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 ANAM
Germany
2001 / 86m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Buket Alakus
Cast: Nursel Köse, Saskia Vester, Audrey Motaung, Tayfun
Bademsoy
Anam
is a traditional Turkish woman in her forties who lives with
her family in Hamburg where she works as a cleaner. When she
finds out that her son Deniz has drifted into the drug scene
and that her husband Mehmet is having an affair with a colleague
her world falls apart. Although desperate she is determined
to fight and goes looking for Deniz. Instead she finds his
girlfriend Mandy who is also a drug addict. She decides to
take care of the girl who is a stranger to her and finds herself
confronted with an entirely unknown world.
Sat
11 Oct 6.45pm
Thur 16 Oct 4.30pm 
 BALALAYKA
Turkey 2000 / 115m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Ali Özgentürk
Cast: Ugur Yücel, Cem Davran, Yekaterina Rednikova
On a
misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul.
As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women
of all ages and professions get on board. Also on the bus
are three brothers who have come together after many years
to carry out their father's last wish. Passions flare and
preconceptions are shattered as the disparate collection of
passengers embark together on personal journeys of discovery.
A chain of irreversible events make this a journey full of
joy, heartbreak and hope.
Fri 10
Oct 5.45pm
Thur 16 Oct 2.00pm
 THE
DECLINE OF SULTAN ABDÜLHAMID (Abdülhamid
Düserken)
Turkey
2003 / 124m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Ziya Öztan
Cast: Meltem Cumbul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Mehmet Ali Alabora, Tarik
Akan, Nur Sürer, Halil Ergün, Müjdat Gezen
A fascinating
mix of personal love story and public events set against the
Second Constitutional Era of 1908-1909. This still influential
period of Turkish history saw a major and painful transformation
first of all in the Ottoman Empire and then world wide. Major
Sefik is a successful officer on the front line of the fight
for democracy. He is an executive of the Committee of Progress
and Union and falls in love not only with the daughter of
a Minister, but also with the power his position brings.
Sun 12
Oct 12.00pm
Tue 14 Oct 8.45pm
Wed 15 Oct 1.30pm
 HE’S
IN THE ARMY NOW (O Simdi Asker)
Turkey
2002 / 119m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Mustafa Alt¶oklar
Cast: Özcan Deniz, Ali Poyrazoglu, Yavuz Bingöl
The story of a group of territorial soldiers who are serving
as short-term paying recruits in the 5th Private Training
Brigade in Çanakkale. This disparate bunch of men live
through an entertaining adventure and in spite of all their
differences learn to live together in harmony. But as the
end of their military service approaches there's an earthquake
and an island appears off the coast of the Aegean Sea. Diplomatic
tension erupts between Turkey and Greece and soon war is looming.
Fri 10
Oct 8.30pm
Sat 11 Oct 11.30pm
Wed 15 Oct 4.15pm
Thur 16 Oct 8.45pm
 LITTLE
BIT OF APRIL (Biraz Nisan)
Germany
2003 / 98m
German / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Asli Özge
Cast: Thomas Gerber, Christian Wewerka, Dagmar Gabler
Berlin
in April. Luka spends his days looking for the house he has
seen in his dreams since he was a child. At night he secretly
returns to these houses to see if he can sleep there without
having nightmares. One night he meets Vera with whom he once
had an affair. His mysterious existence also attracts Tim,
a failed writer who cannot accept that his glory days are
over. And then there’s Cem who dreams of becoming a
famous musician and the beautiful but naive Isa. For each
of them, moving to a new house is an end in itself, but also
a new beginning.
Fri 10
Oct 1.00pm
Thur 16 Oct 6.30pm
 MISS
SALKIM’S DIAMONDS (Salkim Hanim’in Taneleri)
Turkey
1999 / 137m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Tomris Giritlioglu
Cast: Zuhal Olcay, Hülya Avsar, Ugur Polat
Nimet
and Durmufl move from Nigde to Istanbul where they stay with
Durmufl’s old friend Bekir, who finds him a job as a
porter. But Durmufl soon becomes dissatisfied with his lowly
position and becomes obsessed with the wealth of Mr Halit,
the owner of the building where he works. He even covets Halit’s
mistress Nefise. But then a new property tax levied on non-muslims
living in Turkey means that Mr Halit has to get rid of his
immediate possessions in order to be able to pay the taxes
for his foreign bride Nora. Eventually this infamous Property
Tax will come to affect everyone...
Sun 12
Oct 8.30pm + Tomris Giritlioglu
Mon 13 Oct 11.30am
 MUD
(Çamur)
Italy-Turkey-Cyprus
2003 / 98m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Dervis Zaim
Cast:
Mustafa Ugurlu, Yelda Reynaud, Bülent Emin Yarar, Taner
Birsel, Tomris Inceer
Four
40-something friends are haunted by the violent past of a
divided Cyprus. Temel wants desperately to speak about the
crimes of vengeance he committed as a teenager. Halil would
rather keep the past buried. Ali would speak out, if only
he had not lost his voice to a mysterious illness. Despite
numerous failed attempts, gynaecologist Aisha still believes
science will help her brother Ali. When Ali stumbles on an
ancient fertility statue buried in the mud, Halil sees a potential
opportunity to make them lots of money. But his get-rich-quick
scheme puts everyone in danger.
