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11 Hebron rd.
POB 4399
Jerusalem, 9108402
By Bus
34, 7, 78, 18, 71, 72, 74, 77, 38
Mt. Zion Hotel
Gan Hapamon
Train Compound
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
