Agora Market Manual 2010
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Balkan Fund Projects51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010 - Agora/Market ManualDIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHYCasus Belli, 2010, short67 th International Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti Competition,33rd International Drama Film FestivalDIRECTOR’S CVYorgos Zois was born in 1981 and lives in Athens. He studiedapplied Math and Physics in N.T.U.A. and film direction inStavrakou Film School, Athens and in U.d.K, Berlin wherehe was awarded a scholarship by Goulandris Foundation.He also participated in NIPKOW program in Berlin with ascholarship of six months and has worked as an assistantto Theo Angelopoulos. He has made his debut short filmcalled Casus Belli, which was selected in the 67 th InternationalVenice Film Festival 2010, while its script was selected inthe Euro Connection of Clermont Ferrand Film Festival in2009.Yorgos Zois, Screenwriter / Directorpresent at BFWRITER’S CVVassilios Kyriakopoulos was born in 1980 and lives in Athens.He studied Mechanical Engineering in N.T.U.A. He writesnovels, scripts, lyrics.Vassilis Kyriakopoulos, ScreenwriterPRODUCER’S FILMOGRAPHYParadise in post-productionby Panayotis FafoutisHomeland, 201025 th Intl Film Critics’ Week – 67 th Venice Film FestivalCasus Belli, 2010, short67 th Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti Competition33rd Intl Drama Film FestivalTale 52, 2008 - executive producerRotterdam Intl Film Festival’s Tiger Awards CompetitionToronto Intl Film Festival – Discovery SectionSao Paulo Intl Film FestivalPRODUCER’S PROFILEShe studied Communication and Cultural Management andcompleted her studies in Cultural Studies & Cinema.As a producer she’s involved in the production of featureand short films by Greek emerging directors. She was executiveproducer in Alexis Alexiou’s feature debut Tale 52,which was invited in the official selection of Rotterdam InternationalFilm Festival’s Tiger Awards Competition, TorontoInternational Film Festival (Discovery Section), Sitges, CatalonianInternational Film Festival - Best Screenplay Awardin 2008 and a series of other film festivals.In 2008 she was the Greek Producer on the Move duringthe Cannes Film Festival.In 2010, she produced Homeland by Syllas Tzoumerkasand the short Casus Belli by Yorgos Zois, which were bothselected in Venice Film Festival (25 th International FilmCritics’ Week and Orizzonti Competition respectively).She is currently in post-production of the film Paradiseby Panayiotis Fafoutis.Previous Work available at the Film MarketCasus Belli 2010 is available at the Digital Video – LibraryMaria Drandaki, Producerpresent at BF31
Agora/Market Manual - 51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010Balkan Fund ProjectsWalk On!TurkeyProduced by: IN WORKS ISTANBULDirector: Ismail NecmiScriptwriter: Ismail NecmiCo-Producers: Ismail Necmi &Dieter SauterBudget: 300.000 euroSecured Financing: 39%SYNOPSISIn Diyarbakir, Kurdish boy Rüstem, is discovering his sexuality. At the same time, 17-year-old Turk Mehmet,suffers the same pains in Istanbul. A world apart, both boys encounter the same problem; how to find love in aworld filled with hate. Rüstem chooses one path – he runs away from his family to Istanbul. What he finds,however, is no money and no work. He becomes a transvestite hustler and builds a new life in Tarlabaşı, the redlightsuburb of Istanbul.Mehmet chooses another path – he hides his sexuality. Securing a well-paying job, he settles into a tensedouble life. Ten years later, Rüstem and Mehmet’s paths cross in a dark corner of Tarlabaşı. It is not love at firstsight. But while Mehmet, the wealthy “White Turk”, and Rüstem the “dark”, feminine immigrant, are preoccupiedwith their own prejudice, they’re blinded to the real dangers awaiting them in the shadows.DIRECTORS’ STATEMENTWalk On! draws together techniques from documentary and feature film to tell the real story of Tarlabaşi, partof the municipality where I have lived for the last