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New Screening of “Metruk”

Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned), Workshop, Panel, Seminar, Talk, Conversation (2009- ) March 22, 2013 Leave a comment
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sti13oYrL98]

Metruk (The Abandoned) will be screened in the  4 Film Directors, 4 Films “Women Behind the Camera” Film Screening & Panel Discussion (11th National Short Film Festival by IKFD/Istanbul Short Filmmakers Association & Dogus University).

Panelists:  Bilgi Diren Güneş, Orkide Ünsür, Gökçe Pehlivanoğlu, Simge Gökbayrak

Moderator:  Asst. Prof. Mustafa Bülbül ( Dogus University- Faculty of Fine Arts And Design, Department of Visual Communication Design)

Date & Time: Thursday, March 28, 2013     13.30-15.30 p.m

Venue: Dogus University H Block Theatre Hall, Acıbadem/Istanbul

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Eminönü ’77 (Eminonu ’77)

Eminönü '77, Film Directing, Film Production July 6, 2012 Leave a comment

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”

Competitions, News, Interviews, Reviews June 28, 2012 Leave a comment

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

 

Canada Premiere of “Metruk” takes place on May 18

Competitions, Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) May 7, 2012 1 Comment

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

Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) May 1, 2012 Leave a comment

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”

Film Directing, Film Production, News, Interviews, Reviews April 28, 2012 Leave a comment

“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/)

Metruk is selected for the OFF ’12 ODTÜ Film Festival

Events, Festivals, Metruk (The Abandoned) February 23, 2012 Leave a comment

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 

COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 is available to watch online

8'den 8'e SAHİLDEKİLER (COASTLANDERS 8 to 8), Broadcasting, Videos September 25, 2011 Leave a comment

I uploaded my short documentary 8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER ( COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 ) on my youtube channel. I will upload it soon to other online platforms. So everybody can watch and share it.

Thanks again to my crew, my interviewees, my friends, my family and all Asian Side & Maltepe Coast & Sureyya Beach lovers in Istanbul…

COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 is on IZ TV in September 2011

8'den 8'e SAHİLDEKİLER (COASTLANDERS 8 to 8), Broadcasting, Events September 8, 2011 Leave a comment

from the movie COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 (Sureyya Beach in 1976)

IZ TV is Turkey’s first documentary channel. During its maiden season in 2006, IZ TV has received Hotbird’s Honorable Mention and in 2007, IZ TV has been honored asEurope’s best documentary channel.

8’den 8’e SAHİLDEKİLER ( COASTLANDERS 8 to 8 ) will be broadcast on IZ TV’s “Indie  Films” on September 12, 2011 at 05:40 a.m.

Check out its web site for my short film and watch the trailer they prepared.

* Many thanks again to my small crew and all friends who support me and my short film.

“Metruk” is Number 1 on MiShorts’ Top 10 List

Metruk (The Abandoned) August 6, 2011 Leave a comment

I am happily and proudly announcing that my short film Metruk (The Abandoned) is Number 1 in the current Top 10 most-watched videos on MiShorts’ popular Dailymotion channel. Metruk achieved for being the most popular short film among the all others within just 5 days.  It is also available on  MiShorts platform for buying & downloading.

Here is the screengrab  which MiShorts team sent me this morning. (Right now it already hits 2517)

This result  is a great motivation for me as I am in the writing process of my new short fiction film’s  screenplay now.

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