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Today's Zaman, Turkey
July 26 2014
Two Turkish directors vie for Golden Lion in Venice film fest
Fatih Akın's `The Cut' and Kaan Müjdeci's `Sivas' are two of the films
by Turkish directors which will be in the running at the main
competition of this year's Venice Film Festival, which will provide
ample exposure for Turkish cinema this year.
Organizers on Thursday announced a 20-strong competition lineup that
also includes Iranian-American director Ramin Bahrani's
subprime-mortgage drama `99 Homes,' with Andrew Garfield and Laura
Dern, and New Zealand-born filmmaker Andrew Niccol's `Good Kill,'
starring Ethan Hawke as a dissatisfied drone operator.
The Hamburg-based Akın's drama, starring Tahar Rahim, will have its
world premiere at the festival. The film, the last part of the
director's trilogy `Love, Death and Devil,' was withdrawn from the
2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
was awarded with the Palme d'Or for his `Winter Sleep.' Akın joined
forces with Mardik Martin, an American screenwriter of Armenian
descent, in writing the film.
`Sivas,' on the other hand, is Müjdeci's debut feature, following the
story of an 11-year-old boy and his dog on the steppes. Both `The Cut'
and `Sivas' will have their world premieres at the festival.
The last time a Turkish film vied for the Golden Lion was in 2008 when
Semih Kaplan's `Süt' (Milk), the second film of the `Trilogy of Yusuf'
series, was included in the festival's main competition lineup. But
this year, Turkish cinema will be one of the focuses of the festival,
as a Turkish pavilion will be featured in the cinematic gathering as
part of the centennial celebrations of Turkish cinema. A restored
version of late Turkish director Ã-. Lütfi Akad's 1973 movie `Gelin'
(The Bride), the first installment of his `Gelin-DüÄ?ün-Diyet' (Bride-
Wedding- Sacrifice) trilogy, will be shown as part of the festival's
Venice Classics section.
The 71st Venice Film Festival will tackle topics from the financial
crisis to drone warfare, featuring performances from Willem Dafoe, Al
Pacino, Jennifer Aniston and Ethan Hawke.
There is a strong American presence, both behind the camera and
onscreen, among the films in the running for the Golden Lion. They
include David Gordon Green's Texas drama `Manglehorn' starring Pacino
and Holly Hunter; Abel Ferrara's `Pasolini,' featuring Dafoe as
taboo-breaking Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini; and Italian
director Saverio Costanzo's `Hungry Hearts,' a suspenseful drama set
in New York starring Adam Driver.
The festival, which mixes big-name directors and arty auteurs with the
work of exciting newcomers, also will include Swedish director Roy
Andersson's `A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence' and
`The Postman's White Knights' by Russian Andrei Konchalovsky.
Documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer will also be competing with
`The Look of Silence,' a sequel to his powerful investigation of
Indonesian political violence, `The Act of Killing.'
Pacino appears again at the festival, as an aging actor in Barry
Levinson's `The Humbling,' adapted from a Philip Roth novel. It is
among the `out of competition' entries which are not contestants for
the Golden Lion.
The eclectic out-of-competition roster also includes Peter
Bogdanovich's Broadway comedy `She's Funny That Way,' starring Imogen
Poots, Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson; Lisa Cholodenko's drama set
in Maine, `Olive Kitteridge,' with Frances McDormand and Bill Murray;
actor-turned-director James Franco's adaptation of William Faulkner's
`The Sound and the Fury'; and Danish provocateur Lars Von Trier's
`Nymphomaniac Volume II.'
The 71st Venice Film Festival opens on Aug. 27 with the world premiere
of Alejandro Inarritu's `Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of
Ignorance,' starring former `Batman' Michael Keaton as an actor
struggling to get beyond a famous superhero role.
