TALES FROM KARS
Turkey 2010, 35mm, Colour
In 2007, the Ankara Cinema Association held a screenplay contest entitled the Stories of Kars Script Competition. In this, five scripts were chosen by a selection committee made up of prominent Turkish filmmakers Zeki Demirkubuz, Ümit Ünal and Önder Çakar and the scripts subsequently directed by Özcan Alper, Zehra Derya Koç, Ülkü Oktay, Ahu Öztürk and Emre Akay under the collective title Stories of Kars.
Directors - Screnwriters: Özcan Alper (Motoguzzi), Ülkü Oktay (Zilo), Emre Akay (Küçük Bir Hakikat), Ahu Öztürk (Açık Yara), Zehra Derya Koç (Kül)
Photography: Özgür Eken
Editing: Çiçek Kahraman
Sound: İsmail Karadaş
Art Director: Natali Yeres, Elif Sönmez
Cast: Ayda Aksel, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Meral Çetinkaya, Ozan Bilen, Şebnem Köstem, İskender Bağcılar, Erol Babaoğlu, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Ruhi Sarı, Müge Ulusoy, Begüm Birgören, Rıza Akın, Rıza Sönmez, Derya Durmaz, Birsu Demir, Berna Adıgüzel, Turgay Tanülkü
Production-Distribution: Başak Emre, Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, Gezici Film Abay Kunanbay Cad. 20/11 Kavaklıdere Ankara
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