Trending
    • Jasmin Mozaffari’s short film ‘Motherland, wins TIFF award
    • Poor Thing, Wins Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
    • Toronto Film Festival 2023
    • Iranian Influential Women: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
    • Sundance Film Festival Asia
    • Enea, review
    • French rising star, Adèle Exarchopoulos, 4 top favorite movies
    • Cinematography director Morteza Pursamadi dies at 70
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Cinema Without Borders
    • Home
    • Feature Story
    • News
    • Conversations
    • Festivals
    • Cinema Tech
    • Film Reviews
    • CinéEqual
    • Other Arts
    • Archives
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Cinema Without Borders
    You are at:Home»News»Istanbul Modern Cinema hosts Ümit Ünal

    Istanbul Modern Cinema hosts Ümit Ünal

    0
    By World Cinema Reports' Editors on 01/31/2018 News

    Istanbul Modern Cinema is presenting the fifth installment of “Rendezvous with Directors,” a program hosting a series of meetings featuring directors who stand out for their artistic identities and unique approaches in Turkey’s contemporary film culture.

    This year’s guest of the series is Ümit Ünal, a director who initially entered the world of cinema through Yeşilçam and wrote screenplays of renowned films that left their mark on the 1980s.

    Among Ünal’s prominent screenplays from the time are “My Aunt” (Teyzem, 1986) directed by Halit Refiğ, which once won the grand prize of the Milliyet Newspaper Screenplay Competition, Atıf Yılmaz’s “My Dreams, My Love and You” (Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen, 1987) and Tunç Başaran’s “Piano Piano Kid” (Piyano Piyano Bacaksız, 1989).

    The first film Ünal directed and produced, “9” (2001), was shot digitally. Similar to his later films “Ara” (2008) and “The Pomegranate” (2011), “9” was a character-led drama turned into a psychological thriller, which was shot in a single location.

    Separating literature from cinema with low budgets and innovative methods in order to break classical dramatic narrative elements, Ünal is concerned with “intermediary” relationships and metaphysical tension in his stories.

    Although he includes elements from his own life, essentially he is interested in the tears and gaps that are found on the sociocultural plane.

    As part of the “Rendezvous with Directors” program, a selection of films from Ünal’s filmography will be shown along with presentations by film critics and the participation of cast members and film crews.

    On Feb. 8, there will also be a conversation held within the scope of the program that focuses on Ünal’s cinema, his direction, and scriptwriting, including his latest film “Serial Cook.”

    Turkish Cinema Ümit Ünal
    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    World Cinema Reports' Editors

    Cinema Without Borders' reporters from around the globe search and find international cinema content for our audience. when an outside source is used, we provide you with a link to the original source at the end of the article

    Related Posts

    Poor Thing, Wins Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

    Sundance Film Festival Asia

    French rising star, Adèle Exarchopoulos, 4 top favorite movies

    Comments are closed.



    Most donations are tax deductible.
    Latest Stories
    09/19/2023

    Jasmin Mozaffari’s short film ‘Motherland, wins TIFF award

    09/10/2023

    Poor Thing, Wins Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival

    09/07/2023

    Toronto Film Festival 2023

    09/07/2023

    Iranian Influential Women: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad

    Bridging The Border Award

    At a time when physical, religious, racial, cultural, and economic borders divide the population of our planet, efforts to bridge those borders should be appreciated. In that spirit, Cinema Without Borders presents Bridging the Borders Award to the films that are most successful in bridging and …Read More

     

    I, Immigrant, International Film Festival
    CineEqual

    CinéEqual represents filmmakers, institutions, and community members with a focus on social justice cinema. As an integrated unit of CWB, it promotes a diverse, inclusive, and equitable democratic society that values the worth of all humans…Read More

     

    About
    About

    Cinema Without Borders is a meeting place of independent cinema. Based in Los Angeles, CWB puts the spotlight on rising talent around the globe to achieve its mission, which is to serve and strengthen communities of filmmakers and film students across real and virtual borders.

    Copyright Cinema Without Borders@2018

    Popular Posts
    01/02/2001

    Cinecon 46-The 46th edition of the Classic Film Festival

    10/09/2006

    An Interview with Jonathan Wolf, Managing Director of AFM

    10/11/2006

    Film & TV production in Afghanistan

    Article Photos
    NasserFarhoudiWP
    SiggrpphSlider
    FundingCoverImage
    6-RADUSlider
    Nouredin-WP-Slider
    NOHOFestival-WP-Slider
    MiamiFF-WP-Slider
    MarkTamez-WP-Slider
    LouderThanBombs-WP-Slider
    HP-Rick-WP-Slider
    HP-Bridging-2-WP-Slider
    HP-Bridging-1-WP-Slider
    Contacts & Credits

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.