Ayvalık Uluslararası Film Festivali 2023
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- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsNatalie PortmanChris TenzisCharles MeltonTwenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSakura AndôEita NagayamaSoya KurokawaA mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
- DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsJuliette BinocheBenoît MagimelEmmanuel SalingerThe story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.
- DirectorIlker ÇatakStarsLeonie BeneschAnne-Kathrin GummichRafael StachowiakWhen one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
- DirectorRodrigo MorenoStarsDaniel ElíasEsteban BigliardiMargarita MolfinoBank employee Morán schemes to steal enough money to never work again, then confess and serve prison time while his colleague hides the cash. Soon under investigative pressure, accomplice Román meets a woman who transforms him forever.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsDave TurnerEbla MariClaire RodgersonThe future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
- DirectorAmjad Al RasheedStarsMouna HawaHaitham AlomariYumna MarwanA widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsOlfa HamrouniEya ChikhaouiTayssir ChikhaouiBetween light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
- DirectorMolly Manning WalkerStarsAnna AntoniadesMia McKenna-BruceLara PeakeThree British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
- DirectorMartijn de JongStarsThekla ReutenFedja van HuêtSepp RitsemaNarcosis is about a young family that is hit by a family tragedy and has to deal with it in its own unique way.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiMargherita BuySilvio OrlandoA movie director struggles with his relationship with his family, and with his latest movie, about the impact on the Italian Communist Party of the USSR invasion of Hungary in 1956.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsPierre NineyBlanche GardinFrançoise LebrunFollows a man, a director who tries to vanquish his demons, which are oppressing his creativity.
- DirectorZach BraffStarsFlorence PughMorgan FreemanCeleste O'ConnorFollows Allison, whose life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident.
- DirectorUmut SubasiStarsMelis SevinçMelisa BostanciogluIbrahim AriciCoincidence brings four twenty somethings in contemporary Istanbul together in humorous and playful ways. Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster explores the anxieties faced by the new generation with its humorous and intertwined ways.
- DirectorJuraj LeroticStarsJuraj LeroticSnjezana SinovcicGoran MarkovicFollows Damir, who's trying to take his own life while his family wants to save him. Everything happens over a period of just 24 hours.
- DirectorFelipe Gálvez HaberleStarsMark StanleyBenjamin WestfallAlfredo CastroIn Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.
- DirectorBenoît JacquotStarsIsabelle HuppertFabrice LuchiniIt's summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov's unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon's Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we've never seen before.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsSally HawkinsShonagh PriceHelen KatambaAn amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsThomas SchubertPaula BeerLangston UibelA group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiVahid MobasseriBakhtiyar PanjeeiTwo parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsPinar DenizBerkay AtesCem Yigit UzümogluBecoming part of a collective anger, Ishak copes with his conscience in a small village in Anatolia and struggles with the violence of collective silence.
- DirectorFikret ReyhanStarsSelen KurtaranUgur KarabulutAlper ÇankayaNesrin who lives with her four-year-old son, struggles with her ex-husband Ömer's oppressive behavior and bureaucratic hardships while she is on the brink of making a critical decision regarding her relationship with her boyfriend Selim.
- DirectorMaïwennStarsStanislas StanicMaïwennJohnny DeppThe life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
- DirectorAyse PolatStarsKatja BürkleAhmet VarliÇagla YurgaA German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family's well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
- DirectorSelcen ErgunStarsMerve DizdarSaygin SoysalAsiye DinçsoyA young nurse begins a new assignment at a wintry, remote village when a man goes missing.
- DirectorValérie DonzelliStarsVirginie EfiraMelvil PoupaudDominique ReymondFollows Blanche Renard, who meets Greg Lamoureux and believes he is the one. However, she soon finds herself caught up in a toxic relationship with a possessive and dangerous man.
