Istanbul Modern Cinema, presents its fifth annual program of new films from Turkey under the heading Count Us In! The program consists of films that made a mark in the past year and won awards at festivals but had little exposure at commercial theaters. This year’s program features films that won awards at various festivals in 2016 such as Dust Cloth (Toz Bezi), Motherland (Ana Yurdu), and Wedding Dance (Kasap Havası), as well as Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu), which will be Turkey’s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards. Also included in the program are Seren Yüce’s second film Swaying Waterlily (Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer), the latest productions of renowned directors such as Zeki Demirkubuz and Derviş Zaim, and Album (Albüm), which was the only Turkish film at Cannes this year. Directors and cast members will also be in attendance at the screenings.
ALBUM (ALBÜM), 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 103’ | Turkish
Director: Mehmet Can Mertoğlu
Cast: Şebnem Bozoklu, Murat Kılıç, Mustafa Ragıp Adıgüzel
MOTHERLAND (ANA YURDU), 2015
Turkey | DCP, Color, 94’ | Turkish
Director:Senem Tüzen
Cast:Esra Bezen Bilgin, Nihan Koldaş, Semih Aydın
MY FATHER’S WINGS (BABAMIN KANATLARI), 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 101’ | Turkish
Director: Kıvanç Sezer
Cast: Menderes Samancılar, Musab Ekici, Kübra Kip, Tansel Öngel
BASKIN (BASKIN: KARABASAN), 2015
Turkey | DCP, Color, 97’ | Turkish
Director: Can Evrenol
Cast: Görkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Muharrem Bayrak
COLD OF KALANDAR (KALANDAR SOĞUĞU), 2015
Turkey | DCP, Color, 130’ | Turkish
Director:Mustafa Kara
Cast:Haydar Şişman, Nuray Yeşilaraz, Hanife Kara
WEDDING DANCE (KASAP HAVASI), 2015
Turkey | DCP, Color, 103’ | Turkish
Director:Çiğdem Sezgin
Cast:İnanç Konukçu, Şenay Gürler, Hakan Karahan
EMBER (KOR), 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 145’ | Turkish
Director:Zeki Demirkubuz
Cast:Aslıhan Gürbüz, Caner Cindoruk, Taner Birsel
BAD CAT (KÖTÜ KEDİ ŞERAFETTİN), 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 84’ | Turkish
Directors: Mehmet Kurtuluş, Ayşe Ünal
Voice cast:Uğur Yücel, Demet Evgar, Okan Yalabık, Güven Kıraç, Yekta Kopan, Ayşen Gruda
BLUE BICYCLE (MAVİ BİSİKLET), 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 94’ | Turkish
Director:Ümit Köreken
Cast:Selim Kaya, Eray Kılınçarslan, Katya Shenkova, Fatih Koca
RAUF, 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 93’ | Turkish
Directors:Barış Kaya, Soner Caner
Cast:Alen Hüseyin Gürsoy, Yavuz Gürbüz, Şeyda Sözüer
DREAM (RÜYA), 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 93’ | Turkish
Director:Derviş Zaim
Cast:Gizem Erdem, Ebru Helvacıoğlu, Dilşat Bozyiğit, Gizem Akman
SWAYING WATERLILY (RÜZGARDA SALINAN NİLÜFER), 2015
Turkey | DCP, Color, 106’ | Turkish
Director: Seren Yüce
Cast:Tolga Tekin, Songül Öden, Tülay Günal, Eraslan Sağlam, Esme Madra
THE LAST BIRDS (SON KUŞLAR), 2016
Turkey | DCP, Color, 90’ | Turkish
Director:Bedir Afşin
Cast:Şahverdi Ali Eren, Fatma Öney, Senar Sağdıç
DUST CLOTH (TOZ BEZİ), 2015
Turkey | DCP, Color, 98’ | Turkish
Director: Ahu Öztürk
Cast:Nazan Kesal, Asiye Dinçsoy, Mehmet Özgür, Serra Yılmaz