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Turkish Film Week 2021

This program, showcasing some of the best of Turkish cinema, presents a unique insight into Turkey, past and present, and aims to showcase, through the prism of cinema, the challenges Turkey faces today. The films will be accompanied by short lectures (in Heb.)

 

Opening Event

Greetings, musical performance and lecture (in Heb.): Dr. Ido Ben Ami on horses and horse races in Turkey in the past and in the present 

One Love

Dir.: Ahmet Katıksız
| 130 minutes

When Halis becomes a professional jockey, he chooses a stubborn horse that is full of potential. His love for the horse is only secondary to his growing affections for the horse's trainer. One Love is a superb and enjoyable Turkish melodrama.  

Farmer Searching for Significance

Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Tsameret Levy-Daphny on nature and morality in contemporary Turkish cinema

Commitment Hasan

Dir.: Semih Kaplanoglu
| 147 minutes

Making a living from gardening and farming in the land he inherited from his father, Hasan tries to get rid of the power line that is going to be installed in the middle of his land. His impending pilgrimage to Mecca leads to soul searching into his past.

Between the Local and the Global

Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Omri Eilat on ethics, work, and capital in Turkey today.

Between Two Dawns

Dir.: Selman Nacar
| 91 minutes

The Kadir family is faced with an ethical choice when one of their workers is injured on the job. Between Two Dawns manages to capture the class and inter-generational cracks through its main protagonist, whose perception of reality is far from the truth.

When Looking at the Sea Death Appears

Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Tsameret Levy-Daphny on Syrian refugees in Turkey

Omar and Us

Dir.: Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadır Er
| 100 minutes

Ismet is a recently retired soldier, who finds it difficult to adjust to civilian life.  His only son lives in the US, and now his wife wants to join him. When two Syrian refuges move next door, Ismat is forced to reevaluate his political and world views.

The Race to Power

Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Duygu Atlas on the politics of elections in Turkey 

You Know Him

Dir.: Ercan Kesal
| 105 minutes

A successful doctor aspires to run for the presidency of one of Istanbul's quarters. To ensure support from various factors, he scatters promises that only make his life more complicated. This tour of the kitchen of local Turkish politics is full of twists.

İstanbul: An Object of Affection

Speaker (in Heb.): Prof. Eyal Ginio

The Eye of Istanbul

Dir.: Binnur Karaevli, Fatih Kaymak
| 61 minutes

Through documenting the work of the great Turkish photographer, Ara Güler, The Eye of Istanbul offers a portrait of Istanbul and Turkey over the past seven decades. Güler, a member of the Armenian community, captured the city and its residences with a sensitive and sympathetic eye, which only enhanced the greatness of his art.