A Step into the Darkness
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A Step into the Darkness is a 2009 Turkish drama film
, directed by Atıl İnaç
, starring Suzan Genç as an Iraqi refugee who travels to Turkey in search of her missing brother after losing her entire family when soldiers raid their village. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , has won awards at international film festivals in Ankara, Antalya and Tiburon.
Atıl İnaç's second feature film “A Step Into the Darkness” was in local theaters on September 17, 2010.
The film was premiered at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival in the summer of 2009, where it was highly appraised by Quebecers. It was the opening film of the International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
It won the Golden Reel Award for Best Cinematography at the Tiburon International Film Festival in San Francisco and Best Film Award at the South European Film Festival in Los Angeles.
“A Step Into the Darkness” was written by Avni Özgürel - Atıl İnaç and produced by Ayfer Özgürel. It was shot on location in Iraqi cities of Arbil and Mosul, and in Adiyaman, Urfa, and Istanbul, Turkey.
The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl,
Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation
against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq.
She makes a distressing journey through
the border between Turkey and Iraq
to find her brother who had been sent to Turkey for treatment.
DIRECTOR’S VIEW
A human being with nothing to lose can be turned into most dangerous weapon on earth. Instead of a silent, unnoticed end, when the time is right, those who have nothing to hang on to will destroy not only themselves but also others Hopelessness has come to be the major weapon to accumulate and wield power. One’s hopelessness becomes the unimaginable power of others. That is why in pursuit of power, one’s arch enemy is also one’s best ally. Armies will be formed; wars will be fought against the enemy. By that enemy, one’s power will swell, be righteous and important. This is the biggest and most preposterous game that humanity has come to play since the very beginning. Creating enemies to be powerful; the fear that mobilize masses around one, forsaking what they have and their liberty. All the civilizations have been built by resorting to the dazzling power of fear. We are brothers in arms facing “the other” who are threatening our lives.
CREDITS
Director Atıl Inac
Screenplay Atil Inac, Avni Ozgurel,
Producer: Ayfer Özgürel, Avni Özgürel
Executive Producer: Derya Tarım, Belgin Baştürk
Compositor: Sabri Tulug Tırpan
Editor: Aziz Imamoglu
Soun Design: Umut Senyol
Sound Mixer: Olivier Goinard, Umut Şenyol
Art Director Koray Fındıkoğlu
First Assistant Dırector: Mustafa Kara
Second Assistant Dırector:Ebru Kahraman
Production: TFT YAPIM (Turkey)
Casting: Suzan Genç, Selen Uçer, Serdal Genç, Serkan Genç, Rana Cabbar, Haktan Pak, Selim Bayraktar, Nalan Kuruçim
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Technical İnfo
2009 / Feature Film/ Drama / 110 Min / 35 mm Color / Dolby Strereo
Turkish&Arabic&Kurdish / English Subtitles
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AWARDS
International San Francisco Tiburon Film Festivali
Best Film award
International Los Angeles South East European Film Festival
Best Film award
International EAST AFRICA Zanzibar Film Festival
Signis award-first commendation
International Ankara Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress
Best Promising Actress
Best Music
International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival at competition section
Best Promising Actress
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
International Montreal Film Festival - World Premiere
International Kerala Film Festival, INDIA – Opening Film
International Alexandria-EGYPT Film Festival at competition section.
International Romania Film Festival at competition section.
International DENMARK BUSTER film festival at competition section
International Kiev Film Festival at competition section.
International TOKYO SKIP CITY D-Cinema FESTIVAL at competition section
International Osnabruck Film Festival, GERMANY at competition section
International EAST AFRICA Zanzibar Film Festival in competition section
Signis award-first commendation
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival at competition section
Best Promising Actress
International Los Angeles South East European Film Festival at competition section
Best Film award
International San Francisco Tiburon Film Festivali at competition section
Best Film award
International Galler Film Festival, IRELAND at competition section
International Istanbul Film Festival at competition section
International Ankara Film Festival at competition section
Best Supporting Actress
Best Promising Actress
Best Music
International Golden Minbal, RUSSIA Film Festival at competition section
International Sarajevo Winter Festival
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, directed by Atıl İnaç
Atil Inac
Ileri Atil Cayan Inac aka Atil Inac is a Turkish film writer and director.-Early life:Born into a filmmaker family, his mother a screenwriter, and father a producer, Inac went to the United States for high school education. Upon graduation, he studied philosophy at the University of...
, starring Suzan Genç as an Iraqi refugee who travels to Turkey in search of her missing brother after losing her entire family when soldiers raid their village. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , has won awards at international film festivals in Ankara, Antalya and Tiburon.
Production
“ A human being with nothing to lose can be turned into most dangerous weapon on earth.”Atıl İnaç's second feature film “A Step Into the Darkness” was in local theaters on September 17, 2010.
