Category Archives: Festivals

Metruk is finalist in Boston Turkish Festival

Competitions, Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) November 4, 2011 Leave a comment

from the movie Metruk (The Abandoned)

Metruk (The Abandoned) is selected as finalist for the 16th Boston Turkish Festival Documentary & Short Film Competition in Boston, Massachusetts,  USA. It will be screened on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in Boston Public Library.

Members of this year’s Competition Jury include:

Haden Guest, Director, Harvard Film Archive
Peter Keough, Film Editor – Boston Phoenix
Carter Long, Katharine Stone White Curator of Film, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Boston Turkish Festival Documentary and Short Film Competition provides a rare opportunity for filmmakers to have a platform in the United States for their films to reach an international audience, as well as film critics.

(Source: http://www.bostonturkishfestival.org)

Sitophobia is finalist for WILDsound Screenplay Contest

Competitions, Events, Festivals, Screenplay, SITOPHOBIA September 26, 2011 Leave a comment

I’m proudly announcing my one page screenplay SITOPHOBIA is selected as finalist for WILDsound FALL/WINTER  2011   1 page Screenplay Contest.  WILDsound Film Festival is  Toronto, Ontario / Canada based film festival which has different categories.

SITOPHOBIA will be read at WILDsound's Saturday October 22nd festival event. Then there will be a vote online where people will pick the winner, which will be made into a film. I must say, writing a one page screenplay is an exciting and enjoyable experince as well as great challenge it is.

Here are the all finalists:

Metruk at Heart of England International Film Festival

Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) September 4, 2011 Comments: 4

The Heart of England International Film Festival will be based in the ancient market town of Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, United Kingdom between September 4th and 11th 2011. The Royal Oak Hotel is the main venue for the festival. Metruk (The Abandoned) will be screened on Friday September 9,  at 08:00 p.m.

Here is the screening schedule for the festival

Metruk is Finalist for IFFI 2011

Competitions, Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) August 8, 2011 Leave a comment

The 2011 International Film Festival Ireland will take place between September 1st and 9th 2011 in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland. Metruk (The Abandoned) is selected as finalist for IFFI 2011  in the category of  “Europe under 20 “.   It will be screened on Sunday, September 4 at 11.40 a.m. Here are the nominated films in this category:

                        
A KING SIZE BED Marc Dujarric 10,  France
WHEN THE HURLYBURLY’S  DONE  Hanna Maria Heidrich/Alex Eslam 15, Germany
WOOD OF VALUE Bjorn Bratberg 16,  Norway
QUIPPE DANCE Alberto Nacci 5,  Italy
METRUK (THE ABANDONED) Orkide Unsur 12 , Turkey

Here are some trailers from  IFFI 2011 on youtube channel

Metruk is Finalist for Festival International du Film Merveilleux in Paris

Competitions, Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) June 17, 2011 Leave a comment

from the movie Metruk (The Abandoned)

The 2nd edition of the  Festival International du Film Merveilleux  (The International Fantasy Film Festival) to  be held in Paris from June 30 to July 2nd 2011.  The themes of the Film festival are magic, the imaginary, the marvelous, the supernatural, the occult, the strange, the esoteric, poetry, the fantastic, science -fiction, legends, comics, animated movies and mangas, video games…

It’s an international competition of recently produced films . The Jury 2011 is composed of following members: Xavier Gens ( Hitman, Frontière(s) ), Caroline Vié ( journalist ), Nicolas Alberny ( 8th Wonderland), Fabrice o Joubert ( French Roast,despicable me, shark tale).

The Festival director Benedicte Beaugeois  is also co founder of The Association Talulah.

Metruk (The Abandoned) will be screened at Théâtre douze, 6 avenue Maurice Ravel 75012 Paris on Saturday,  July 2 at  18:30

Here is the complete list of films and the screening schedule

Watch the trailer of the festival

(source: http://festival-film-merveilleux.com)

Metruk is selected for the Festival International du Film Merveilleux, Paris

Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) May 27, 2011 Leave a comment

Metruk (The Abandoned) has been selected to be part of the 2nd edition of Festival International du Film Merveilleux to  be held in Paris from June 30 to July 2nd 2011.   It will be  screened  at  Theatre Douze, 6 avenue Maurice Ravel, Paris on 2nd July. 

The Festival promotes films celebrating the imaginary, the wonder and the magic from all over the world. The Talulah Association also organizes short-film and features film events in Paris ( all themes welcome ) as well as film workshops and ecological awareness.

– International short-movies competition

– Quart d’heure Americain : American movies

– Tea Time : English Movies

– Kaléidoscope : International Features, documentaries, short movies (off Competition )

Watch the trailer of the festival

(source: http://festival-film-merveilleux.com//)

The screening schedule of Metruk on CinemAmbiente Film Festival

Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) May 20, 2011 Leave a comment
from the movie Metruk (The Abandoned)

Metruk will be screened at the Panorama Cortometraggi-Short Films Section of the 14th CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival in Turin, Italy. Here is the screening schedule:

CIRCOLO AMENTES

Wednesday, June 1 at: 21:30

BLAH BLAH

Friday, June 3 at 22:30

COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 is finalist for the King Midas Short Film Festival

8'den 8'e SAHİLDEKİLER (COASTLANDERS 8 to 8), Events, Festivals May 10, 2011 Leave a comment

from the movie COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 (archive photography by Aykut Ünker)

The 1st International Eskişehir King Midas Short Film Festival will be held on May  11-15, 2011. One of the short films, 8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER ( COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 )  is selected as  finalist for the Documentary Category and will be screened on Friday, May 13  at 13:00 8) (01:00 p.m.)

The Award Ceremony and the Closing Party of the above mentioned film festival will take place  at the Eskişehir Culture Center on Sunday, May 15,  2011.

For a complete list of finalist short films see: 

Metruk is finalist for the National Short Film Festival

Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) May 9, 2011 Leave a comment

9th National Short Film Festival is being organized by Istanbul Short Filmmakers Association was held on 6,7 and 8 of May.  Metruk has been selected as finalist and screened once per day.

Metruk is at FILMFIEST’s Channel (IFFI 2011 Trailer’s Park) on Youtube

Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) April 25, 2011 Leave a comment

Metruk is selected as Official Selection for the International Film Festival Ireland (IFFI), Tipperary/ IRELAND (1-9 September 2011). Here are the 2011 trailers in IFFI’s trailers park right now.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=AEF41D1EA5D2F67C