US premiere!
In person: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director
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Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries
August 16 at 3:06 PM
US Premiere!
In Person: Nuri Bilge Ceylon, director
The Freer|Sackler is honored to welcome Nuri Bilge ("Once Upon a Time in Anatolia", the Palme d’Or winner "Winter Sleep"), Turkey’s most accomplished director, to screen and discuss his latest film, which debuted to near-unanimous accolades at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. In it, an aspiring writer returns to his hometown to try to further his career, only to be forced into a reckoning with his father’s shadowy past. Suffused with the philosophical, visual, and narrative richness that characterize Ceylan’s films, "The Wild Pear Tree" is “a gentle, humane, beautifully made and magnificently acted movie . . . It’s an unhurried, elegiac address to the idea of childhood and your home town, and how returning to both has a bittersweet savour" (Peter Bradshaw, "The Guardian"). (Dir.: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France/Germany/Bulgaria/Macedonia/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Sweden, 2018, 188 min., DCP, Turkish with English subtitles)
AND MORE
DC Turkish Film Festival
September 13–16
Spend the weekend enjoying the latest and best in Turkish cinema, including Turkey’s 2018 Oscar entry and the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. This festival is copresented with the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
DC Turkish Film Festival: "Sideway"
Thursday, September 13, 7 pm
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The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are going insane. A black ship anchored far away, a shrill sound, strange cases of arson, missing people, and the sun suddenly turning black lead the townsfolk to believe that the Antichrist is around. A young, modest guy with a mysterious mark on his back arrives in this bizarre place. Could he be Christ arriving to save the town? Sideway is a political allegory of the absurdity in today’s world. Description adapted from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Dir.: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Turkey, 2017, 119 min., B&W, DCP, Turkish with English subtitles)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
DC Turkish Film Festival: "Grain"
Friday, September 14, 1 pm
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Climate change has caused the near-extinction of human life in this spellbinding dystopian sci-fi film from Semih Kaplanoğlu (Honey, Milk). People are herded into detention centers, all hoping they can enter a protected city. Outside its walls, a sparse nomadic economy exists. But total disaster is imminent. Genetically engineered seeds, which have all but wiped out real grain, are mysteriously failing to work. While the…
DC Turkish Film Festival: "Big Big World"
Friday, September 14, 4 pm
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eenagers Ali and Zuhal grew up in an orphanage and share a bond as strong as that between brother and sister. When Ali moves out on account of his age, Zuhal is put into the dubious care of a foster family and kept away from Ali. In a desperate attempt to save Zuhal from an arranged marriage, Ali commits a terrible crime, and they find themselves on the run, away from civilization and into the woods. There, in a secluded space deep in the forest, they try to start a new life in a mystical natural environment full of wonders, strange residents, and concrete threats. Description by Picture Tree International. (Dir.: Reha Erdem, Turkey, 2016, 101 min., DCP, Turkish with English subtitles)
DC Turkish Film Festival: "Butterflies"
Friday, September 14, 7 pm
Sundance award winner!
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Siblings Cemal, Kenan, and Suzi have grown apart since leaving Hasanlar, the tiny village where they grew up, and going their separate ways. When their estranged father demands that they return home immediately, Cemal, the eldest, is tasked with convincing his brother and sister to journey back to places they have been striving to forget. As they try to reunite their dysfunctional family and confront their shared past, the siblings have to contend with each other’s peculiarities—even as the strangest elements of all await them in the village. A wildly inventive and explosive dark comedy that’s as thoughtful as it is surprising, Butterflies defies expectation, balancing playfulness and razor-sharp writing with a heartfelt look at family bonds. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Description adapted from the Sundance Film Festival. (Dir.: Tolga Karaçelik, Turkey, 2018, 112 min. DCP, Turkish with English subtitles)
DC Turkish Film Festival: "Ayla: The Daughter of War "
Sunday, September 16, 6 pm
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In 1950, amid the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a half-frozen little girl with no parents and no help in sight. Frantic and on the verge of death, the girl captures Süleyman’s heart. He risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way. Unable to communicate with her, Süleyman names the girl Ayla. The two form an instantaneous and inseparable bond, and Ayla brings…
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