The film was premiered at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival in the summer of 2009, where it was highly appraised by Quebecers. It was the opening film of the International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
It won the Golden Reel Award for Best Cinematography at the Tiburon International Film Festival in San Francisco and Best Film Award at the South European Film Festival in Los Angeles.
“A Step Into the Darkness” was written by Avni Özgürel - Atıl İnaç and produced by Ayfer Özgürel. It was shot on location in Iraqi cities of Arbil and Mosul, and in Adiyaman, Urfa, and Istanbul, Turkey.
The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl,
Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation
against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq.
She makes a distressing journey through
the border between Turkey and Iraq
to find her brother who had been sent to Turkey for treatment.
DIRECTOR’S VIEW
A human being with nothing to lose can be turned into most dangerous weapon on earth. Instead of a silent, unnoticed end, when the time is right, those who have nothing to hang on to will destroy not only themselves but also others Hopelessness has come to be the major weapon to accumulate and wield power. One’s hopelessness becomes the unimaginable power of others. That is why in pursuit of power, one’s arch enemy is also one’s best ally. Armies will be formed; wars will be fought against the enemy. By that enemy, one’s power will swell, be righteous and important. This is the biggest and most preposterous game that humanity has come to play since the very beginning. Creating enemies to be powerful; the fear that mobilize masses around one, forsaking what they have and their liberty. All the civilizations have been built by resorting to the dazzling power of fear. We are brothers in arms facing “the other” who are threatening our lives.
CREDITS
Director Atıl Inac
Screenplay Atil Inac, Avni Ozgurel,
Producer: Ayfer Özgürel, Avni Özgürel
Executive Producer: Derya Tarım, Belgin Baştürk
Compositor: Sabri Tulug Tırpan
Editor: Aziz Imamoglu
Soun Design: Umut Senyol
Sound Mixer: Olivier Goinard, Umut Şenyol
Art Director Koray Fındıkoğlu
First Assistant Dırector: Mustafa Kara
Second Assistant Dırector:Ebru Kahraman
Production: TFT YAPIM (Turkey)
Casting: Suzan Genç, Selen Uçer, Serdal Genç, Serkan Genç, Rana Cabbar, Haktan Pak, Selim Bayraktar, Nalan Kuruçim
INT’ L SALES: Insomnia World Sales
50 bis rue de la Mare 75020 Paris - FRANCE
Tel : +33(0)1 43 58 08 04 Fax : +33(0)1 43 58 09 32
contact@insomnia-sales.com
Technical İnfo
2009 / Feature Film/ Drama / 110 Min / 35 mm Color / Dolby Strereo
Turkish&Arabic&Kurdish / English Subtitles
www.buyukoyunfilm.com
General release
The film opened on general release in 27 screens across Turkey on at number 18 in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$11,429.AWARDS
International San Francisco Tiburon Film Festivali
Best Film award
International Los Angeles South East European Film Festival
Best Film award
International EAST AFRICA Zanzibar Film Festival
Signis award-first commendation
International Ankara Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress
Best Promising Actress
Best Music
International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival at competition section
Best Promising Actress
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
International Montreal Film Festival - World Premiere
International Kerala Film Festival, INDIA – Opening Film
International Alexandria-EGYPT Film Festival at competition section.
International Romania Film Festival at competition section.
International DENMARK BUSTER film festival at competition section
International Kiev Film Festival at competition section.
International TOKYO SKIP CITY D-Cinema FESTIVAL at competition section
International Osnabruck Film Festival, GERMANY at competition section
International EAST AFRICA Zanzibar Film Festival in competition section
Signis award-first commendation
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival at competition section
Best Promising Actress
International Los Angeles South East European Film Festival at competition section
Best Film award
International San Francisco Tiburon Film Festivali at competition section
Best Film award
International Galler Film Festival, IRELAND at competition section
International Istanbul Film Festival at competition section
International Ankara Film Festival at competition section
Best Supporting Actress
Best Promising Actress
Best Music
International Golden Minbal, RUSSIA Film Festival at competition section
International Sarajevo Winter Festival
Awards
- 21st Ankara International Film Festival21st Ankara International Film FestivalThe 21st Ankara International Film Festival is a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey that ran from March 11 to 21, 2010.This edition of the Ankara International Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI, opened with a gala on the evening of...
(March 11-21, 2010) - Best Supporting Actress Award: Selen Uçar (Won) - Tiburon International Film Festival - Golden Reel Award for Best Cinematography: Atıl İnaç (Won)
- 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film FestivalThe International 17th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival was a film festival held in Adana, Turkey which ran from September 20 to 26, 2010. Prizes totalling 575,000 Turkish Liras were awarded in three categories and more than 200 films were shown at nine different locations, including the Cinebonus,...
(Sept 20-26, 2010) - Most Promising Newcomer (actress): Suzan Genç (Won)