16th Festival on Wheels
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The 16th Festival on Wheels was a film festival
held in Ankara
, Turkey
from December 3 to 9, 2010; Artvin
, Turkey from December 10 to 16, 2010; and Ordu
, Turkey from December 17 to 19, 2010. A selection of films was screened at Kızılay Büyülü Fener theater and the Goethe Institut in Ankara, and the Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar cultural centre in Artvin with the theme of Coup d’Etat! to commemorate the 30th anniversary year of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
held in Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
from December 3 to 9, 2010; Artvin
Artvin
-History:See Artvin Province for the history of the region.-Places of interest:* Artvin or Livana castle, built in 937There are a number of Ottoman Empire houses and public buildings including:* Salih Bey mosque, built in 1792...
, Turkey from December 10 to 16, 2010; and Ordu
Ordu
Ordu 'army') is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, and the capital of Ordu Province. Estimated population c. 2010: 141,341.-Etymology:...
, Turkey from December 17 to 19, 2010. A selection of films was screened at Kızılay Büyülü Fener theater and the Goethe Institut in Ankara, and the Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar cultural centre in Artvin with the theme of Coup d’Etat! to commemorate the 30th anniversary year of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
2010 Golden Bull Awards
The Golden Bull awards were handed out for the second year running to the best films of the 16th Festival on Wheels as selected by the festival jury.- Golden Bull: IllegalIllegal (2010 film)Illegal is a 2010 Belgian drama film directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist....
directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse - Silver Bull: Chongqing BluesChongqing BluesChongqing Blues is a 2010 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. It was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Wang Xueqi as Lin Quanhai, the father* Fan Bingbing as Zhu Qing, the doctor...
directed by Xiaoshuai Wang - Special Mention: Hair directed by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
- SİYAD Award: Bibliothèque PascalBibliothèque PascalBibliothèque Pascal is a 2010 Hungarian drama film directed by Szabolcs Hajdu. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.-Cast:...
directed by Szabolcs Hajdu
Golden Bull Film Competition
Nine nominees, including two Turkish features, were selected to compete for the Golden Bull during the Artvin leg of this edition of the festival.Films in competition
- IllegalIllegal (2010 film)Illegal is a 2010 Belgian drama film directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist....
directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse - Chongqing BluesChongqing BluesChongqing Blues is a 2010 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. It was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Wang Xueqi as Lin Quanhai, the father* Fan Bingbing as Zhu Qing, the doctor...
directed by Xiaoshuai Wang - The Temptation of St. TonyThe Temptation of St. TonyThe Temptation of St. Tony is a 2009 Estonian film written and directed by Veiko Õunpuu, starring Taavi Eelmaa. The plot has been described as a black comedy and centers around a successful, middle aged man who becomes interested in questions about morality...
directed by Veiko ÕunpuuVeiko ÕunpuuVeiko Õunpuu is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball and The Temptation of St. Tony... - Pál AdriennPál AdriennPál Adrienn is a 2010 Hungarian film directed by Ágnes Kocsis. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Éva Gábor* István Znamenák* Ákos Horváth* Lia Pokorny* Izabella Hegyi-Awards:...
directed by Ágnes Kocsis - Bibliothèque PascalBibliothèque PascalBibliothèque Pascal is a 2010 Hungarian drama film directed by Szabolcs Hajdu. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.-Cast:...
directed by Szabolcs Hajdu - Оctober directed by DanielDaniel VegaDaniel Alejandro Vega is an Argentine footballer who plays as a Striker for Almirante Brown in the Argentine Primera B Nacional.-Career:...
& Diego Vega - Mundane History directed by Anocha SuwichakornpongAnocha SuwichakornpongAnocha Suwichakornpong is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer.-Early life:Anocha Suwichakornpong was born in Thailand 1976. She spent the 1990s living in England, where she attended universities and graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees...
