy-France-Belgium / 96’
Pororoca / Constantin Popescu / Romania-France / 152’
La telenovela errante / The Wandering Soap Opera / Raul Ruiz & Valeria Sarmiento / Chile / 80’
Der Hauptmann / The Captain / Robert Schwentke / Germany-Poland-Portugal-France / 118’
Mug / Twarz / Malgorzata Szumowska / Poland / 91’
In Blue / Jaap Van Heusden / Holland-Romania / 102’
Youth / Feng Xiaogang / China / 136’
Drei Zinnen / Three Peaks / Jan Zabeil / Germany-Italy / 93’
YOUNG MASTERS (15 FILMS)
The Young Masters section presents the debut or second films of directors who are acclaimed for their genuine approach while bringing a breath of fresh air to the world cinema. Sponsored by NESCAFÉ Gold, this section features films that have attracted attention in international festivals and that are up for the next generation of classics.
Manuel / Dario Albertini / Italy / 95’
Napadid shodan / Disappearance / Ali Asgari / Iran-Qatar / 89’
Korparna / Ravens / Jens Assur / Sweden / 106’
Petit Paysan / Bloody Milk / Hubert Charuel / France / 90’
La familia / Gustavo Rondón Córdova / Venezuela-Chile-Norway / 82’
Charleston / Andrei Cretulescu / Romania-France / 119’
Es war einmal Indianerland / Once Upon A Time in Indian Country / İlker Çatak / Germany / 97’
Cuori Puri / Pure Hearts / Roberto De Paolis / Italy / 115’
Doubtful / Eliran Elya / Israel / 88’
Valley of Shadows / Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen / Norway / 91’
Candelaria / Jhonny Hendrix / Colombia-Germany-Norway-Argentina-Cuba / 87’
Severina / Felipe Hirsch / Brazil-Uruguay / 103’
Out / György Kristóf / Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia / 88’
Matar a Jesús / Killing Jesus / Laura Mora Ortega / Colombia / 95’
Pigumim / Scaffolding / Matan Yair / Israel-Poland / 90’
DOCUMENTARY TIME WITH NTV (13 FILMS)
The “Documentary Time with NTV” section of the Istanbul Film Festival, sponsored by NTV for the 12nd time, will feature 13 documentary films from throughout the world, covering diverse interests such as memory, labour, family, fashion, economy, music, cinema, and food.
Sans Adieu / No Farewells / Christophe Agou / France / 99’
Teatro de Guerra / Theatre of War / Lola Arias / Argentina-Spain-Germany / 73’
My Generation / David Batty / UK / 85’
Bayan Fang / Mrs. Fang / Wang Bing / China-France-Germany / 86’
The Greenaway Alphabet / Saskia Boddeke / Holland / 68’
Carré 35 / Plot 35 / Éric Caravaca / France-Germany-Qatar / 67’
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco / James Crump / USA / 90’
Makala / Emmanuel Gras / France / 96′
Abu / Father / Arshad Khan / Canada-Japan-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Thailand / 80’
Fotbal Infinit / Infinite Football / Corneliu Porumboiu / Romania / 70’
Ramen Heads / Koki Shigeno / Japan / 93’
Coby / Christian Sonderegger / France-USA / 78’
Buon Inverno / Happy Winter / Giovanni Totaro / Italy / 91’
MINED ZONE (9 FILMS)
This section of the Istanbul Film Festival especially appeals to explorer cinephiles for its pioneering, unorthodox films with either a distinctive style, approach, technique, or expression, which are sharp at times and experimental at others. The eccentric spirits of cinema wander in the Mined Zone.
Love Me Not / Alexandros Avranas / Greece-France / 99’
Holiday / Isabella Eklöf / Denmark-Holland-Sweden / 90’
Dhogs / Andrés Goteira / Spain / 85’
9 Doigts / 9 Fingers / F.J. Ossang / France-Portugal / 99’
Caniba / Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor / France / 90’
Piercing / Nicolas Pesce / USA / 81’
Lowlife / Ryan Prows / USA / 96’
Silent Mist / Miaoyan Zhang / China-France / 101’
The San San Trilogy / Justin Lowe, Jonah Freeman / USA
ANTIDEPRESSANT (9 FILMS)
The “Antidepressant” section was a part of the festival in 2010 for the first time and has now become a staple of the festival. The “Antidepressant” section sponsored by Selpak, presents a selection of 9 films that take life lightly, that make audiences laugh and think at the same time, that have the most unexpected, peculiar perspectives on comedy and on the world.
Abracadabra / Pablo Berger / Spain-France-Belgium / 96’
Contes de juillet / July Tales / Guillaume Brac / France / 68’
Sergio & Sergei / Ernesto Daranas / Cuba-USA-Spain / 93’
Khook / Pig / Mani Haghighi / Iran / 108’
Nothingwood / The Prince of Nothingwood / Sonia Kronlund / France-Germany / 85’
Ammore e malavita / Love and Bullets / Manetti Bros. / Italya / 133’
Le sens de la fête / C’est la vie! / Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano / France-Canada-Belgium / 117’
Keulleeoui Kamela / Claire’s Camera / Hong Sang-soo / France-South Korea / 69’
Undir trénu / Under The Tree / Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson / Iceland / 89’
MUSICIANS (11 FILMS)
11 films that tell the stories of people who have made music an inseparable part of their lives will meet the audience in the Musicians section.
