11th Boston Turkish Documentary and Short Film Competition has started

BOSTON - Nov. 11, 2016 - PRLog -- 11^th Boston Turkish Documentary and Short Film Competition started with the screening of "Kedi" by director Ceyda Torun at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The screening created a big splash for the competition opening night and ended with a long-lasting applause by the audience. The competition opening reception followed the film screening, attended by guests, film enthusiasts, film critics, and directors, with live music by Turkish ensemble Neotolia.

The first of its kind in North America and celebrating its 11th year, the competition has transformed to a tradition and has received a remarkable international attention.  A total of 44 films are screened in this year's program at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Goethe-Institut Boston, and Boston University. In this rare opportunity, film enthusiasts in Boston are able to explore works of the young filmmakers first hand.

This year 360 films were submitted to the competition.  In addition to the jury, audience will also be able to vote for the "Audience Awards". Winners of best film awards in the competition will meet again with the cineasts at the 16^th Boston Turkish Film Festival in March 2017.

Finalist Short Films:

0Rh- (Taylan Mintaş), A Spider Web / Une toile d'arraignée (Hüseyin Aydın Gürsoy), About Arif . Tecahül-i Arif (Hasan Kalender), Azad (Yakup Tekintanğaç), Beloved by Britain (Mahir Güden), Cause (Aykut Bilge), Colibri (Emre Açıkgöz), Egg / Yumurta (Muaz Güneş & Emrah Doğru), El Matador (Can Eren), Farewellcome (Roko Noyan Babataşı), In the Family / En Famille (Jérôme Waquet), Kite / Uçurtma (Serdal Altun), Later I Woke Up / Sonra Uyandım (Atilla Ünsal), Moment ( Baturhan Bilgi), Pipette / Pipet (Serdal Doğan),  Prejudice / Önyargı (Fatih Yaşar), The Olive Tree at the Border (Sholeh Zahraei & Kamil Saldun), The Roadie / Rodi (Emre Sert & Gözde Yetişkin), The Translator / Çevirmen (Emre Kayış), Tuesday / Salı (Ziya Demirel), Yellow Fridge / Sarı Buzdolabı (Safet Ayhan).

Finalist Documentaries:

Baksı: From Utopia to Reality / Baksı: Ütopyadan Gerçeğe (Bahriye Kabadayı Dal), Dying Breath / Son Nefes (Ömer Akbaş), Far From Homeland / Ülkemden Uzakta (Haydar Demirtaş), Fidelity / Vefa (Baran Vardar), Heavenly Journeys / Himmelsreisen (Marcel Klapp), Holy Camel! A True Love Story / Yok Devenin Pabucu: Bir Aşk Hikayesi (Sibel Mary Şamlı), How to Shape a Town / Heykeltraş (Caner Kaya), İdil Biret: The Portrait of a Child Prodigy / İdil Biret: Bir Harika Çocuğun Portresi (Eytan İpeker), In the Shadow of the Light / Işığın Gölgesinde (Mevlüt Çiftçi), In the World of Lies: Neşet Ertaş / Ah Yalan Dünyada: Neşet Ertaş (Atalay Taşdiken & Hacı Mehmet Duranoğlu), Istanbul Notes / İstanbul Makamı (Özlem Sarıyıldız & Yunus Emre Aydın), Lights in Darkness / Karanlıkta Işıklar (Erkan Tahhuşoğlu), Mersin: A Cultural Sea / Kültür Denizi Mersin (Esra Nur & Kader Çetintaş), Path of Tears / Gözyaşı Yolu (Engin Türkyılmaz), Sender: İlhan Sami Çomak / Gönderen: İlhan Sami Çomak (Çiğdem Mazlum Yıldız & Sertaç Yıldız), Son of the Mountains / Dağların Oğlu (Yavuz Selim Taşçıoğlu), Tarzan Kemal: Story of a Citizen / Tarzan Kemal: Bir Kentli Hikayesi (Yusuf Emre Yalçın), The Children of Rafet / Rafet'in Çocukları (Mümin Barış & Reşit Ballıkaya), The Homeland / Kayıp Vatan (Aydın Kapancık), There is a Pulse / Bir Nabız Var (Bora Yediel), Through My Lens / Artık Hayallerim Var (Nefin Dinç), Up and Down Galata / Aşağı Yukarı Galata (Çağan Duran & Ali Uluç Kutal)

More information about the competition and the films may be found at: http://www.bostonturkishfestival.org/competition