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10/2/2009

!f Istanbul

Different venues, Istanbul

Showcasing the finest in the year’s independent films from around the world, the !f Istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival runs February 12-22, 2009. For the first time ever, !f has a slogan -“do it yourself”- offered up as a response to the urgency of the times.

Bringing together the year’s most talked about films from across the globe, the !f Istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival runs this year February 12-22, 2009 in Istanbul and February 26- March 1 in Ankara, supported by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture agency.

This year the festival will screen around 70 films in ten thematic sections: Hit Films, Rainbow Films, Do It Yourself, Northern Lights (A Scandinavian Spotlight), New Wave American Filmmaking, The World in 1 Take, Insomnia, Fantastic Films, !f Cult and Shorts (both Turkish and international). As always, the festival will also be packed with parties and workshops designed to highlight its theme: Do it yourself.

Galas include Darren Aronofsky’s Wrestler, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, as well as multiple award-winning titles like Wendy & Lucy, The Sky Crawlers and Tom Tykwer’s latest film The International.

Now in its second year, the !f Inspired International Film Competition will host 8 films from around the world, presided over by a prestigious international jury. The competition seeks to showcase emerging filmmakers who make bold narrative decisions, employ ground-breaking visual style and demonstrate courageous story-telling. It carries a $15,000 prize for the Most Inspired Filmmaker.

Other films on offer include: in the ‘Do It Yourself ‘ section, At The End of the World, Slingshot Hip Hop, Beautiful Losers; in the CounterSounds section, Sonic Youth: Sleeping Night Awake, Berlin Calling; in the Northern Lights section, Country Wedding, The Man Who Loved Yngve, Involuntary; in the New Wave American Filmmaking section, Momma’s Man, Baghead, Wellness, Nights and Weekends.

The World in 1 Take section has films like Close-up Kurds, about Turkey’s most pressing conflict, Sing for Darfur & Kinogamma. The Rainbow films section includes Bi The Way , Nothing Else Matters and The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela.

The Insomnia section features talked-about horror films like Martyrs, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane and Tokyo Gore Police. The Fantastic Films section includes Edison &Leo, Sita Sings the Blues, Franklyn, Sauna, The Good, The Bad, The Weird and Pontypool.

New this year, !f Cult presents special screenings of O Lucky Man and Profondo Rosso/Deep Red.

Not Just Films: Learn During !f!

This year the Festival Centre is at Lokal Tünel where the following talks and workshops will be held.

Sights, Sounds and Inspirations: Paul Kalkbrenner speaks
Date: February 13, Friday
Time: 18.00
Speaker: Paul Kalkbrenner
 
DJ and producer Paul Kalkbrenner of Berlin's Bpitch Record, brings his trademark minimal, techno and electro sounds to Istanbul for !f's opening. Before the party, he meets fans and producers to discuss the Berlin Calling process, the soundtrack and his personal inspirations. 
 
Marketing Your Film Internationally
Date: February 14, Saturday
Time: 14.00
Speakers: Laird Adamson, Zeynep Özbatur

Laird Adamson, head of international sales at the renowned New York-based Magnolia Films, and Zeynep Ozbatur, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s producer, team up for an informal discussion with attendees on the best ways to get your film noticed by sales agents.

Closing in on the Action, Challenging Stereotypes
Location: Lokal Tünel
Date: February 14, Saturday
Time: 16.00
Participants: Jackie Salloum, Çiğdem Mater
 
Slingshot Hip Hop is the first feature-length documentary about the Palestinian hip hop movement. In her documentary, Jackie Salloum follows young rappers from Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, looking at how they perceive the world, their country, the movement and art; presenting them in world festivals, making their voices heard. Journalist Çiğdem Mater and Jackie Salloum discuss her inspirations to action and her means of challenging stereotypes. 
  
Altyazı Debates: O Lucky Man!
A Round Table
Location: Lokal Tunel
Date: February 15, Sunday
Time: 19.00
Speakers: Altyazı

Altyazı Monthly Cinema Magazine proudly announces the launch of a new tradition: From now on, each year during !f Istanbul, the Altyazı team will present, and hold a debate around one cult film, which they have carefully dug out from the depths of film history, and which might help us in understanding current issues. The film selected for this inaugural year is from 1973 and was shot by one of the pioneer filmmakers of the New British Cinema of the 1950s: Lindsay Anderson’s (This Sporting Life, !f..., Brittania Hospital) anti-capitalist movie Oh Lucky Man!). The original music for this simultaneously Marxist, Brechtian, surreal, angry and absurd, epic journey masterpiece was composed by Alan Price, one of the founders of the legendary British rock n’ roll group, The Animals. Oh Lucky Man! is a rock n’ roll film that also lays bare the social circumstances that gave birth to the punk movement in the UK. Altyazı invites all cinephiles to a discussion of this epic masterpiece, which is packed with references to the entire history of mankind, on Sunday, February 15th.

Life Choices, Here & There 
Location: Lokal Tunel
Date:  February 16, Monday
Time: 17.00
Speaker: Tanaz Eshagian, Umut Güner
 
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, sex-change operations are legal. Over twenty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa making sex change permissible for "diagnosed transsexuals." Yet, homosexuality is still punishable by death. Tanaz Eshagian, in her documentary Be Like Others, accompanies several young men as they contemplate and prepare for their transformation. Meanwhile, Kaos GL writer Umut Güner has been listening in on life stories of gays, lesbians and transsexuals forced to flee their country to live freely. In this discussion, Tanaz and Umut discuss what it might be like to be there, or here, and the possibilities of living an open life in repressive societies. 
 