Distant Sky – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live in Copenhagen / David Barnard / UK
Song of Granite / Pat Collins / Ireland-Canada / 104’
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami / Sophie Fiennes / Ireland-UK / 115’
Radiogram / Rouzie Hassanova / Bulgaria / 84’
Shut Up and Play the Piano / Philipp Jedicke / Germany-France-UK / 82’
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. / Steve Loveridge / USA-UK / 90’
for Oum Kulthum / Shirin Neshat / Germany-Austria-Italy-Lebanon / 90’
Gri Değil, Siyah: Ankara Rocks! / Black, Not Gray: Ankara Rocks! / Ufuk Önen / Turkey / 114’
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda / Stephen Nomura Schible / Japan-USA / 100’
Maria by Callas / Tom Volf / France / 113’
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 bars / Lili Fini Zanuck / UK / 135’
WHERE ARE YOU MY LOVE? (6 FILMS)
This new section of the festival brings together films that say love has no age or gender and there are a thousand ways to find and look for love.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post / Desiree Akhavan / USA / 90’
Saturday Church / Damon Cardasis / USA / 90’
Marvin / Reinventing Marvin / Anne Fontaine / France / 115’
The Cakemaker / Ofir Raul Graizer / Germany-Israel / 104’
Las Herederas / The Heiresses / Marcelo Martinessi / Paraguay-Germany-Uruguay-Brazil-Norway-France / 95’
Martesa / The Marriage / Blerta Zeqiri / Kosovo-Albania / 100’
NO MORE FLOWERS (10 FILMS)
The newest section of the festival brings together 10 films featuring strong women as protagonists.
L’amour des hommes / Of Skin and Men / Mehdi Ben Attia / France-Tunis / 105’
Alanis / Anahí Berneri / Argentina / 82’
Madeline’s Madeline / Josephine Decker / USA / 90’
The Sounding / Catherine Eaton / USA / 93’
Ni Juge, Ni Soumise / So Help Me God / Yves Hinant & Jean Libon / Belgium-France / 99’
Negar / Rambod Javan / Iran / 110’
Bikini Moon / Milcho Manchevski / USA / 102’
Numéro Une / Number One / Tonie Marshall / France / 110’
Ava / Léa Mysius / France / 105’
Scary Mother / Ana Urushadze / Georgia-Estonia / 107’
BERGMAN: 100 YEARS (9 FILMS)
The Istanbul Film Festival in its 37th edition will celebrate the talent and legacy of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman with a special selection, on the centenary of his birth, with the sponsorship of Volvo Car Turkey. 10 filmmakers from Turkey selected 9 films that are their favourites, and they will be introducing these films at their screenings during the festival.
Kazım Öz – Yaban Çilekleri / Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden / 91’
Emin Alper – Yedinci Mühür / Det sjunde inseglet / The Seventh Seal / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden / 96’
Semih Kaplanoğlu – Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden / 81’
Reha Erdem – Tystnaden / The Silence / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden / 96’
Can Evrenol – Persona / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden / 83’
Ümit Ünal – Skammen / Shame / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden / 103’
Aslı Özge – Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden-Germany-Denmark / 91’
Melik Saraçoğlu + Hakkı Kurtuluş – Scener ur ett äktenskap / Scenes from a Marriage / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden / 281’
Yeşim Ustaoğlu – Höstsonaten / Autumn Sonata / Ingmar Bergman / France-East Germany-Sweden-UK / 99’
HIDDEN GEMS (5 FILMS)
History of film includes a myriad of lesser known, lost, denied from the general public, ignored in film literature, or overshadowed films–hidden gems, which will surprise film buffs with their competitive qualities, or how timeless they have been conceived. Istanbul Film Festival will unearth these hidden gems, with the curation of Alkan Avcıoğlu.
Private Property / Leslie Stevens / USA / 79’
Figures in a Landscape / Joseph Losey / UK / 110’
Phase IV / Saul Bass / UK-USA / 84’
Liquid Sky / Slava Tsukerman / USA / 112’
Ni luo he nu er / Daughter of the Nile / Hou Hsiao Hsien / Taiwan / 91’
CINEMANIA (10 FILMS)
Originated from the love and passion for cinema and also being a “cinephile”, festival’s new section Cinemania collects the best of the cinema world, stars, guides, and cornerstones and monumental works under one roof, sponsored by Istanbul Ayvansaray University. These include masterpieces of master film makers, examples of the brightest films of their career, digitally restored film copies of lost, cult, or classics resurrected for the 21st century audience; and intriguing works about the cinema itself, filmmakers and the art of cinema.
Arabesk / Ertem Eğilmez / Turkey / 94’
Şoför Nebahat / Driver Nebahat / Metin Erksan / Turkey / 117’
Siyah Otomobil / Black Car / Aram Gülyüz / Turkey / 82’
Göl / The Lake / Ömer Kavur / Turkey / 83’
24 Frames / Abbas Kiarostami / Iran-France / 120’
The Green Fog / Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson / USA / 63’
The Legend of the Ugly King / Hüseyin Tabak / Germany-Austria / 122’
La mariée etait en noir / The Bride Wore Black / François Truffaut / France-Italy / 107’
Paris, Texas / Wim Wenders / Germany-France-UK-USA / 145’
Keşanlı Ali Destanı / Kesanli Ali’s Epic / Atıf Yılmaz / Turkey / 83’
ARCHITECTURAL UTOPIAS – CINEMATIC DYSTOPIAS (3 FILMS)
Istanbul Film Festival will cooperate with the art space Arter for a programme that takes a holistic approach to the production process of the Berlin-based artist Ali Mahmut Demirel. Known for his experimental video works, live visual designs, performances and the music videos he produced for Plastikman, Richie Hawtin and Captain Comatose; Demirel’s solo exhibition curated by Başak Doğa Temür, Isle will take place at Arter between 16 March and 15 July 2018. The films which inspired Demirel’s three exhibition videos will be screened at the festival as part of the project.
Kuyu / The Well / Metin Erksan / Turkey / 86’
The Last of England / Derek Jarman / UK / 92’
Stalker / Andrey Tarkovski / Soviet Union / 162’
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