- DirectorBelmin SöylemezStarsManolya MayaLaçin CeylanSenay AydinAylin, Frida and Lale struggle to hold on to their independence in increasingly conservative Istanbul, when their paths cross at Lale's acting courses.
- DirectorRebecca ZlotowskiStarsVirginie EfiraRoschdy ZemChiara MastroianniA childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsBrigitte BardotJack PalanceMichel PiccoliA French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.
- DirectorIdil AkkusEkin IlkbagStarsDefne BakirciMisra GundesA story about artistic swimmers, shared dreams, their struggle and their friendship.
- DirectorBerna GencalpStarsFeride ÇetinEce DizdarDeniz TürkaliKim Mihri (Who is Mihri) is the painter Mihri's untold story. Director Berna, decides to trace Mihri's journey from late Ottoman era Istanbul onward to Rome, Paris and New York. Mihri, whose image, artistic work and life story have been unjustly obscured, lost and deformed are revived through interviews and fully animated sequences.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsMustafa SerttasMetin BilmenDervis CebicCrime considers the themes of crime, crime addiction, society and freedom through the personality of Mustafa Serttas, a.k.a. the Devil (Tavuri) who spent half his life behind bars for theft and fraud. Mustafa Serttas, a primary school dropout raised in a poor, broken home in Cyprus, began stealing as a child. He later developed this early experience into a lifestyle or, as he put it, an 'obsession'. Director, Dervis Zaim knew Mustafa Serttas from the age of eight. The director managed to film the last five years of his life, right up until his death. Some of the filming was carried out during Serttas' time in jail. At the beginning of the film director visits his old friend in the jail and we realize that he has questions in his mind: After last release from prison, can Tavuri manage to create a new life or would he choose to suicide in slow pace? Is there still a chance for him to have compassion even if he may be the biggest 'con artist' of the country? Mustafa Serttas, a primary school dropout raised in a poor, broken home in Northern Cyprus, began stealing as a child. He later developed this early experience into a lifestyle or, as he put it, an 'obsession'. He spent a good half of his life behind bars in Lefkosa's Central Prison. He is well-known for never having used violence during his career as a thief. Married and divorced three times, he had one daughter. When he wasn't in jail, he led an extravagant life of luxury, but was also generous with his money. He was diagnosed by psychologists with personality disorder. He scammed Lefkosa's Central Prison at two different times. The extraordinary thing was that on both occasions he was an inmate at the time. This probably makes him the only prisoner to rob the jail from the inside during two different prison terms. Serttas died in 2019. Director, Dervis Zaim knew Mustafa Serttas from the age of eight. The director managed to film the last five years of his life, right up until his death. Some of the filming was carried out during Serttas' time in jail.
- DirectorFirat ÖzelerStarsCem YilmazFunda EryigitTilbe SaranA woman on a voyage of discovery into the oeuvre and world of Turkish director Ömer Kavur. She finds empty sites and other remains of Kavur's productions, like making-of videos and set reports - audiovisual shadows of a life in film.
- DirectorDeniz Yüksel AbaliogluStarsMaffy FalayMaffy Falay, who passed away in 2022 at an age of 92, was a popular jazz trumpeter in Sweden. He has left his homeland Turkey at an early age, following his passion for music. In the 60's he became a popular trumpeter in Europe. He was coveted by such jazz legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and he shared the stage with Quincy Jones, Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland. Being among the few remaining members of a bygone generation, he led a solitary life in his one-room apartment in the suburbs of Stockholm. "Maffy's Jazz" traces Maffy's relationship to music accompanying him candidly in different time frames, witnessing his alienation as he seeks to redefine his existence during a time when his generation, culture and music slowly fade away.
- DirectorBenhür BolhavaStarsAli Seçkiner AliciUtku BasHaki BiçiciBekir makes a living by selling sacrificial sheep in his makeshift hut stuck among the plazas in Istanbul. One of the sheep that he has sold disappears. He has only two days to find the sheep or return the money.