Shadows and Faces
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Shadows and Faces is a 2010 Turkish drama film
, written and directed by Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim
, which tells the story of a young girl who is separated from her father, a Karagöz shadow play master, during the beginning of the conflict between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus in 1963. The film, which is scheduled to go on nationwide general release across Turkey on , premiered in competition at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won the Turkish Film Critics Association Award. It is the third and final part of a trilogy of films themed around traditional Turkish arts, which includes Waiting for Heaven (2006) and Dot (2008).
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...
, written and directed by Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim
Dervis Zaim
Derviş Zaim is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for Elephants and Grass and Dot ; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Screenplay for Somersault in a Coffin ; and the Yunus Nadi literary prize for his debut novel Ares in Wonderland...
, which tells the story of a young girl who is separated from her father, a Karagöz shadow play master, during the beginning of the conflict between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus in 1963. The film, which is scheduled to go on nationwide general release across Turkey on , premiered in competition at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won the Turkish Film Critics Association Award. It is the third and final part of a trilogy of films themed around traditional Turkish arts, which includes Waiting for Heaven (2006) and Dot (2008).
Cast
- Erol Refıkoglu as Karagozcu Salih.
- Buğra GülsoyBuğra GülsoyBuğra Gülsoy is a Turkish actor, architect, director, graphic designer and photographer.-Career:He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Ankara. He gained his first stage experience, when he was 13. He graduated from the Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of...
as Ahmet. - Hazar Ergüçlü as Ruhsar.
- Popi Avraam as Anna.
- Osman Alkas as Veli.
- Konstantin Gavriel as Hristo.
- Pantelis Antonas as Greek Police Officer.
- Settar TanrıöğenSettar Tanrıöğen-Selected filmography:-External links:...
as Cevdet. - Cihan Tarıman as Rıza.
- Ahmet Karabiber as Dimitri.
- Derviş ZaimDervis ZaimDerviş Zaim is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for Elephants and Grass and Dot ; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Screenplay for Somersault in a Coffin ; and the Yunus Nadi literary prize for his debut novel Ares in Wonderland...
- Turkish Cypriot Commander.
Festival screenings
- 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film FestivalThe 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival was a film festival held in Antalya, Turkey which ran from October 9 to 14, 2010. Prizes were awarded in four competitions in the course of the festival, at which 191 films were shown at 12 venues across the city with the theme Cinema...
(October 9-14, 2010)
Awards
- 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film FestivalThe 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival was a film festival held in Antalya, Turkey which ran from October 9 to 14, 2010. Prizes were awarded in four competitions in the course of the festival, at which 191 films were shown at 12 venues across the city with the theme Cinema...
(October 14, 2010): Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Award