Festival Diary

London Turkish Film Festival - Times and winds / Bes vakit

Times and Winds / Beş Vakit

In a stunning mountain village untouched by the modern world, the day is divided into five parts according to the calls to prayer. The film is a portrait of the villagers' dreams and desires which lie beneath the austerity and discipline of their workaday lives. More >>

Odeon Holloway Road Mon 15 Dec 2.00pm
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Murky Waters / Münferit

Murky Waters / Münferit

"You'd salt the meat if the meat stinks…but what if the salt stinks?" In a lovely coastal town, the decomposed bodies of two men, including one transvestite, are retrieved from a car under the sea. More >>

Odeon Lee Valley Mon 15 Dec 2.00pm
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London Turkish Film Festival-Gravity Zero

Gravity Zero / 2 Super Film Birden

Necati, a young director and total film addict, lost his mother at birth and his father is an eccentric fisherman called Newton. Necati makes a living from directing wedding videos, ridiculous commercials and music promos for wannabes. More >>

Odeon Holloway Road Mon 15 Dec 4.15pm
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London Turkish Film Festival - Two lines / Iki cizgi

Two Lines / İki Çizgi

Two Lines tells the story of a relationship between a young man and woman who live together in Istanbul. The young man, Mert, spends his days taking photographs while wandering around Istanbul's different neighbourhoods, while Selin carries out her daily grind working in a company. More >>

Odeon Lee Valley Mon 15 Dec 4.15pm
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A Fairground Attraction / Hazan Mevsimi - Bir Panayır Hikayesi

This is the bitter and brief story of two desperate lovers on fairground: Necia, a wandering circus chanteuse, and Cemal, a site worker. Both are incapable of settling down, living like rolling stones, wherever the wind may blow. More >>

Odeon Lee Valley Mon 15 Dec 6.30pm
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Welcome to London Turkish Film Festival- Destiny / Kader

Destiny / Kader

Bekir, a modest carpet-seller, loves nightclub entertainer Ugur. But Ugur loves another man, Zagor, who loves committing crimes. One summer's night Zagor kills someone and Ugur vanishes. Bekir's deliverance from mad love does not last. More >>

Odeon Holloway Road Mon 15 Dec 6.30pm
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Welcome to London Turkish Film Festival - Ara

Ara

Ara, meaning 'The Space Between', is the story of two couples and an empty building in Istanbul. These characters are the new faces of Istanbul, stuck between East and West, their modest past and decadent present, between Istanbul and the provincial homes they can't go back to, between their innermost secrects and the lies they tell. More >>

Odeon Lee Valley Mon 15 Dec 8.45pm
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Fog And The Night / Sis Ve Gece

Fog and the Night is about a disillusioned secret service agent and the search for his young lover. Hopeless at expressing his feelings, Sedat is consumed by guilt after failing to solve the murder of his chief and close friend. More >>

Odeon Holloway Road Mon 15 Dec 8.45pm
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