Eminönü ’77  (Eminonu ’77)

(Short Film -One Minute Silent Documentary-) (Shooting Format: Super8 Film)

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

Metruk  ( The Abandoned )

-Short Experimental Documentary- (Shooting  Format: HD/XD CAM EX1)

“Feel the lonelyness of the condemned houses…”

Producer & Director: Orkide Ünsür, Screenplay: Orkide Ünsür, Camera & Editing: Umut Can Sevindik, Sound: Umut Can Sevindik  & Orkide Ünsür

Special thanks to Alternatiffilm (Hasan Serin & Umut Can Sevindik)…

Special thanks to Ahmet Sargın, Şenol Şen and my brother Okan Ünsür for their help with my Betacam SP, Mini DV and NTSC DVD master copies…

Logline: Condemned houses are like abandoned lovers.

Synopsis: Condemned houses are like abandoned lovers that once shared good and bad moments. They are disappointed, upset and same proud. Now, because of abandonment and rejection they are left alone for selfdistruction.

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 again together 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.

Filmmaker  Orkide Ünsür is observing the condemned houses in her neighbourhood…

Award:

The Indie  Competition, Award of Merit Winner  in Short Documentary Category,  La Jolla,California/USA  (June 2011)

Other Festivals:

Official Selection for the 11th International Izmir Short Film Festival, Izmir / TURKEY (3-7 November  2010)

Ladyfest Ten Independent Arts Festival,  London / UNITED KINGDOM (12-14 November 2010)

FIFE 28th International Environmental Film Festival -The Category of Urban- Paris / FRANCE (24-30 November 2010)

7th IAWRT Asian Women’s Films Festival, New Delhi / INDIA   (5-8 March 2011)

9th International Environmental Short Film Festival, Finalist,  Istanbul / TURKEY (27-30 April 2011)

Swansea Bay Film Festival, Finalist (Best International Short Film Under 30 minutes), Welsh  / UNITED KINGDOM  (5-15 May, 2011)

9th National Short Film Festival by Istanbul Short Filmmakers Association, Finalist,  Istanbul / TURKEY (6-8 May 2011)

14th CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival -The Section Of Panaroma- Turin / ITALY  (May 31st – June 5th 2011)

Festival International du Film Merveilleux, Finalist, Paris / FRANCE (30 June-2 July 2011)

The International Film Festival Ireland (IFFI), Finalist, Tipperary  / IRELAND (1-9 September 2011)

Official Selection for the Heart of England International Film Festival,  Worcestershire  / UNITED KINGDOM (7-18 September 2011)

16th Boston Turkish Festival, Documentary & Short Film Competition,  Finalist, Boston, Massachusetts / USA (December 1-8 2011)

OFF ’12 ODTU Film Festival, Ankara / TURKEY (28 February-2 March 2012)

3rd Dialog Greek-Turkish Short Film Festival, Eskişehir / TURKEY ( 30 April-1 May 2012)

4 th Montreal Turkish Film Festival (4e Festival des films Turcs de Montréal), Finalist, Montréal  / CANADA  (11-20 May, 2012) 

Official Selection for the NewFilmmakers Summer Festival 2012 New York / USA (2-11 July 2012)

Selected for the 4 Film Directors, 4 Films “Women Behind the Camera” Film Screening & Panel Discussion (11th National Short Film Festival by IKFD & Dogus University,  Istanbul / TURKEY ( March 28, 2013)

Special Screenings: 

“Orkide Ünsür, Short Film Screening & Book Signing Event” Namık Kemal University Şarköy Vocational School Conference Hall, Şarköy -Tekirdağ / TURKEY (May 5, 2015)

“New Modern Women Education Culture and Solidarity Association Meeting” Istanbul Yacht Club,  Istanbul / TURKEY (May 13, 2015)

“2 Films 1 Book Event” Maltepe Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, Istanbul / TURKEY (May 17, 2015)

8’den 8’e SAHILDEKILER  ( COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 )

-Short Documentary- (Shooting Format: Mini DV)

“The first documentary movie about Maltepe Coastline and  Sureyya Beach.”

Producer & Director : Orkide Ünsür, Screenplay: Orkide Ünsür,  Camera: Burçin Ankara, Murat Vanlı,  Music : Umur Türel (DOKTOR DEPRESSION), “Crying Out”  Editing: Tamer Gültekin, Umut Can Sevindik

Logline: Brief oral history of Maltepe Coastline in Istanbul.

Synopsis: A hot summer day at  Maltepe coastline in  Istanbul  and the local community -including animals- who share the daily life there accompanied with the brief oral history of the coast and the Sureyya Beach at the background.

Award:

3rd Best Documentary Award in 8th Istanbul International Environmental Short Films Festival (June 2010)

Other Festivals:

3th Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival, Finalist, Istanbul / TURKEY   (October 2009)

11th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF),  Finalist -The Category of Women Filmmakers- Dhaka / BANGLADESH (January 2010)

Kent Meydanı  AVM 4th Short Film Days, Bursa  / TURKEY (May 2010)

4th  Balıkesir Cinema Days , Balıkesir / TURKEY (June 2010)

1st  Manisa Golden Sultanas Short Film Festival, Finalist, Manisa / TURKEY  ( 5-7 November, 2010)

1st International Eskisehir King Midas Short Film Festival,  Finalist Eskisehir / TURKEY  (11-15 May, 2011)

1st  Short Film Competition with the theme Sea,  Finalist, Mersin  / TURKEY (July 2011)

TV Screenings:

“Kısa Metraj” (Short Metrage) Cinema Programme in Cine 5 TV Channel  (June 27, 2010)

COASTLANDERS 8 to 8  was broadcasted on IZ TV during 2011 season.

Special Screenings: 

“Orkide Ünsür, Short Film Screening & Book Signing Event” Namık Kemal University Şarköy Vocational School Conference Hall, Şarköy -Tekirdağ / TURKEY (May 5, 2015)

“New Modern Women Education Culture and Solidarity Association Meeting” Istanbul Yacht Club, Istanbul / TURKEY (May 13, 2015)

“2 Films 1 Book Event” Maltepe Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center, Istanbul / TURKEY  (May 17, 2015)

HIDJAZ HOUMAYOON

–Short Underwater Documentary-

Producer & Director: Okan Ünsür, Executive Producer: Orkide Ünsür, Underwater Camera: Okan Ünsür, Music by: Murat Tuğsuz, Reed Flute Performed by: Eyüp Hamiş,  Flute Performed by: Murat Çelik

Synopsis: The beauty of the underwater life makes  human, divine love in Kaş, Antalya.

Festivals:

3th 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Alanya

1st Eastern Mediterranean International Underwater Photography And Film Festival, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

9th Biennual International Festival of Underwater Photography,  Switzerland

POWWOW

-Short Documentary-