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DOCUMENTARIES
Oyun / The Play
2005, 70 minutes
Digital, color
Turkish with English subtitles
October 28, Saturday, 4:00 pm
Directed by Pelin Esmer
Screenplay by
Cinematography by
Edited by Pelin Esmer
Orginial music by Mazlum Çimen
Sound by Emrah Yildirim, Bülent Kiliç
Produced by Pelin Esmer and Nida Karabol Akdeniz
Participants: Behiye Yanuk, Cennet Günes, Fatma Fatih, Fatma Kahraman,
Hüseyin Arslanköylü, Naside Kahraman, Nesime Kahraman, Saniye Cengiz,
Ümmu Kurt, Ümmüye Koçak, Zeynep Fatih
Contact Information
Tolga Esmer
SineFilm
E-Mail: tolgaesmer@sinefilm.com
"Tickets must be purchased at least 4 days
before the screening in order to be mailed. Tickets purchased after this
cut off date can be picked up at the theater."
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9 women living in Arslanköy on the Taurus mountain range
in Mersin come together to write and perform a play. To lighten the burden
of their daily lives they gather at the school, and lay bare and confront
their lives' stories, which the play would be based on. For days on end,
under the curious gazes of the village men, they work inexhaustibly and
create the play The Outcries of Women! This documentary depicts
the development process of this play, and the change these women went
through during its creation.
From the press
"Boisterously insightful, hilarious and socially
relevant in equal measure, and the perfect antidote to todays crop of
dryly crusading, good-for-you documentaries. Not to be missed." (New
York Magazine)
"A Turkish revelation in San Sebastian: Oyun, by Pelin Esmer,
is distinguished by the vigor of the subject and the genius of the personalities...
The director captures an extraordinary process, which begins with the
tales of individual tragedies of each, and ends by the presentation of
farce which they finally create. In the course of rehearsals, these timid
peasant women become fabulous actresses and develop spontaneously an uncompromising
and constructed feminist speech. At first experienced as a hobby, the
theatre becomes a question of life or death, which brings them self-respect,
respect on behalf of their husband, and an enormous hope for generations
to come. In front of the camera, it is a true revolution which took place,
peaceful, emotional and dreadfully cheerful." (Le Monde)
Festivals and Awards
2006 Tribeca Film Festival (USA): Best New Documentary
Filmmaker
2006 Trieste Film Festival (Italy): Best Documentary Film
2006 Créteil Women Films (France): Best Documentary Film
2006 Navarra Punto de Vista (Spain): The Audience Award
2006 Nürnberg Film Festival Turkey/Germany (Germany): The Special Prize
of the Jury
2006 Vitoria New European Film (Spain): The Human Rights Award
2006 Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece): Nominated for the
FIPRESCI (The International
Federation of Film Critics) Award
2006 Münich International Documentary Film Festival (Germany): Nominated
for the Best Film Award
2006 Seattle Film Festival (USA): Nominated for the Best Documenatry Film
Award
2006 Angers Premiers Plans (France): Panaroma of Turkish Cinema and Forum,
Official Selection
2006 Seoul Womens Film Festival (Korea): New Currents, Official Selection
2005 International Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey): Witnesses of Our Time
2005 San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain): Nominated for
Best New Director Award
2005 Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil): Nominated for Best
New Director Award
2005 Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (France): Nominated for the
Best Documentary
Film Award
2005 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkey): Nominated for the Best
Documentary Film
Award
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