Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012
 Loving Istanbul couple Ayşe and Cemal need only a child to complete their life together, but they cannot conceive. To salvage Cemal’s pride, they resort to illegal means to procure a baby. This wild grab at a more perfect life proves their undoing, leading the couple to spiral toward separate futures. The couple's estrangement is intertwined with the film’s parallel narrative, in which a distant and neglectful single mom is raising her little boy, Can.
Director/screenwriter Raşit Çelikezer conjures up a compelling tale about family, pride, and what we risk when we fail to value what we have. The veteran Turkish cast, including Selen Uçer (Ayşe) and Serdar Orçin (Cemal), allows our understanding of each character to evolve throughout the story. Can honors the tradition of Yeşilçam—shorthand for the golden age of Turkish cinema. As such, Can infuses its traditional premise with an inventive storytelling structure and a fresh take on family sorrows as old as time.
Source : filmguide.sundance.org
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Saturday, Jan 28, 2012
 The finalist films of Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival are announced. Finalist films will be screened in Historic Egyptian Theater and the directors will be hosted in Los Angeles during the festival dates March 1-4, 2012.
Finalst films are as follows;
Ali Ata Bak – Orhan İnce
Four Walls Sarajevo – Nadim Güç
Milk – Ayşegül Şahinbozkır
Jurnal – Abdulbaki Yavuz
Love is Blind – Ertuğ Tüfekçioğlu
Off The Record – Tufan Şimşekcan
Scarecrow – Adem Demirci
The Beginning – Yiğit Evgar
The Bus – Olgu Kubilay Baran
The Monster Toros, Fırat Yavuz
Source : latff.org
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