Event
11th New York Turkish Film Festival - Pandora'nin Kutusu / Pandora's Box
CONTEMPORARY TURKISH CINEMA
2008,112 minutes, 35mm, color;
Turkish with English subtitles
Directed by Yesim Ustaoglu
Written by Yesim Ustaoglu, Sema Kaygusuz
Produced by Yesim Ustaoglu, Muhammet Cakiral, Serkan Cakarer, Behrooz Hashemian, Natacha Devillers, Michael Weber
Featuring Tsilla Chelton, Derya Alabora, Onur Unsal, Ovul Avkiran, Osman Sonant, Tayfun Bademsoy
Devillers, Catherine Burniaux, Michael Weber
Yesim Ustaoglu describes Pandoras Box as a story of alienation and isolation. An old woman, Nusret, played by veteran French actress Tsilla Chelton disappears within a small Black Sea town. As her estranged children - living and settled in Istanbul - set out to find her, long kept animosities, fears and false relationships are unleashed like the evils within Pandoras Box. It comes to light that Nusret is suffering from Alzheimers and when none of her children are able to relate to her, it falls to Murat, her teenage grandson to bring her to peace and a sense of deliverance. The inner journey of its main characters illustrates the saga of a country in transition in which, sometimes, people are forced to live lives that no longer fulfill them.
FESTIVALS -AWARDS
2008 Tribeca Film Festival (USA)
2008 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress, vl Avkran (Turkey)
2008 San Sebastian International Film Festival: Best Actress Silver Shell Tsilla Chelton and Best Film Golden Shell (Spain)
2008 Thessalonica International Film Festival (Greece)
2008 Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
2008 Amiens International Film Festival (France)
2008 Festival on Wheels, Kars (Turkey)
2008 NHK Asian Film Festival
YESIM USTAOGLU
Yesim Ustaoglu made several award-winning shorts in Turkey before making her feature debut with 1994s Iz (The Track). She received international recognition for her 1999 film Gnese Yolculuk (Journey to the Sun), which received the Blue Angel Award for best European film and the Peace Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. The moving story of a courageous friendship undaunted by political cruelty swept the Istanbul International Film Festival by winning best film, best director, the FIPRESCI prize, and the Audience Award. Her follow-up Bulutlar Beklerken (Waiting for the Clouds) was awarded the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award and the DAAD scholarship.
FILMOGRAPHY
2008 Pandora'nin Kutusu / Pandora's Box
2004 Sirtlarindaki Hayat (belgesel)/ Life on their Shoulders (documentary)
2004 Bulutlar Beklerken / Waiting for the Clouds
1999 Gunese Yolculuk / Journey to the Sun
1994 Iz / The Trace
1992 Otel (ksa) / Hotel (short)
1990 Det (ksa) / Duet (short)
1987 Magnafantanga (short)
1984 Bir Ani Yakalamak (ksa) / To Catch a Moment (short)
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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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| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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