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Toronto Screening of Zer
September 30, 2018 @ 16:00 - 18:00
can15 – can30Toronto Screening of Zer
Kâzım Öz, one of the most prolific independent directors in Turkey, will come to the stage with his new feature film Zer in Toronto Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on Sunday, September 30th at 4PM.
About ZER: http://newafilm.net/en/zer/
From the award-winning director Kâzım Öz, the movie Zer tells the story of Jan who embarks on a journey to find the origins of his grandmother’s song to solve the mystery and to embrace his roots.
Rumour has it that a young shepherd went to a village in Dersim, the province of Turkey. There, he fell in love with Zer, the daughter of the landlord. However, the landlord did not let their marriage and he made his daughter marry with another man in a cold winter day against her will. The shepherd and Zer decided to run away from the village but Zer got lost in the snowstorm and got frozen. When the shepherd learned that was the reason why she had not showed up the other day, he lost his mind. He started walking around from village to village with songs about his beloved Zer and his love for her.
The movie Zer tells the story of Jan who was living in New York searching for the song of. While Jan was doing his search, he found himself in a magnificent geography, an authentic culture, colorful characters and traces of a massacre. İn that trip, he discover his grandmother Zarife’s secret of her life.
Please note that for friends and family in Ottawa or Toronto, the film will be screening in those cities on the 22nd and 30th respectively.
Links:
(TORONTO) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zer-toronto-premier-tickets-48443871925
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(TORONTO) https://www.facebook.com/events/230004357653984/
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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1iMpoaxlgM
Languages: Turkish, Kurdish and English
Subtitles: English
Zer’in 30 Eylül 2018 Pazar günü Toronto’da ilk gösterimini yapacağız. Uğramış olduğu sansür ve dağıtım sorunlarına rağmen Kanada gösterimlerimizi sonunda gerçekleştirecek olmaktan dolayı mutluyuz. Gala gecesinde yönetmenimiz Kâzım Öz bizlerle olacak. Gösterimimize sinemayı seven herkesi bekliyoruz.
Zer, 1938’de Dersim acılarını yaşayanlardan olan babaannesi Zarife’nin kendisine söylediği şarkının peşinden giden Jan’ın hikâyesidir. Zarife bugüne kadar bu şarkıda kimliğini ve geçmişini saklamıştır. Kanser tedavisi için New York’a getirildiğinde birbirlerini pek de tanımayan Jan ve babaannesi, bu tedavi sırasında yakınlaşırlar ve Jan’ın hayatı değişmeye başlar. Jan babaannesinin kendisine söylediği şarkının izini sürmeye karar verir. New York’tan Dersim’e bir arayış hikâyesine çıkan Jan yolun sonunda kendisine ulaşacak mıdır? Kâzım Öz bu filmi ile bir büyüme hikâyesinin en ücra köşelerinde dâhi ışık olan yerler vardır diyor. Köklerine doğru yola koyulanların hikâyesi: Zer
ZER | Yönetmen: Kâzım Öz / Senaryo: Kâzım Öz / Görüntü Yönetmeni: Feza Çaldıran, Eyüp Boz, Orçun Özkılıç / Özgün Müzik: Mustafa Biber / Kurgu: Kâzım Öz, Thomas Balkenhol / Oyuncular: Nik Xhelilaj, Güler Ökten, Levent Özdilek, Füsun Demirel, Tomris İncer, Haleigh Ciel, Teresa Anne Volgenau, Ahmet Aslan / Yapımcılar: Kâzım Öz, Meral Balık, Turan Tokel / Ortak Yapımcılar: Zülfiye Akkulak, Adnan Hilton Pehlivan, İsmail Öz.