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Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak (Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds)

Event Type
Film Screening
Sponsor
Turkish Program, LCTL
Location
Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana
Date
Mar 4, 2020   4:00 - 6:00 pm  
E-Mail
aozcan@illinois.edu
Views
100
Originating Calendar
Turkish Studies Program Events

In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day. While their efforts continue hopelessly but ambitiously, one of finds himself in love. The movie was inspired by the director's own passion about cinema, and was made in his own village, all the acting being done by local villagers.

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