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Semih Kaplanoğlu's HONEY takes Berlinale Golden Bear

Sunday, Feb 21, 2010

Semih Kaplanoğlu’s Honey (Bal), the third part of his reverse-order trilogy after Egg and Milk, became only the second Turkish film to win the Golden Bear in Berlin.

The Turkish-German co-production, described by Screen Daily critic Lee Marshall as “very beautiful and very studied, with a sometimes oppressive sense of directorial control”, also earned the Ecumenical Jury’s prize for best film in the competition. Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer) was the first Turkish film to win the Berlinale’s highest accolade in 1964.

The spirit of Roman Polanski loomed large over the Berlinale as the director was awarded the Silver Bear for best direction for The Ghost Writer. Polanski — currently under house arrest in Switzerland where he faces possible extradition to the Us — first won the Golden Bear more than 40 years ago in 1966 for Cul-de-Sac.


Source : imdb.com

KELIN SHORTLISTED: ADVANCES TO NEXT ROUND OF OSCAR VOTING

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010

Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

* Argentina, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos,” Juan Jose Campanella, director;
* Australia, “Samson & Delilah,” Warwick Thornton, director;
* Bulgaria, “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
* France, “Un Prophète,” Jacques Audiard, director;
* Germany, “The White Ribbon,” Michael Haneke, director;
* Israel, “Ajami,” Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, directors;
* Kazakhstan, “Kelin,” Ermek Tursunov, director;
* The Netherlands, “Winter in Wartime,” Martin Koolhoven, director;
* Peru, “The Milk of Sorrow,” Claudia Llosa, director.

Foreign Language Film nominations for 2009 are again being determined in two phases.

The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 65 eligible films between mid-October and January 16. The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.

The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend Friday, January 29, through Sunday, January 31, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

Source : http://helixfilmsinc.com/filmsacquired.html

Sinem's Love beats Greeks' hate

Thursday, Dec 24, 2009

Türk kızı Sinem Indi Music TV'nin finalinde birinci olarak büyük bir başarıya imza attı...

Amerika’daki milyonlarca seyirciye ulaşan Indi Music TV'de finale kalan Türk kızı Sinem Saniye'nin "Are We in Love" klibiyle rakiplerini geride birakarak birinci oldu. .Finalde Sinem’’in, ‘Are We in Love’’isimli aşk şarkısının klibi, Yunanlı grubun ‘’Constantinepole 1453’’ isimli Türkleri karalayan görüntülerle dolu, politik şarkıya karşı yarıştı. Sinem’in aşk şarkısı, Yunanlıların savaş ve Türk düşmanlığı yapan klibine karşı ustun geldi ve Sinem Saniye'ye birincilik getirdi.
Yarışmanın birincisi internet üzerinden kullanılan oylar aracılığıyla belirlendi. Pazartesi günü Türkiye saati ile 19.00 da sona erdi.
Sinem Saniye geçtiğimiz yıllarda, John Lennon beste yarışmasını 20 bin kişi arasından kazanmış ve ABD’de yıldızı parlamıştı.ABD’de başarıya doymayan Sinem’in . “Boom Sheke Nana” isimli şarkısı, da Billboard Dünya Beste Yarışması’nda binlerce rakibini geride bırakarak ikinci olmuştu.
İstanbul ve İzmir asıllı ailesiyle 3 yaşındayken ABD’ye göç eden Almanya doğumlu Sinem, 5 yaşında şarkı sözü yazmaya başladı. Aynı yaşta piyano da çalan Sinem, New York'ta müzik mühendisliği eğitimi aldı. Şarkılarında darbuka ve ud gibi Türk müziğinin önde gelen enstrümanlarını da kullanan Sinem, Türk olmaktan gurur duyduğunu söylüyor.

SİNEM'in Sayfası

Source : millyet.com.tr



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