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Translations: Independent Documentary
Filmmaking in Turkey
Oyun (The Play)
Pelin Esmer
Turkey, 2005
Betacam SP PAL/NTSC | 70min. | Colour | VOSE
Production: Pelin Esmer, Nida Karabol Akdeniz, Tolga Esmer
Screenplay: Pelin Esmer
Photography: Pelin Esmer
Editor: Pelin Esmer
Music: Mazlum Cimen
Sinopsis
Nine women from the southern Turkish town of Arslankoy get together to talk, argue and write the play The Women’s Protest based on their own lives. Thanks to its unique approach and groundbreaking use of images of rural women, Oyun is seen as a benchmark feminist film in Turkey.
Festivals
Best New Documentary Filmmaker - Tribeca Film Festival 2006
Miglior Documentario - Trieste Film Festival 2006
Meilleur long métrage documentaire - Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil 2006