Event
11th New York Turkish Film Festival - Kara Kopekler Havlarken / Black Dogs Barking
WITHOUT BORDERS and DEBUT FILMS
2009, 90 minutes, 35 mm, color;
Turkish with English subtitles
Directed by Mehmet Bahadir Er and Maryna Gorbach
Cinematography by Sviatoslav Bulakovskyi
Edited by Maryna Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er
Produced by Mehmet Bahadir Er
Featuring Cemal Tokta, Volga Sorgu Tekinoglu, Erkan Can, Ayfer Donmez, Taylan Ertugrul, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Usta, Muhammed Cangoren, Murat Daltaban
Black Dogs Barking, the first feature film from director, Mehmet Bahadir Er, is the story of two best friends, Selim and Caca whose dreams of wealth turn to nightmares when they get involved with the local mafia. The two troublemakers live on the outskirts of Istanbul where they spend their days raising pet pigeons, and hanging out with their aimless friends. When the cash-strapped friends decide to start a parking lot business near a high-end shopping center, they get a local crime mob to finance the project. Things get out of hand when the police discover their involvement in the underground scene. Filmed in the neighborhood where he spent many years of his life, Bahadr Er beautifully brings his experiences and relationships to life on the big screen.
FESTIVALS-AWARDS
2009 38th Rotterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands)
2009 46th Antalya International Film Festival (Turkey)
2009 31st Moscow International Film Festival (Russia)
2009 17th Hamburg International Film Festival (Germany)
2009 25th Warsaw International Film Festival (Poland)
2009 35th Seattle International Film Festival (USA)
2009 54th Seminci Valladoid International Film Festival (Spain)
2009 45th Pesaro International Film Festival (Italy)
2009 31st Montpellier International Film Festival (France)
2009 32th Denver Starz International Film Festival (USA)
2009 33rd Cario International Film Festival (Egypt)
2009 35th Ghent International Film Festival (Belgium)
2009 20th Stockholm International Film Festival (Sweden)
2009 23rd Wine Counry International Film Festival (USA)
2009 19th Fukuoka International Film Festival (Japan)
2009 6th Yerevan International Film Festival (Armenia)
MEHMET BAHADIR ER
Born in 1982 in Turkey Mehmet Bahadir Er is currently a film student in Istanbul. The Earthquake (2005), one of his short films, received the Best Short Film award at the Istanbul Independent Film Festival. Black Dogs Barking, is his first feature.
MARYNA GORBACH
Maryna Gorbach was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1981. She graduated from the Kiev National University of Theatre, Cinema and TV in 2006. Her first short film, The Jar (2004) won several short film awards in different international festivals. The Debt was her thesis film. Currently she is working on her feature debut at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw, Poland.
FILMOGRAPHY
MEHMET BAHADIR ER
2009 Kara Kopekler Havlarken / Black Dogs Barking (co-dir.)
2007 Araf / The Heights
2006 Umut / Hope
2005 Zilzal / The Earthquake
2004 Goygoy
MARYNA GORBACH
2009 Kara Kopekler Havlarken / Black Dogs Barking (co-dir.)
2006 The Debt
2004 The Jar
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LocationSVA Theater
333 W. 23rd Street (between 8th and 9th Ave.)
New York, NY 10011
United States
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