On the Way to School
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On the Way to School is an award-winning 2008 Turkish documentary film
directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary
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The film is an openhearted account of a young Turkish teacher during a school year in a Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
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The film is an openhearted account of a young Turkish teacher during a school year in a Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey.
General release
The film opened in 22 screens across Turkey on at number five in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $60,387.Box Office
The film debuted number five in the Turkish box office chart and has made a total gross of $399,581.Awards
- 3rd International Middle East Film Festival (9-17 Oct, 2009) - Black Pearl Award for best Middle Eastern documentary film (Won)
- 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (10-17 Oct, 2009) - Golden Orange for Best First Film: Özgür Dogan & Orhan Eskikoy (Won)
- 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...
(11-21 March, 2010) - Mahmut Tali Öngören Special Award (Won)