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Metruk’s World Premiere was in Izmir

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I was invited to 11th International Izmir Short Film Festival which was held on between 3-7 November 2010 with my short experimental documentary Metruk (The Abandoned). This year, the only competition category was for the short fictions. Metruk was selected for the documentary category with 9 other documentaries from the world and Turkey.

Metruk was screened on Saturday 6, November as a final movie of 17:00 session. It was nice and exciting screening for me.

Jury members selected  Aprilis Suskhi as best film. Jury Special Prize went to Berf. A special festival award for 11th year went to An’ı Yaşamak.

I met some filmmaker friends and other friends who are on film business and we spent enjoyable time together such as attending parties, dinners etc. We watched interesting short films from all over the world during 2 days we spent in Izmir.

International Izmir Short Film Festival is one of the most remarkable short film festivals in Turkey. I wish them to find more fund, support and sponsorships in the future. Izmir’s audiences were wonderful with their excite, interest and cinema love. Many of them had to watch the films were standing still because the auditorium was full for all sessions. Many thanks to Festival’s President and also Izmir Cinema Association’s President Kayhan Kırmızıgül, Festival Program Director Tuna Yılmaz and other festival people for their kindness and support.

Orkide Ünsür & Kayhan Kırmızıgül

Theron Patterson & Orkide Ünsür

Metruk (The Abandoned) is selected for the 11th Izmir International Short Film Festival

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11th International Izmir Short Film Festival which organized by Izmir Cinema Association will be held November 3-7, 2010.  The competition category is only for fiction films. Metruk is selected for the category of documentary and it will be screened on Thursday 4 November at 13:00 p.m. The screenings will be at the auditorium of Izmir Turkish-American Association.

The Jury Members are:

Prof. Dr. Sevda Alankuş, Dean ( İzmir Economy University, Faculty of Communication)

Zeynep Özbatur Atakan, Producer

Volga Sorgu, Actor

Joel Foulet, Editor, Director

Theron Patterson, Director

Yeşim Tabak, Film Critic (Sabah Newspaper)

Ragıp Taranç, Assistant Professor (Dokuz Eylul University,  Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Film Design

Burcu Tatlıses, Musician, Lyricist, Short Film Director

Andreas Treske, Editor  (Yasar University, Faculty of Communication)

Mehmet Hadi Baran, Mardin Cinema Association President

Canan Demet Kebapçılar, Columnist (Haber Turk Newspaper)

OFFICIAL SELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL IZMIR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL:

Opening Film:

Glukhota: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (Ukraine)

Competition Films:

Kain: Kristof Hoornaert (Belgium)

Zu Vermieten: Emre Karapınar & İsmail Onay (Turkiye-Germany)

Hayerida: Shai Miedzinski (Israel)

Bugün Yok/No Today: İsmet Kurtuluş (Turkiye)

To My Mother and Father/Anne ve Babama: Can Evrenol (Turkiye)

Oma Rennt: Nikolaus von Uthmann (Germany)

Berf/Kar: Erol Mintaş (Turkiye-Romania)

Diarchia: Ferdinando Cito Filomarino (Italy)

All Flowers in Time: Jonathan Caouette (Canada)

Kindergeld: Övünç Güvenışık (Turkiye)

Aprilis Suskhi: Tornike Bziava (Georgia)

World Premiers:

Tatlıya Her Zaman Yer Vardır/There’s Always Room for Dessert: Müge Bayraktar (Turkiye)

Ayna/Mirror: Irmak Yamaç (Turkiye)

Screening Programme:

Fiction:

Anı Yaşamak/Living the Moment: Hakan Metin Mercan (Turkiye)

Khaneam Abrist: Karim Azimi (Iran)

Telepfone: Jeffrey Anderson Bliss (U.S.A.)

Mukadderat/Fatality: Cenk Kaptan (Turkiye)

Coming Attractions: Peter Tscherkassky (Austria)

Venus vs Me: Nathalie Teirlinck (Belgium)

Bear Market: James S. Blose (U.S.A.)

Transparent: Sammy Fransquet (Belgium)

Le Hobby: Nicolas Zappi (France)

Babam ve Spike/My Dad and Spike: Murat Kebir (Turkiye)

Candy Darling: Silvia Defrance (Belgium)

In Scale: Marina Moshkova (Russia)

Cigarette Candy: Lauren Wolkstein (U.S.A.)

