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13 SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
15.03. - 20:45,
Lucky Cinema - Plovdiv

Director:  Hueseyin Karabey
Cinematography:  Emre Tanyildiz
Screenplay:  Hueseyin Karabey , Ayca Damgaci
Producer:  Hueseyin Karabey , Lucinda Englehart , Sophie Lorant
Music:  Kemal Sahir Gurel, Huseyin Yildiz and Erdal Guney
Cast:  Ayca Damgaci , Hama Ali Khan , Mahir Gunsiray
Production:  A-si Film Yapim/Motel Films/Spier Films
International distribution:  Insomnia World Sales
My Marlon and Brando
Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom
My Marlon and Brando
Turkey-Netherlands-UK , 2008, 93 min, color
Awards:  Sarajevo 2008 - "Award for best actress" to Ayca Damgaci; Tribeca 2008 – “Best New Narrative Filmmaker”

Ayca is a Turkish actress who lives in Istanbul. On a film set in the west of Turkey, she meets Hama Ali, a Kurdish actor. The two fall in love while shooting a film. After the shoot, Ayca returns to Istanbul and Hama has to go back to his home, Sueleymaniye in northern Iraq. Ayca and Hama continue their relationship on the telephone and via letters, while America prepares to attack Iraq. The post often doesn’t work and the phone lines in Iraq are usually cut off. Ayca can no longer bear the distance between them and decides to travel to Iraq. But getting into a country at war turns out to be just as difficult as getting out. The soundtrack features magical songs performed by Aynur Dogan, described as the symbol of the “Kurdish voice” in the struggle for freedom.

Hueseyin Karabey
Hueseyin Karabey
Turkish director, born in 1970 in Istanbul. He studied economics first, but decided later on to attend film courses at the Fine Art Faculty of Marmara University. Karabey is regarded as one of Turkey’s new directing talents. His documentary Silent Death have been shown at film festivals worldwide. Apart from filming, he also lectures at universities and cultural organizations in Turkey. My Marlon and Brando is his first feature film.
2001  Sessiz olum - docu
2008  Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom
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