Parallel Sections
Translations: Independent Documentary
Filmmaking in Turkey
Ekümenopolis: Ucu Olmayan Şehir (Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits)
Imre Azem
Turkey / Germany, 2011
HD | 93min. | Colour | VOSI, VOSC
Production: Gaye Günay
Screenplay: Imre Azem
Photography: Imre Azem
Editor: Eray Ilhan, Arzu Volkan
Music: Lari Dilmen, Nilüfer Ormanlı
Sinopsis
With 15 million inhabitants, Istanbul’s economic punch has made it the financial powerhouse in the region. But the city’s urban development and zoning plans have had a pernicious social and environmental impact. Ekümenopolis reveals the mechanisms and actors behind this deregulated urban and human landscape.