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Turquaze

Turquaze

Year
2010
Length
95 min.
Genre
Drama
Director
Kadir Balcı
Screenplay
Kadir Balcı

Synopsis

Having buried their father in Istanbul, Timur (28) and his two brothers, Ediz (36) and Bora (16), return to Ghent. Their mother remains in Istanbul. The three brothers resume their lives but need to find a new balance.

While Ediz plays the dominant father and Bora does silly things with the wrong friends, Timur tries to fulfil his father's dream: playing the trumpet in a brass band. Sarah, Timur's girlfriend, thinks it's cool, until she realises how little he seems to notice her now.

TURQUAZE presents a disarmingly honest chronicle of a Turkish family's life in Ghent. 'Turkish for beginners!'

Stills

poster visual

Kadir Balci

crew pictures

Main cast

  • Burak Balcı
  • Charlotte Vandermeersch
  • Nihat Alptuğ Altınkaya
  • Tilbe Saran
  • Sinan Vanden Eynde
  • Hilal Sönmez

Cast

  • Katelijne Verbeke
  • Mark Verstraete
  • Tine Embrechts
  • Johan Dehollander
  • Gilles De Schryver
  • Maaike Cafmeyer
  • Johan Heldenbergh

Crew Belgium

  • Kadir Balcı
  • Kadir Balcı
  • director of photography Ruben Impens
  • editing Nico Leunen
  • sound Jan Deca
  • Thierry De Vries
  • production design Kurt Rigolle
  • Tine Verbeurgt
  • Diana Dreesen
  • original soundtrack Bert Ostyn (Absynthe Minded)
  • production manager Jelle Claeys
  • Johan Van den Driessche
  • co-producer GU-Film

Crew Turkey

  • production manager Arda Topaloğlu
  • production-assistant on set Çağrı Erdoğan
  • 2nd AD Toygun Başıdinç
  • casting Gökçe Doruk Erten
  • Elif Taşçıoğlu, Serdar Yılmaz
  • gaffer Şenol Toz
  • electricians Mehmet Cemal Toz, Sezgin Kaba, Hamit Fenerli
  • Gülin Üstün

Credits

  • shooting location Belgium - Turkey
  • original version Dutch - Turkish
  • shooting period 16 February - 21 March 2009
  • support Redcam®, colour
  • financial partners Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Flemish Government, Provinciebestuur Oost-Vlaanderen, Stad Gent, één, MEDIA programme of the European Union, Kinepolis Financial Services, Unitron Group, Herbeco
  • mediapartners Radio 1, De Bijloke Muziekcentrum, De Standaard, Fiat
  • theatrical distribution Belgium Kinepolis Film Distribution
  • dvd-distribution Belgium Lumière
  • format 2:35
  • release 29 September 2010
  • artwork Natasja Billiau

Festivals

  • Montréal World Film Festival 26 Aug - 6 Sept 2010
  • Ostend Film Festival 2010 - sneak preview 3-11 Sept 2010
  • Filmfest Hamburg 30 Sept - 9 Oct 2010
  • London-Turkish Film Festival 4-18 Nov 2010
  • Festival du Film de Vendôme 3-10 Dec 2010
  • Be Film Festival Bruxelles 16-19 Dec 2010
  • Palm Springs International Film Festival 6-17 Jan 2011
  • EFM Berlin (European Film Market) 10-18 Feb 2011
  • Hong Kong International Film Festival 20 March - 5 April 2011
  • International Istanbul Film Festival 2-17 April 2011
  • Belgian Consulate Los Angeles 20 April 2011
  • Transilvania International Film Festival 3-12 June 2011
  • Shanghai International Film Festival 11-19 June 2011
  • Ostend Film Festival 2-10 Sept 2011
  • 39th Dutch Film Festival Utrecht 21-30 Sept 2011
  • Festival Travelling Rennes 7-14 Feb 2012
  • Paris Turkish Film Festival 30 March - 8 April 2012

Awards

  • Special mention of the Jury Youth prizes for the International Film (Jekino) 2010

Nominations

  • Nomination for young talent award \"Die Elfe\" Filmfest Hamburg 2010

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