Jour 0: Vincent Diderot (France)

The External World: David O’Reilly (Ireland)

Voice Wanted: Maria Stoyanova (Bulgaria)

WAGs: Evi Goldbrunner & Joachim Dollhopf (Germany)

Calling the Minstrel: Genevieve Appleton (Canada)

18: Nehir Tuna (Turkiye)

Seppi und Hias/Seppi ve Hias: Emre Koca (Turkiye-Germany)

Film ya da Film/Film or Film: Şükrü Apaydın (Turkiye)

Emanet/Custody: Ali Cem Doğan & Ayberk Olgay (Turkiye)

Documentary:

Tres Tristes Tigres: David Munoz (Spain)

Nea Radu /Fellow Radu: Stefan Scarlatescu (Romania)

Maturarul: Stefan Scarlatescu (Romania)

Kwa Heri Mandima: Robert-Jan Lacombe (Switzerland)

Metruk/The Abandoned: Orkide Ünsür (Turkiye)

Babam Tarih Yapıyor/My Father is Making History: Haydar Demirtaş (Turkiye)

Urban Bugs: Aykut Alp Ersoy (Turkiye)

Camgeran: Nagihan Çakar (Turkiye)

Metruk (The Abandoned) is selected for the Ladyfest Ten

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Ladyfest is a global independent arts festival promoting and celebrating women’s creativity and counter-culture. It turns 10 years old this year. Ladyfest Ten takes place from Friday 12th until Sunday 14th November across various North London venues and it will involve iconic and emerging female talent from every field such as music, film, literature, craft, comedy and much more.

Metruk is selected for the LADYFEST TEN SHORTS and it will be screened on Friday 12 November, 2010 in London.

(Source: www.ladyfestten.com)

“COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 “ is finalist for the Manisa Golden Sultanas Short Film Festival

8'den 8'e SAHİLDEKİLER (COASTLANDERS 8 to 8), Festivals October 29, 2010 Comments: 4

from the movie COASTLANDERS 8 to 8

 

1 st  Manisa Golden Sultanas Short Film Festival will be held November 5-7, 2010. The festival organized by Manisa  Municipality and collaboration with Okumuş Adamlar Fikir Atölyesi. 8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER / COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 is selected as  finalist for the Category of Documentary.

The Jury Members are:

Prof. Dr. Semih Çelenk, Dean (Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Fine Arts)

Prof. Dr. Faruk Kalkan, Dean (Yasar University, Faculty of Fine Arts)

Associate Prof. Lale Kabadayı (Ege University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema )

Assistant Prof. Dr. Onur Çakaloz (Yasar University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Film Design)

Assistant  Prof. Dr. Serhat Baştan (Celal Bayar University)

Engin Kümüştekin (City Councilor in Manisa -Advertiser)

Demet Evgar (Cinema and Theatre Actress)

Tayfun Şengöz (General Art Director of  the Manisa Municipality City Theatre)

See the full list of short films which are selected for pre final and final as well.

Director’s Statement

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When I was a child, me and couple of my friends were very interested in playing around abandoned houses. We used to call them “Haunted Houses”. I loved them, though they scared me some.

I find these abandoned houses helpless, sad in a state of condemnation and loneliness. It seems that they have an amount of pride and integrity even in the state they’re in. People neither live in, nor collapse them. Basically, they’re just “hanging around.” People just pass by them without caring nor wondering, taking for granted their destiny to disappear bit by bit.

A home is a very special place which gives us privacy and provides us with a warm, secure nest. It’s our shelter. As a community, we have shared love, joy, happiness and bad times with seemly mixed emotions in these houses. In appearance, it gives a somewhat claustrophobic effect. Almost like our relationships with our loved ones. Once we cruelly leave these houses to their loneliness, the house turns into a devastated place as time passes. Like abandoned lovers. These houses are very gothic for me because they bring weirdness which is actually enormously familiar to us normally. Take a word like “Heim” that means home in German and “Unheimlich” (Unhomely) means “creepy, spooky, uncanny”. These two words have the same root “home”. I find them very charming and interesting. The correlation between them is relevant to our lifes.

In my neighbourhood, I have seen these abandoned houses for a long time. I took some pictures last year.

I was thinking about making a short docu this year. Months ago I realized this one in particular, is very close to collapsing because of the fire and it was looking very dangerous for the humans and animals as well in its neighborhood . So I immediately decided to shoot this movie before it was too late! I had no fund at the time or sponsor. I spoke to my cameraman  friend Umut Can Sevindik and his partner Hasan Serin in Alternatiffilm. I explained the situation and how I’ve been feeling about these abandoned houses and mentioned to them about my project. They love the idea! As they believed in the project and supported me. So with a small amount of production & post production money I produced my short film. We worked together and made Metruk (The Abandoned).