Sun 12
Oct 5.30pm + Dervis Zaim
Wed 15 Oct 9.00pm
Thur 16 Oct 11.45am
 NEW
GUY (Ilk Gün)
USA 2002
/ 85m / In English / Cert. 15
Director: Bilge Ebiri
Cast: Kelly Miller, Scott Janes, Jonathan Uffellman
On his
first day at his new job Gregg finds himself in a very strange
world: his cubicle is covered in a sea of Post-It notes. One
employee stands disconsolately by a fax machine all day long;
another can't stop chatting with his girlfriend on the phone;
two girls stand gossiping by a coffee machine, oblivious to
everything around them. Grown men cry in public. As his day
progresses and he learns more about his strange surroundings,
Gregg begins to fear for his life. And someone – or
something – has bigger plans for Gregg...
Tue 14
Oct 2.15pm
Wed 15 Oct 6.45pm
 SECRET
CHILDREN (Sir Çocuklari)
Turkey
2002 / 115m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Directors: Aydin Sayman & Ümit Cin Güven
Cast: Firat Tanis, Özgü Namal, Mehmet Ali Alabora
Ten-year-old
Cemil runs away to Istanbul because of his stepfather’s
cruelty and takes refuge with the street kids he meets at
Haydarpafla. The leader of the group, Velit, wants to collect
money to help Cemil return home. Cemil’s mother Münevver
comes to Istanbul looking for her son and stays with her younger
sister Zeynep. Meanwhile, Cemil finds life on the streets
tough going and becomes ill. While Velit tries to find a way
to express his love for Zeynep, something happens to Cemil
that turns everything upside down. There is no way back for
these people whose lives and destinies are hanging by a thread.
Fri 10
Oct 3.15pm
Mon 13 Oct 6.15pm
 SOLINO
Germany
2002 / 120m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Fatih Akin
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Barnaby Metschurat, Antonella Attili
Romano
and Rosaand and their sons Gigi and Giancarlo move from sunny
Italy to the industrial heartland of 1960s Germany and open
the first pizza parlour in the neighbourhood. While Romano
is soon completely wrapped up in his work Rosa continues to
suffer from homesickness. Gigi and Giancarlo enjoy their new
found adolescent freedom but they will soon become rivals
in the quest for love and success – and each of them
wants to be the first to answer the big question: What is
really important in life?
Sat 11
Oct 8.45pm
Mon 13 Oct 2.15pm
Tue 14 Oct 6.15pm
UNSENT
LETTERS (Gönderilmemis Mektuplar)
Turkey-Hungary
2003 / 110m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Yusuf Kurçenli
Cast: Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Melike Demirag
A film
about love; the love between a woman and a man, two sensitive
people, who have pasts and problems. Does suffering nourish
love, or does love knock on the door of suffering? Is everything
a state of being carried away? What if that which we call
destiny is really the design of others? This is a wintry film
of profound emotions and one that truthfully explores the
inner world of its characters.
Sun 12
Oct 2.45pm + Yusuf Kurçenli
Mon 13 Oct 8.45pm
Tue 14 Oct 11.45am
 DOCUMENTARY
THEO’S
GAZE (Theo’nun Bakisi)
Turkey 2003 / 52m / Documentary / English subtitles / Cert.
12 A
Director: Necati Sönmez
With Theo Angelopoulos, Petros Markaris, Yorgos Arvanitis
A portrait
of Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos (The Travelling Players,
Ulysses’ Gaze) as a contemporary Homer, a teller of
tales whose heroes are the Agamemnons, Oresteses and Odysseuses
of our time. From his first film up to his latest project,
he has constantly reminded us that history is not dead, but
only sleeping. This is the first documentary on a master movie
maker whose work has crossed boundaries not only of countries
but of cultures, history, mythology and poetry. There are
interviews with everyone from close collaborators to extras
on the set of his latest epic, and of course the director
himself.
Sat 11
Oct 3.15pm
Mon 13 Oct 4.45pm
BRITISH
INDEPENDENT
 NO
WINNERS (Kazanan Yok)
UK 2003
/ 95m / English subtitles / Cert. 15
Director: Kenan Hüdaverdi
Cast: Kenan Hüdaverdi, Dimitri Andreas, Vanda Rapti, Charlie
Mooney
A young
refugee making a new life in London sees drugs being taken
from the door panels of a car at the garage where he works,
and sets off a train of events which he is powerless to stop.
He turns for help to his brother in law, Takus, who takes
matters into his own hands, putting his family and friends
in great danger. When tragedy strikes Takus’ closest
family, he realises he has nothing left to lose, and sets
about seeking revenge, regardless of the cost to himself.
Set in North London, the film takes us through the seedy world
of illegal drugs, ruthless gangsters and corrupt police, to
its tearjerker ending.
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