Tell Your Own: The Other Turkey Project 
Roundtable
Location: Lokal Tunel
Date: February 18 Wednesday
Time: 17.00
Participants: Emre Akay, Doğa Kılıçoğlu, Can Kılıçoğlu, Bingöl Elmas, Berke Baş, Belmin Söylemez, Haşmet Topaloğlu, Somnur Vardar

The Other Turkey is a collaborative documentary project of ARTE and producer Patrice Barrat. The project aims to hear the voices of directors from Turkey and hear their perspectives on the chaotic realities of this geography.  Emre Akay's 'Bosphorus in Every Way' takes the Bosphorus as a starting point and analyzes the gamut of variety and contradiction in the country. In 'In the Limelight' Doğa and Can Kılıçoğlu try to comprehend the country by taking a peek at at what comes off of the TV screen, especially in women's TV programs. Bingöl Elmas continues Pippa Bacca's journey with her own camera for ' A Letter to Pippa', following the tracks of a macho society. In 'ConcretePark' Berke Baş follows some young men in rural Turkey, trying to make sense of the burden of masculinity which the society imposes upon them.  The documentary 'What a Beautiful Democracy' by Belmin Söylemez, Berke Baş, Haşmet Topaloğlu and Somnur Vardar, follows some women MP candidates in their struggle to secure themselves some space in the political arena. 
 
How Did I Do It? How Would I Do It If I Were To Do it Again?
A Round Table
Location: Lokal Tunel
Date: February 19, Thursday
Time: 17.00
Speakers:!f inspired directors
  
The !f Inspired International Film Competition brings together the world’s most inspiring emerging directors. Come and meet the directors, listen to their filmmaking experiences and better understand how they made their filmmaking choices.

!FZINE! Daily Gazette
Date: February 12-22

!FZINE will be published daily (12 issues in total) during the Istanbul leg of the festival between February 12th – 22nd and will be distributed to the Festival audience and guests for free. The online version of the gazette will also be available each day on the festival website.

!FZINE Film Journalism Workshop
Location: Lokal Tunel
Date: February 20, Friday
Time: 13:00
Speakers: Nisi Masa Türkiye

NISI MASA Turkey hosts an !FZINE Film Journalism Workshop. Enthusiastic film journalists and photographers from Turkey are invited to write reviews, critiques, thematic articles; hold interviews and take photos which reflect the atmosphere of the festival during the workshop. The workshop is designed as a platform in which everyone can comment on each other’s articles and pictures, produce an issue of the festival daily gazette together and learn while doing.

Make it Small, Make it Yours: New American Independents Share Their Stories
Round Table
Location: Lokal Tunel
Date: February 21, Saturday
Time: 16.00
Participants: TBC

This year, !f features a number of outstanding independently-made US films in its festival programme including Wendy & Lucy, Nights & Weekends,  Momma’s Man, Afterschool, Wellness, The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Half-Life and Baghead. Together, they herald an exciting new wave of American independent films. We are delighted to bring together some of this exciting talent to discuss their stories of filmmaking. 

!f Exhibition
Date: February 12 – 22
Location: Lokal

!f Exhibition “You in the World” With the coorperation of Gallery Splendid, posters and teasers of various designers can be seen.

Party with !f!

!istanbul Opening Party
Paul Kalkbrenner / Mabbas
Venue: Ghetto
Date: Friday, February 13th
Time: 23:00

From the hipster Berlin-based record company Bpitch Control comes DJ Paul Kalkbrenner, renowned for his minimal techno and electro sounds. Istanbul's Mabbas will be warming up.

!f Rainbow Party
Venue: Babylon
Date: February 2, Saturday
Time: 22:00

One of the most talked about events in the !f Istanbul Film Festival calendar is the annual Rainbow Party. This year the party will be held at Babylon, Babylon Lounge and Babylon Upstairs and will feature themes such as the Pink Room, Milk Room and “L” Room.  Come dance to 7 DJs and 1 VJ and get your groove on to disco, pop, electro, funk and kitsch tunes!

"Party!" For Shorts
Venue: Lokal
Date: February 19, Thursday
Time: 21.00

We wondered what kind of a party short films directors would like and asked them. Designed entirely by them, the result of the "Audience Award" for the Shorts from Turkey selection will be announced at the party too.

!f Closing Party: Make Something!
Beautiful Losers Artists
Venue: Lokal
Date: Sunday February 22
Time: 23:00
Make a game, make a new device, make a tune, make a performance, make  
a party! !f closes with an amazing party created by a collective of young artists, musicians and players with a passion for making things. Enjoy the surprises, a lively dance floor and vibrant new energies.

Tickets go on sale at the beginning of February.
You can buy tickets from http://www.mybilet.com from February 1st and also Beyoğlu AFM Fitaş, AFM İstinyePark, AFM Caddebostan Budak, Beyoğlu Emek Theatres counters and D&R bookstores in Capacity AVM, Cevahir AVM, Profilo AVM, Kanyon AVM, Erenköy, Ümraniye, Nişantaşı, Beyoğlu from February 4th.

Once again this year Gnctrkcell users are enjoying the opportunity of getting a free ticket for each ticket they buy. Throught the festival at all daytime screenings Gnctrkcell users will have free ticket fort hey buy.
For more details, please see: http://www.ifistanbul.com.
Arzu UZUNALİ / !f Istanbul / Communications Coordinator basin@ifistanbul.com

Different Venues, Istanbul
12-22 Febrary 2009

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