twenty years. At once the tale of Rüstem and Mehmet, thisfilm – which will be shot on location in this area – is also the story a place where poor Kurdish families, illegalAfrican immigrants, transvestites, and Gypsies all struggle to build some kind of community on the margins ofTurkish society despite deep differences in their values; a place where during the last 2 years over 40 peoplehave been killed because of their ethnicity and sexuality. The cast will include both professional actors but alsoactual residents of Tarlabaşi, telling their own stories. Mehmet will be played by a professional actor, but Rüstemwill be played by a Kurdish transvestite who lives and works as a ‘performer’ in the neighborhood.IN WORKS ISTANBULIN Works Istanbul is a independent art-house production company created by the directors and photographersIsmail Necmi (www.ismailnecmi.com) and Dieter Sauter (www.dieter-sauter.com) in Istanbul, in order todevelop director-driven films and documentaries. The company had its début film Should I Really Do It?(www.shouldireallydoit.com) shown at several international film festivals around the world including TorontoInternational Film Festival.PRODUCER’S CONTACT INFORMATIONIN WORKS ISTANBULT. +90 212 292 55 38M. + 90 532 245 26 11info@ismailnecmi.comwww.inworks-istanbul.com32
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<strong>Agora</strong>/<strong>Market</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> - 51st Thessaloniki IFF-<strong>2010</strong>Balkan Fund ProjectsWalk On!TurkeyProduced by: IN WORKS ISTANBULDirector: Ismail NecmiScriptwriter: Ismail NecmiCo-Producers: Ismail Necmi &Dieter SauterBudget: 300.000 euroSecured Financing: 39%SYNOPSISIn Diyarbakir, Kurdish boy Rüstem, is discovering his sexuality. At the same time, 17-year-old Turk Mehmet,suffers the same pains in Istanbul. A world apart, both boys encounter the same problem; how to find love in aworld filled with hate. Rüstem chooses one path – he runs away from his family to Istanbul. What he finds,however, is no money and no work. He becomes a transvestite hustler and builds a new life in Tarlabaşı, the redlightsuburb of Istanbul.Mehmet chooses another path – he hides his sexuality. Securing a well-paying job, he settles into a tensedouble life. Ten years later, Rüstem and Mehmet’s paths cross in a dark corner of Tarlabaşı. It is not love at firstsight. But while Mehmet, the wealthy “White Turk”, and Rüstem the “dark”, feminine immigrant, are preoccupiedwith their own prejudice, they’re blinded to the real dangers awaiting them in the shadows.DIRECTORS’ STATEMENTWalk On! draws together techniques from documentary and feature film to tell the real story of Tarlabaşi, partof the municipality where I have lived for the last twenty years. At once the tale of Rüstem and Mehmet, thisfilm – which will be shot on location in this area – is also the story a place where poor Kurdish families, illegalAfrican immigrants, transvestites, and Gypsies all struggle to build some kind of community on the margins ofTurkish society despite deep differences in their values; a place where during the last 2 years over 40 peoplehave been killed because of their ethnicity and sexuality. The cast will include both professional actors but alsoactual residents of Tarlabaşi, telling their own stories. Mehmet will be played by a professional actor, but Rüstemwill be played by a Kurdish transvestite who lives and works as a ‘performer’ in the neighborhood.IN WORKS ISTANBULIN Works Istanbul is a independent art-house production company created by the directors and photographersIsmail Necmi (www.ismailnecmi.com) and Dieter Sauter (www.dieter-sauter.com) in Istanbul, in order todevelop director-driven films and documentaries. The company had its début film Should I Really Do It?(www.shouldireallydoit.com) shown at several international film festivals around the world including TorontoInternational Film Festival.PRODUCER’S CONTACT INFORMATIONIN WORKS ISTANBULT. +90 212 292 55 38M. + 90 532 245 26 11info@ismailnecmi.comwww.inworks-istanbul.com32