Eminönü ’77 (Eminonu ’77)

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Eminönü ’77  (Eminonu ’77)

Me and my brother made a one minute silent documentary which is the first film from our Super 8 film footage. We will make the second short documentary film (by using the whole film material) later. Stay tuned! 🙂

Synopsis: Eminonu ’77 is a Vintage Film was shot with a Super 8 movie camera. Filmed by our father in Istanbul in 1977,  mom and Okan take a small boat from Asian Side to European Side to visit Eminonu town which is especially famous with its historical  The New Mosque (Yeni Camii) and traditional pigeon feeding area located front of the mosque.

Edited & Produced & Directed by: Orkide & Okan Ünsür

Filmed by:  Ayhan Ünsür

Appearances:  Nermin & Okan Ünsür

New York Premiere of “Metruk”

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Metruk (The Abandoned) had an invitation from New York couple of months ago.  It will take part at the Summer Festival Series (July 2 – 11) of NEWFILMMAKERS NY.

A screening program of short innovative and unconventional documentaries

Curated by Tova Beck-Friedman:

The Also Sisters RURAL PRETÉRITO

Jeremy Kelly CHIPPEWA LAKE PARK

Liliana Orbach DI LIBE BREANT A SHREK

Caryn Cline COMPOST CONFIDENTIAL

Muralla Media Works THE ISLAND IS RIDICULOUS

Orkide Ünsür METRUK / THE ABANDONED

Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 – 6:00 p.m.

Place:  Anthology Film Archive, Deren Theater 32 Second Ave @ 2nd Street, New York, NY 10003

 

Happy Birthday to Me!

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My mom has found our developed Super 8 silent films from my childhood times some days ago and this is one of the most exciting surprises I’ve had this year! I supposed they were lost years ago and I was feeling very sad about them because they were lovely memoirs. It was my dad  (and sometimes my mom) who filmed the family (mostly me & my brother) with a Kodak M24 Instamatic which was very popular movie camera especially in 70’s.

I’ve decided to have digital transfer (telecine) of those films to make a DVD copy and  to have an avi format, and we made it done!  Me and my brother will work on it soon. Keep in touch! A humble, lovely short movie may come in the near future;-)

Canada Premiere of “Metruk” takes place on May 18

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The 4th Montréal Turkish Film Festival ( 4e Festival des films turcs de Montréal) will be held on May 11-20, 2012 in Montréal, Canada.

Metruk is selected as finalist (the category of Short Film&Documentary Competition) and it will be screened at CINEROBOTHEQUE on Friday,   May 18 at 7 p.m. (19:00).

For the festival schedule, click here

Metruk at Dialog Greek-Turkish Short Film Festival

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DIALOG is a cinematic cultural and friendship bridge of  Greece and Turkey, screening the best Turkish & Greek short films.  An annual event takes place in Eskisehir, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece.

The 3rd Dialog Greek-Turkish Short Film Festival is held on 30 April – May 1 in Eskisehir, Turkey. The festival is  organized by  Anadolu University Faculty of Communication Sciences – Department of Cinema and Television and  TISFF Thess International Film Festival.

Metruk (The Abandoned) was screened on Monday, April  30 at 18:30 (06:30 p.m.)

Interviewed by “Her Film”

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“Her Film” is a global project to build audiences for films by, for and about women. Her Film is run by Kyna Morgan in collaboration with Marian Evans  and with contributions by Lotus Wollschlager .  Kyna is a screenwriter and producer as well as a film publicity and marketing professional based in the U.S. and Toronto, Canada. Marian is a writer, cultural activist, filmmaker based in Wellington, New Zealand. She is the author of the Wellywood Woman blog and podcast.  Lotus is the official Her Film Reviewer, and an avid movie enthusiast based in U.S.

“Her Film” begins its country-focused series with female filmmakers and I’m honored and glad to be the first interviewee from Turkey.  Many thanks for their interest and support.

Click here to read the interview:

(source: http://her-film.com/)

Reality Bites Back: A Lecture by Jennifer L. Pozner in Bilgi University

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I attended one of the “Domino Lectures Seminar Series” is organized by Media and Communication Systems Graduate Program at Santral Campus in Istanbul Bilgi University on April 11, 2012 Wednesday.

The lecture named “Reality Bites Back:  Gender, Race and Manipulation in U.S. Reality Television” was given by Jennifer L. Pozner.  She is Executive Director and Founder at Women In Media & News (WIMN) and the author of the book “Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV” .

After the short presentation and speech of Prof. Halil Nalçaoğlu (Dean, Faculty of Communication), he invited Ms. Pozner to the stage.  She showed us some extracts of  the webisode series “Reality Rehab with Dr. Jenn” created by her with the inspiration of “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew”.

She also mentioned about how media shows women, the double standards on gender and  manipulative editing (frankenbiting) in media by giving some examples to the audiences.

Pozner said “We need to educate children and adults in how to see beneath the surface to the underlying messages in popular media and news.” As a filmmaker, I would like to add it is also essential for all genre of movies…

Many thanks to Jennifer L. Pozner and Prof. Halil Nalçaoğlu for this amazing lecture.

Seminar: The Cinema Law & the Copyright Law in Turkey

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I attended a seminar about “the Cinema Law and the Copyright Law in Turkey” on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at KargArt, Kadıköy in Istanbul. The Speaker was Mr. Sabri Kuşkonmaz who is a lawyer, filmmaker, poet and writer. The Moderator was Mr. Metin Gönen who is a director, scriptwriter, producer and the founder of Paradoks Film Prodüksiyon.

Mr. Kuşkonmaz presented us important information about the subject as well as he gave us some enjoyable examples and case studies. The Q/A session was also very helpful for especially documentary and emerging feature length filmmakers.

He said after the revisions and changings during the past years (2001 and 2004), it seems there will be another revision about the Law On  Intellectual And Artistic Works (Law No: 5846)  regarding compatibility with EU Law in September 2012.

Many thanks to Mr. Kuşkonmaz and Mr. Gönen for devoting their time to create this event.

Celebrating International Women’s Day

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Metruk is selected for the OFF ’12 ODTÜ Film Festival

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ODTÜ (METU) Film Festival (OFF ’12)  is organized by ODTÜ Sitop ( Middle East Technical University, Cinema Community ) in Ankara, Turkey.  The festival will be held on February 28- March 2, 2012. There will be no awards for the film festival as there isno competition involved. OFF ’12 is a nice opportunity for Turkish short filmmakers to share their works  and to celebrate the art of cinema. Metruk (The Abandoned) will be screened on Tuesday, February 28 at 15:30  (03:30 p.m.)

There will be ” In Memoriam” screenings held for Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos and Turkish filmmaker Ömer Kavur.

Here is the festival schedule