Queens International Film Festival opening night film:
“Cars of the Revolution” (Devrim Arabaları)
Co-sponsored by the Moon and Stars Project and The American Turkish Society

2008, 115 min, 2008, Feature
In Turkish with English subtitles

Thursday, November 12 2009, 7:15 PM

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
35-12 35th Avenue
Queens, New York, NY 11106

For tickets and information, please visit http://www.queensfilmfestival.com/films/detail.asp?fid=549. 

The opening night film screening will be followed by an after party starting at 10:00pm at the rooftop of the Ravel Luxury Boutique Hotel (8-08 Queens Plaza South, Long Island City).

Special thanks to DJ Pepe, Gulluoglu USA, Kebab House and Kebab Garden.

A feature film by acclaimed Turkish Director Tolga Örnek, Cars of the Revolution takes place in 1961 when during a cocktail reception following a national convention on Turkey's automobile industry, prominent Turkish journalists, bureaucrats and businessmen join President Cemal Gürsel in a discussion of the country's potential of building its own automobile industry. When the president says Turkey has the power to manufacture cars on its own, the issue suddenly turns into a challenge that everybody in attendance is willing to take.



Produced by Ismail Cağlar, Tolga Örnek , Türker Korkmaz
Written by Murat Disli, Tolga Örnek
Music by Demir Demirkan
Cinematography by Hasan Gergin
Featuring Haluk Bilginer, Taner Birsel, Charles Carroll, Ali Düsenkalkar, Halit Ergenç, Sait Genay, Altan Gördüm, Vahide Gördüm, Seçil Mutlu, Ahmet Ilker Okumus, Uğur Polat, Serhat Tutumluer, Onur Ünsal, Selçuk Yöntem

Festivals & Awards

Monaco Charity Film Festival: Best Film

Milano Film Festival: Best Film, Best Actor (Taner Birsel)

Sadri Alışık Awards, Best Actor Award (Taner Birsel, Selçuk Yöntem, Halit Ergenç, Altan Gördüm, Serhat Tutumluer, Ali Düsenkalkar, Onur Unsal)

Siyad Awards: Best Music (Demir Demirkan)

Ankara Film Festival: Best Art Director (Veli Kahraman)

Eskisehir Art Association: Best Film

Ankara Law Faculty Special Award: Best Film

Tolga Örnek 

Tolga Örnek is a Turkish film director, writer and producer whose recent films include Hititler (2003), Gelibolu (2005) Çeliğin Kalbi Ereğli (2001) and Tanrıların Tahtı Nemrut Dağı (2000). He graduated from Robert College and studied at Istanbul Technical University.

Also featured in the festival:

Sultans of the Bosphorus (Boğaziçi'nin Sultanları), a short film by Müge Bayraktar