MELBOURNE TURKISH FILM FESTIVAL
April 18th 2009 03:33
APRIL 19 – 24 2009
For the first time in Australia, the Turkish community in Melbourne will host the inaugural Melbourne Turkish Film Festival, thanks to the hard working collaboration of The Republic of Turkey Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Antalya Culture and Arts Foundation (AKSAV) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). Never before has the Turkish community attempted to create a festival of their own in the same veil as other European countries many of whom now have regular annual screenings and audience numbers continuing to grow each year.
Over an extended period of time, the Melbourne Film Festival has continued to screen outstanding Turkish films covering all the emotional and universal issues we find throughout the world today but explored in Turkish contexts. Some of the most recent films include Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkeys and Huseyin Karabey’s My Marlon and Brando. And with such limited theatrical releases (if any) of these films in Australia screenings such as these are usually the only possible way for them to be seen by Australian audiences.
Over the next six days at the Australian centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne, this new addition to the Australian Festival circuit will screen a wide ranging programme including some of the latest award winning films and of course some old-time classics most of which will be making their Australian debuts. With a dramatic increase in film production in Turkey over the last 15 to 20 years, the industry is continuing to thrive. In 2008 over 52 films were released which according to official figures was double that of previous years and 2009 looks set to be once again another huge year for film production in the Dardenelles.
Dates and Session Times
(All Films have 18 classification)
Autumn, Sunday 19 April, 7.30pm - The festival will open with the auspicious debut from
director Özcan Alper. Set against the backdrop of the wild mountainous regions of Northern
Turkey, Autumn is a dark poetic tale of a wasted youth and the coming to terms with
changing ideals.
Alone, Monday 20 April, 7.15pm – The box office hit and latest project of star director
Çağan Irmak, Alone is a tale of love and loss in Istanbul.
Milk, Tuesday 21 April, 7.15pm –The final of Semih Kaplanoglu’s Yusuf trilogy, is the story of
a mother and son in the midst of great social and economic change in rural Turkey.
Three Monkeys, Wednesday 22 April, 8pm–Cannes Film Festival 2008 Best Director Nuri
Bilgi Ceylan’s evocative cinematographic masterpiece, Three Monkeys, is another festival
highlight bound to take viewers on an intense emotional journey.
The Girl with the Red Scarf, Wednesday 22 April, 5.30pmand Dry Summer, Thursday 23
April, 5.30pm – Winner Berlin Film Festival 1964 Golden Bear – Film goers will enjoy these
timeless classics exploring issues in social contexts that are as relevant today as they were
back in the 1960s and 1970s.
Dilber’s Eight Days, Thursday 23 April, 5.30pm– The latest from director Cemal Şan, this
film follows the story of a village girl in Turkey’s north.
Pandora’s Box, Friday 24 April, 7.15pm – The festival will close with renowned director,
Yesim Ustaoglu’s, internationally acclaimed film, Pandora’s Box – a story of isolation and
alienation in middle‐class Istanbul.
Melbourne Turkish Film Festival 09 Ticket Pricing
General admission $10
Concession $8
3 Films Pass $20
Tickets can be purchased online through ACMI or at the ACMI box office, Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne.
MTFF LINK
Over an extended period of time, the Melbourne Film Festival has continued to screen outstanding Turkish films covering all the emotional and universal issues we find throughout the world today but explored in Turkish contexts. Some of the most recent films include Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkeys and Huseyin Karabey’s My Marlon and Brando. And with such limited theatrical releases (if any) of these films in Australia screenings such as these are usually the only possible way for them to be seen by Australian audiences.
Over the next six days at the Australian centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne, this new addition to the Australian Festival circuit will screen a wide ranging programme including some of the latest award winning films and of course some old-time classics most of which will be making their Australian debuts. With a dramatic increase in film production in Turkey over the last 15 to 20 years, the industry is continuing to thrive. In 2008 over 52 films were released which according to official figures was double that of previous years and 2009 looks set to be once again another huge year for film production in the Dardenelles.
Dates and Session Times
(All Films have 18 classification)
Autumn, Sunday 19 April, 7.30pm - The festival will open with the auspicious debut from
director Özcan Alper. Set against the backdrop of the wild mountainous regions of Northern
Turkey, Autumn is a dark poetic tale of a wasted youth and the coming to terms with
changing ideals.
Alone, Monday 20 April, 7.15pm – The box office hit and latest project of star director
Çağan Irmak, Alone is a tale of love and loss in Istanbul.
Milk, Tuesday 21 April, 7.15pm –The final of Semih Kaplanoglu’s Yusuf trilogy, is the story of
a mother and son in the midst of great social and economic change in rural Turkey.
Three Monkeys, Wednesday 22 April, 8pm–Cannes Film Festival 2008 Best Director Nuri
Bilgi Ceylan’s evocative cinematographic masterpiece, Three Monkeys, is another festival
highlight bound to take viewers on an intense emotional journey.
April, 5.30pm – Winner Berlin Film Festival 1964 Golden Bear – Film goers will enjoy these
timeless classics exploring issues in social contexts that are as relevant today as they were
back in the 1960s and 1970s.
Dilber’s Eight Days, Thursday 23 April, 5.30pm– The latest from director Cemal Şan, this
film follows the story of a village girl in Turkey’s north.
Pandora’s Box, Friday 24 April, 7.15pm – The festival will close with renowned director,
Yesim Ustaoglu’s, internationally acclaimed film, Pandora’s Box – a story of isolation and
alienation in middle‐class Istanbul.
Melbourne Turkish Film Festival 09 Ticket Pricing
General admission $10
Concession $8
3 Films Pass $20
Tickets can be purchased online through ACMI or at the ACMI box office, Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne.
MTFF LINK
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