Of course there are many other abandoned houses in Istanbul but I just wanted to focus on the ones in my neighborhood only. I aim to help these houses with my movie because if Metruk is screened so many festivals or broadcasted some TV channels the authorities or rich investors may want to refurbish couple of them as they are historical old houses. I consider it to be kind of a duty on my behave to brighten my neighborhood and glorify something that has meaning as well as history.

Orkide Ünsür

COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 is on Cine 5 TV Channel

8'den 8'e SAHİLDEKİLER (COASTLANDERS 8 to 8), Broadcasting, Events June 26, 2010 Comments: 2

8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER / COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 will be broadcast on “Kısa Metraj” (Short Metrage) Programme in Cine 5 TV ChannelSunday June 27, 2010 at 13:40 p.m. Programme will replay at 01:15 a.m.

-from the set- COASTLANDERS 8 to 8

Here are the short films: 8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER / COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 Orkide ÜNSÜR – 2009 5 LİRA Serhat KARAASLAN – 2009 SU TANESİ Oğuzhan KAYA – 2008 BİR VÜCUT İKİ İNSAN Murat TAHAN – 2010 KÖY Mustafa DOK – 2009

Metruk (The Abandoned): A short experimental documentary by Orkide Ünsür

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Watch the trailer

Metruk ( The Abandoned )

Genre: Short Experimental Documentary, Duration: 12′ 07”

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

LOGLINE: Condemned houses are like abandoned lovers.

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

(Special thanks to Alternatiffilm…)

About Closing Ceremony and Awards of the Festival…

8'den 8'e SAHİLDEKİLER (COASTLANDERS 8 to 8), Awards/Nominations, Festivals June 12, 2010 Leave a comment

The closing ceremony of the 8th International Environmental Short Films Festival which was organized by Büyükçekmece Municipality and Etkin Film Prodüksiyon was taken place at  Atatürk Cultural Center in Büyükçekmece on Friday 11, 2010. After the cocktail, awards ceremony has begun. Firstly Festival Director Mr. Vural Çavuşoğlu  and Büyükçekmece Major Mr. Hasan Akgün have made their speeches and the winners took  their prizes.

“8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER / COASTLANDERS 8  to 8″ which is the first documentary about  Maltepe Coastline and Süreyya Beach has won the 3rd Best Documentary Award in the competition which is only organized in national category. During the festival some foreign short films have screened from different countries such as Spain, France, Germany, England Italy and Holland.

Here are the awarded films and directors that were selected by the jury members who are Cahit Berkay (Musician), Ediz Hun (Actor), Assist. Dr. Gülin Terek Ünal (Universtiy of Istanbul Faculty of Communication), Üstün Asutay (Actor), Vural Çavuşoğlu (Director):

Category of Documentary

1st Prize:  MADA (Director: Musa Ak)

2nd Prize: HALKİ HALKI (Director: Atacan Şimşek-Bulut Tar)

3rd Prize: 8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER / COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 (Director: Orkide Ünsür)

Category of Live Action

1st Prize:  ARTI BEŞ DERECE (Director: Şenol Çöm)

2nd Prize: SU TANESİ (Director: Oğuzhan Kaya)

3rd Prize: BEŞ LİRA (Director: Serhat Karaaslan)

Category of Animation

Best Film: BİR VÜCUT İKİ İNSAN (Director: Murat Tahan)

Murat Şener Special Prize:

Students of Istanbul College with their works called PEGU

Prof. Dr. Suat Gezgin, Dean of the Faculty of Communication in Istanbul University and musician İskender Doğan were  awarded with special prize at the ceremony which was hosted by actor Ercan Bostancıoğlu. The night has ended by the songs of the musician Muzaffer Uludağ and also a wonderful tango performance by dancers.



* Special thanks to Ms. Çiğdem Larsen for my video and special thanks to Ms. Gül Toksoy for my picture …


“COASTLANDERS 8 to 8” is awarded

8'den 8'e SAHİLDEKİLER (COASTLANDERS 8 to 8), Awards/Nominations, Festivals June 4, 2010 Comments: 2

Behind the Camera

“COASTLANDERS 8  to 8”  has won the 3rd Best Documentary Award in 8th Istanbul International Environmental Short  Films Festival, the Category of National Competition.

Festival closing and the award ceremony will be taken place  at  Atatürk Cultural Center in Büyükçekmece on Friday 11, 2010.

“COASTLANDERS 8 to 8” is finalist for the Istanbul International Environmental Short Film Festival

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from the movie COASTLANDERS 8 to 8

8th Istanbul International Environmental Short Film Festival will be held on June 9-11  2010 and “8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER / COASTLANDERS 8 to 8” is in the category of national competition. All films will be screened at Ataturk Cultural Center in Buyukcekmece.

List of the festival films: