Contemporary cinema from Turkey 2

»Life on their shoulders«
(35 min) OmE
+ Günese Yolculuk / Reise zur Sonne
(Regie: Yeşim Ustaoğlu, 1999, 104 min)

Thursday, 2. September
19.00 Uhr
Kino Arsenal, A1

»The Waiting Room«
(94 min) OmE
Director Zeki Demirkubuz

Thurday, 2. September
21.45 Uhr
Kino Arsenal, A1

Tickets at venue
6 / 4 €

Life on their shoulders: Winner of Peace and Blue Angel Awards of the Berlinale, director Yeşim Ustaoğlu accompanied four women on a mountain hike to a highland massif and produced a thoughtful documentary film of the trip. Ay‚e, Fatma, Havva and Hatice fight their way laboriously to the top, enduring endless rain before reaching their goal at the summit. Impressed by the women’s strength, their unfailing struggle and perseverance, the director was inspired to ponder the meaning of existence and time.

Journey to the Sun: Mehmet’s promising start in Istanbul comes to an abrupt end, when the police mistake him for a Kurd on account of his dark complexion. Berzan, living in the slums of the city, sells audio-cassettes from a push-cart on the streets of Istanbul. Arzu, who works at a laundry shop, is more experienced in coping with the big city, but in reality, she too is trying to survive just like the others. »Journey to the Sun« attempts to touch on realities of recent years in Turkey by looking at life through the eyes of three young people, perceiving Istanbul as a microcosm of Turkey.

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