Habitat Film Club & Turkish Embassy present Turkish Film Festival at Habitat World, IHC, Lodhi Road > 7pm on 1st & 2nd February 2012

Time : 7:00 pm

Entry : For passes,  please contact the Turkish Embassy at 24102237 / 38
Note : Call  91-11-43663333 (Habitat World) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Place : Habitat World, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003

Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )

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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Details : Habitat Film Club and Turkish Embassy present Turkish Film Festival.
Schedule : 
1st February : My Marlon And Brando(2007/93mins) Dir.Huseyin Karabey
Hama Ali, a charismatic actor from Iraq, who is famous locally for his performance as Iraq's version of Superman, meets the fiery actress from Turkey,Ayca, on a film set. He and Ayca had a passionate love affair before returning to their respective homes. From his Kurdish village, Hama Ali sends Ayca video love letters which he has filmed in his handycam.She watches them at her home in Istanbul, with her cat for company.the video love letters include the clippings of hellish violence engulfing Iraq.Feeling suffocated by her own city and angered by the indifference towards the war that surrounds her.Ayca decides to make the journey eastwards to Iraq to be reunited with her lover. Awards - Winner Jerusalem Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize,2008.
2nd February : My Only Sunshine (2008/113mins) Dir.Reha Erdem .
Set in Istanbul, the film tells the tragic story of 14 year old Hayat, who lives with her father and bedridden grandfather in a riverside shack.Her father makes a living by ferrying people in a small boat that guarantees the family's survival.Hayat endures her sufferings with courage because she has an instinct for survival against the injustices of the world. With its own subjective rhythm, the film seeks to channel the spirit of the dangerously dark, but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus, which director Reha Erdem uses as a metaphor of his big-hearted heroine.Awards - Special Jury Award at the Berlin International Film
Festival, 2009.

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