INTERNATIONAL FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL KÜSTENDORF | 17 - 23. 01. 2012.
DISTANT
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey | 2002
Programme Date:
23.01.2012 Programme Time:
10.30

Synopsis

Distant tells the story of a middle-aged photographer Mahmut, who is obliged to put up in his Istanbul apartment his unemployed young cousin Yusuf, who has left his home village in search of work, haunted by the feeling that the gap between his life and his ideals is growing. Mahmut grows increasingly irritated by his provincial young relative’s encroachment into his closed and colorless world.

With great wit and subtlety, Distant explores the isolation of city life and features outstanding performance from Muzaffer Özdemir as Mahmut and Mehmet Emin Toprak as Yusuf. Tragically, Toprak was killed in a car accident shortly after completion of filming: he posthumously won the Best Actor prize at Cannes in 2003. 

Awards:

2004    Time Out Critic's poll (UK) - Best Film of the year
2004    Durban Int. Film Festival, South Africa - Special Jury Prize
2004    Trieste Film Festival, Italy - Premio Trieste (for Best Film)
2004    Film Festival of Mexico City - Best Director and Best Cinematography
2004    Singapore International Film Festival - Best Film; Best Director; Best Actor: Mehmet Emin Toprak
2003    Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix du Jury; Best Actor : Muzaffer Özdemir and Mehmet Emin Toprak
2003    Chicago Film Festival, USA - Silver Hugo
2003    Cinemaya Film Festival, India - Best Film
2003    Cinemanila Film Festival, Philippines - Lino Brocka Award : Grand Prize for Best Film
2003    Film Camera Festival MANAKI BROTHERS, Macedonia - Special Jury Prize (as DoP)
2003    Mid East Film Festival, Beirut - Best Film; Best Screenplay
2003    Montpellier Film Festival, France - Golden Antigone (for Best Film); Critics' Prize

www.nbcfilm.com/uzak

Director:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Screenplay:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Director of photography:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Film Editing:
Ayhan Ergürsel, Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Producers:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Feridun Koc

Production Companies:
NBC Film, NBC Ajans

Cast:
Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya, Nazan Kirilmis, Feridun Koc

Duration:
110`

List of Retrospective of Greatness Movies

  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    Turkey | 1997
  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    Turkey | 2002
  • 17.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      3-IRON
      Kim Ki-duk
    • 12:30h
      ARRI ALEXA
      WORKSHOP
    • 16:30h
      OPENING CEREMONY
      Thierry Frémaux Presents
    • 20:00h
      ARIRANG
      Kim Ki-duk
      WORKSHOP - Kim Ki-duk - film director
    • 00:00h
      PELAGEYA
      Russia

    18.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      MADAME BOVARY
      Claude Chabrol
      WORKSHOP - Isabelle Huppert - actress
    • 17:00h
      4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH
      Abel Ferrara
      WORKSHOP - Abel Ferrara - film director
    • 21:00h
      TULIP, TEXAS AND US
      Lee Filipovski | Canada, Estonia 2011
      ---
      MOUSSA
      Christophe Nanga-oly | France 2010
      ---
      WE'RE GETTING THERE
      Marko Grba Singh -|Serbia 2011
      ---
      BARBAKAN
      Bartlomiej Zmuda | Poland 2011
      ---
      COUNTRYSIDE
      Yana Skopina & Eugene Kostkin | Russia
    • 00:00h
      THE ROSENBERG TRIO
      The Netherlands

    19.02.2012

    • 10:00h
      A PROPHET
      Jacques Audiard
      Tahar Rahim - actor
    • 13:00h
      A BETTER LIFE
      Cédric Kahn
    • 13:00h
      CHICKEN WITH PLUMS
      Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
      WORKSHOP - Marjane Satrapi - film director
    • 21:00h
      FIREWORKS
      Giacomo Abbruzzese | Italy, France 2011
      ---
      VANISHING
      Bartosz Kruhlik | Poland 2011
      ---
      BOYS, WHERE ARE YOU
      Jelena Gavrilović | Serbia 2011
      ---
      LUNCHBOX STORY
      Pieter Dirkx | Belgium 2010
    • 00:00h
      STRIBOR AND THE POISONERS
      Serbia

    20.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      BAD GUY
      Kim Ki-duk
    • 13:00h
      CORPO CELESTE
      Alice Rohrwacher
    • 17:00h
      NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION
      Asghar Farhadi
      WORKSHOP - Leila Hatami - actress
    • 21:00h
      CABBAGEMINCER
      Vadim Viner | Russia 2011
      ---
      LEERFAHRT
      Matis Burkhardt | Germany 2009
      ---
      MADE OF ASHES
      Ognjen Glavonić | Serbia 2012
      ---
      THE SONG OF THE RAIN
      Aygul Bakanova | Kyrgyzstan, UK 2011
    • 00:00h
      ADAM STINGA
      Moldova

    21.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
      Zoran Tairović
      ---
      BALKAN STAR
      Andrey Gligoryev
    • 13:00h
      SMALL TOWN
      Nuri Bilge Ceylan
      WORKSHOP - Nuri Bilge Ceylan - film director
    • 16:30h
      STOPPED ON TRACK
      Andreas Dresen
      WORKSHOP - Andreas Dresen - film director
    • 20:00h
      SMILE
      Gil González Penilla | Mexico 2011
      ---
      THE TRIP
      Simão Cayatte | USA, Portugal 2011
      ---
      MARINA
      Sonya Karpunina | Russia 2011
    • 00:00h
      BOBAN & MARKO MARKOVIC ORCHESTRA
      Serbia

    22.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      MILENA
      Čarna Radoičić
      ---
      HAPPY NOW
      Frederikke Aspöck
    • 13:00h
      NICOSTRATOS THE PELICAN
      Olivier Horlait
      WORKSHOP - Olivier Horlait - film director
    • 17:00h
      ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
      Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    • 21:00h
      FRAGMENTS
      Ivan Stojiljković | Serbia, Germany 2011
      ---
      ALTO SAUCE
      Fernando Pomares | Spain 2011
      ---
      GLASGOW
      Piotr Subbotko | Poland 2010
      ---
      THE END OF THE WORLD
      Jani Bojadzi | Macedonia 2011
    • 00:00h
      SONIDO GALLO NEGRO
      Mexico

    23.02.2012

    • 10:30h
      DISTANT
      Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    • 13:00h
      MOZZARELLA STORIES
      Edoardo De Angelis
    • 17:00h
      OUT OF BOUNDS
      Frederikke Aspöck
      WORKSHOP - Frederikke Aspöck - film director
    • CLOSING CEREMONY AWARDS CEREMONY

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