The festival runs until Sept. 6, when a jury led by composer Alexandre
Desplat awards the Golden Lion for best film and seven other prizes.
https://www.todayszaman.com/arts-culture_two-turkish-directors-vie-for-golden-lion-in-venice-film-fest_354059.html
From: Baghdasarian
July 26 2014
Two Turkish directors vie for Golden Lion in Venice film fest
Fatih Akın's `The Cut' and Kaan Müjdeci's `Sivas' are two of the films
by Turkish directors which will be in the running at the main
competition of this year's Venice Film Festival, which will provide
ample exposure for Turkish cinema this year.
Organizers on Thursday announced a 20-strong competition lineup that
also includes Iranian-American director Ramin Bahrani's
subprime-mortgage drama `99 Homes,' with Andrew Garfield and Laura
Dern, and New Zealand-born filmmaker Andrew Niccol's `Good Kill,'
starring Ethan Hawke as a dissatisfied drone operator.
The Hamburg-based Akın's drama, starring Tahar Rahim, will have its
world premiere at the festival. The film, the last part of the
director's trilogy `Love, Death and Devil,' was withdrawn from the
2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
was awarded with the Palme d'Or for his `Winter Sleep.' Akın joined
forces with Mardik Martin, an American screenwriter of Armenian
descent, in writing the film.
`Sivas,' on the other hand, is Müjdeci's debut feature, following the
story of an 11-year-old boy and his dog on the steppes. Both `The Cut'
and `Sivas' will have their world premieres at the festival.
The last time a Turkish film vied for the Golden Lion was in 2008 when
Semih Kaplan's `Süt' (Milk), the second film of the `Trilogy of Yusuf'
series, was included in the festival's main competition lineup. But
this year, Turkish cinema will be one of the focuses of the festival,
as a Turkish pavilion will be featured in the cinematic gathering as
part of the centennial celebrations of Turkish cinema. A restored
version of late Turkish director Ã-. Lütfi Akad's 1973 movie `Gelin'
(The Bride), the first installment of his `Gelin-DüÄ?ün-Diyet' (Bride-
Wedding- Sacrifice) trilogy, will be shown as part of the festival's
Venice Classics section.
The 71st Venice Film Festival will tackle topics from the financial
crisis to drone warfare, featuring performances from Willem Dafoe, Al
Pacino, Jennifer Aniston and Ethan Hawke.
There is a strong American presence, both behind the camera and
onscreen, among the films in the running for the Golden Lion. They
include David Gordon Green's Texas drama `Manglehorn' starring Pacino
and Holly Hunter; Abel Ferrara's `Pasolini,' featuring Dafoe as
taboo-breaking Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini; and Italian
director Saverio Costanzo's `Hungry Hearts,' a suspenseful drama set
in New York starring Adam Driver.
The festival, which mixes big-name directors and arty auteurs with the
work of exciting newcomers, also will include Swedish director Roy
Andersson's `A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence' and
`The Postman's White Knights' by Russian Andrei Konchalovsky.
Documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer will also be competing with
`The Look of Silence,' a sequel to his powerful investigation of
Indonesian political violence, `The Act of Killing.'
Pacino appears again at the festival, as an aging actor in Barry
Levinson's `The Humbling,' adapted from a Philip Roth novel. It is
among the `out of competition' entries which are not contestants for
the Golden Lion.
The eclectic out-of-competition roster also includes Peter
Bogdanovich's Broadway comedy `She's Funny That Way,' starring Imogen
Poots, Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson; Lisa Cholodenko's drama set
in Maine, `Olive Kitteridge,' with Frances McDormand and Bill Murray;
actor-turned-director James Franco's adaptation of William Faulkner's
`The Sound and the Fury'; and Danish provocateur Lars Von Trier's
`Nymphomaniac Volume II.'
The 71st Venice Film Festival opens on Aug. 27 with the world premiere
of Alejandro Inarritu's `Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of
Ignorance,' starring former `Batman' Michael Keaton as an actor
struggling to get beyond a famous superhero role.
The festival runs until Sept. 6, when a jury led by composer Alexandre
Desplat awards the Golden Lion for best film and seven other prizes.
https://www.todayszaman.com/arts-culture_two-turkish-directors-vie-for-golden-lion-in-venice-film-fest_354059.html
From: Baghdasarian