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    Variety Magazine
    May 16 2009

    Turkey's rising film talent
    4 on and offscreen up-and comers


    By NICK HOLDSWORTH
    Ayca Damgaci

    Turkey's films embrace east and west

    AYCA DAMGACI
    The 31-year-old Turkish actress from Istanbul essayed her powerful
    lead role in Huseyin Karabey's "My Marlon and Brando," based on her
    own true story of crossing a war zone to reach the love of her life,
    Iraqi-Kurdish actor Hama Ali Khan. Damgaci brings the power of
    emotional authenticity to a performance that bodes well for her
    career; she already has won the Heart of Sarajevo in 2008 for best
    actress.


    TOMRIS GIRITLIOGLU

    Although her first feature, "Mrs. Salkim's Diamonds," was received
    with critical acclaim in 1999 and picked up a clutch of Turkish
    awards, Giritlioglu returned to producing and directing TV series
    until latest film, "Pains of Autumn," which explores events around the
    tragic anti-Greek pogrom in Istanbul in September 1955, which remains
    a sensitive issue. Film recently was released in Greece following a
    gala screening in Athens.


    OZCAN ALPER

    Alper's directing debut feature, "Autumn," is about a man's struggles
    to come to terms with his life after release from 10 years in jail as
    a political prisoner. The film won best director at March's Sofia
    Intl. Film Festival. Alper, a writer-director whose first work was the
    25-minute Armenian-language short "Momi" in 2001, has established his
    credentials as a member of the new wave of Turkish arthouse fare.


    ZEYNEP OZBATUR

    In the 10 years since she moved from advertising into the film
    industry, 42-year-old Ozbatur has proved herself a key player in the
    Turkish film industry. The producer of Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Three
    Monkeys" and "Climates," Ozbatur set up Zeynofilm in 2007, dedicating
    the company to discovering "new people who have high potential for
    bringing Turkish cinema to international fields." She recently began
    collaborating with provocative new director Ismail Necmi ("Should I
    Really Do It?") on his next feature.

    http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003 766.html?categoryId=3635&cs=1
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