11 - 19 November 2011

Parallel Sections

Translations: Independent Documentary
Filmmaking in Turkey

Son Mevsim. Şavaklar (The Last Season: Shawaks)
Kazim Öz
Turkey, 2009
Betacam SP PAL/NTSC | 90min. | Colour | VOSI, VOSC

Production: Mezopotamia Cinema, Yapim13 Film Production
Screenplay: Kazim Öz
Photography: Kazim Öz
Editor: Kazim Öz
Music: Ardavan Kamkar, Abas Kemendi
Sound: Memet Dalmaz

.

Sinopsis

With stunningly poetic images and barely any dialogue, this film reveals a life in the nomad Shawak community in the east of Turkey. Kurdish filmmaker Kazim Öz explores the possibilities of documentary and ethnographic filmmaking by following an intimate and far from nostalgic approach to a group of people whose way of life is threatened with disappearance.

Festivals

Special Juri Prize - Mannheim Heidelberg International Film Festival 2009
3rd Best Professional Documentary Film - Ankara International Film Festival 2009
Visions du Reel 2009
Doclisboa 2009

Trailer