- MajorityMajority (film)Majority is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Seren Yüce, which tells the story of a middle class young man rebelling against his father's brutish authority while seeking a rough romance with a woman of ethnic minority...
directed by Seren Yüce - Hair directed by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
Special Screenings
Two international features were selected to be shown out of competition in special pre-release screenings.- SomewhereSomewhere (film)Somewhere is a 2010 American drama film that was written and directed by Sofia Coppola. The film follows Johnny Marco, a newly famous actor, as he recuperates from a minor injury at the Chateau Marmont, a well-known Hollywood retreat. Despite money, fame and professional success, Marco is trapped...
directed by Sofia CoppolaSofia CoppolaSofia Carmina Coppola is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and producer.In 2003 she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing... - Socialism directed by Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc GodardJean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
Turkish Cinema 2010
Five Turkish features made in the preceding year were selected to be shown out of competition in the national showcase.- Merry-Go-RoundMerry-Go-Round (2010 film)Merry-Go-Round is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, which tells the story of a family dealing with incest. The film, which is the second collaboration between writer-director İlksen Başarır and co-writer Mert Fırat following the former's award-winning directorial debut film...
directed by İlksen Başarır - Toll BoothToll Booth (film)Toll Booth is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Tolga Karaçelik, which tells the story of a reclusive toll-booth attendant. The film was selected for the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival.- Production :...
directed by Tolga Karaçelik - Tales From Kars directed by Özcan Alper, Ülkü Oktay, Emre Akay, Ahu Öztürk & Zehra Derya Koç
- Black and WhiteBlack and White (2010 film)Black and White is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu which tells the stories of a group of regulars at a famous bar in Ankara, and was described by the director as being a film "about loneliness, growing old, friendship, solidarity, and that special bond you feel for Ankara."...
directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu - ZephyrZephyr (film)Zephyr is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Belma Baş, which tells the story of a young girl Zefir’s longing for her mother while staying with her grandparents for summer holidays in the beautiful mountains of the Black Sea region...
directed by Belma Baş
Lives into Line!
Six international films were selected for this special section, timed to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, examining the impact of military coups in Turkey, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Greece.- 48 directed by Susana de Sousa Dias
- The Year My Parents Went on Vacation directed by Cao HamburgerCao HamburgerCarlos Imperio Hamburger , or, simply, Cao Hamburger, is a Brazilian screenwriter and director of movies and TV. He is the creator of the Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum series of programs for children in the TV Cultura of São Paulo, which gave origin also to a successful movie picture with the same title...
- MissingMissing (film)Missing is a 1982 American drama film directed by Costa Gavras, and starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi and Janice Rule...
directed by Costa Gavras - The Judge and the GeneralThe Judge and the GeneralThe Judge and the General is a 2008 feature-length documentary film about Juan Guzmán's attempts to bring Augusto Pinochet to justice for human rights crimes.-Plot:...
directed by Elizabeth FarnsworthElizabeth FarnsworthElizabeth Farnsworth is an American television news anchorwoman.Born in 1943 Elizabeth Fink in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to a family of farmers, teachers, doctors and railroad executives....
& Patricio Lanfranco - The InternationalThe International (2006 film)The International is a 2006 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Muharrem Gülmez and Sırrı Süreyya Önder, about a group of local musicians preparing to play at a large military parade in a small town near Adana, Turkey...
directed by Sırrı Süreyya ÖnderSırrı Süreyya ÖnderSırrı Süreyya Önder is a Turkish fim director, actor, screen writer, columnist, and an MP elected in the Turkish general election, 2011.-References:...
& Muharrem Gülmez - September 12September 12 (film)September 12 is a 2010 German-Turkish documentary film, written, produced and directed by Özlem Sulak, which documents the accounts of survivors of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état...
directed by Özlem Sulak
Refugee in the City
Two international documentaries were selected for this special section about the consequences of urban regeneration projects for human lives as much as city plans.- My House Stood in Sulukule directed by Astrid Heubrandtner
- Paradise Hotel directed by Sophia Tzavella
A Time in the Country
One Turkish film was seşected for this special section which offers a grateful nod to the countryside and is supported by the publication of a collection of essays edited by Tül Akbal and Aslı Güneş under the same title.- Vavien directed by Yağmur & Durul Taylan