Turkish director Tolga Karaçelik's sophomore feature “Sarmaşık” (Ivy) will have its Canadian debut next month at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
“Sarmaşık,” which premiered in January at this year's Sundance Film Festival, will be shown as part of TIFF's Contemporary World Cinema program, set to mark its 40th year from Sept. 10 to 20.
Starring Nadir Sarıbacak, known for his performance in director Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun's 2009 debut “Uzak İhtimal” (Wrong Rosary), “Sarmaşık” is a psychological thriller that follows six men trapped aboard a cargo ship sailing to Egypt due to a legal dispute. Tensions quickly arise between the authoritarian Cypriot captain, his devoutly religious second-in-command, an affable cook, and a trio of newcomers to the ship.
With cinematography by the multiple award-winning Gökhan Tiryaki, best known for his work on Nuri Bilge Ceylan's films (“Winter Sleep,” “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia” and “Climates”), “Sarmaşık” also stars Özgür Emre Yıldırım, Hakan Karsak, Kadir Çermik, Osman Alkaş and Seyithan Özdemiroğlu.
The film won the Best Feature award at this summer's East End Film Festival in London. It was also shown at the Sydney Film Festival in June and at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July. “Sarmaşık” has yet to make its Turkish debut, which was canceled when Karaçelik withdrew his film from the İstanbul Film Festival in April following a censorship debate.
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A scene is shown from the Turkish horror film “Baskın.” The debut feature by Can Evrenol will have its world premiere at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival. (Photo courtesy of Chantier Films)
“Baskın,” a new horror film by Turkish director Can Evrenol, will have its world premiere at next month's Toronto International Film Festival. The 97-minute film, based on Evrenol's 2013 short film, is among the 11 titles in the festival's Midnight Madness program, dedicated to action, horror, shock and fantasy cinema.
In “Baskın,” a squad of five unsuspecting cops go through a trapdoor to hell when they stumble upon a black mass in an abandoned historic Ottoman police station building. Billed as a “tour-de-force feature debut” by Toronto programmers, “Baskın” will also travel to Austin, Texas, later in September to be shown at Fantastic Fest, and to Spain in October for a stint at the Sitges Film Festival. Before its Nov. 13 nationwide theatrical release, “Baskın” will also be shown at Filmekimi, Istanbul's annual autumn film showcase that offers festivalgoers a chance to see the most eagerly awaited films of the upcoming season in October. It is also scheduled to be shown at the next Montreal Turkish Film Festival, Chantier Films said.
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