Cinema
Sürü (The Herd) (Cinema)
SAT 01.11.08 15:00h Stadtkino Basel
SUN 02.11.08 17:30h Stadtkino Basel
MON 03.11.08 21:00h Stadtkino Basel
Zeki Ökten, Turkey 1978; 129' OV/df (35 mm, Color)
With Tarık Akan, Melike Demirağ, Erol Demiröz, Levent İnanir, Şener Kökkaya
A highlight in Turkish cinema: The film symbolizes humanitys struggle for self determination and solidarity.
Sürü, the Herd, is an unusual love story told within a mentally disturbing context with feudal values and social inequalities in Turkish Society in 70's.
Further Dates:
THU 06. 11.08 21:15h Xenix Zürich
FRI 07. 11.08 21:15h Xenix Zürich
SON 09. 11.08 21:15h Xenix Zürich
İklimler (Climates) (Cinema)
SAT 01.11.08 22:15h Stadtkino Basel
FRI 07.11.08 17:30h Stadtkino Basel
MON 10.11.08 21h Stadtkino Basel
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, TR 2006; 101' OV / d (35 mm, color)
With: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kırılmıs, Mehmet Eryılmaz, Arif Asçı, Can Özbatur, Ufuk Bayraktar, Fatma Ceylan
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner selves in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them.
A fascinating study about a couple in a crisis and the human incapacity to achieve happiness played by the director and his wife Ebru Ceylan themselves.
Supporting Film in Xenix Zürich: World Cinema, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, France 2007; OV/d (DVD, color)
Further Dates:
MON 01.12. WED 03.12. 19:15h Xenix Zürich
MOMENT OF AGENCY (Art/Cinema)
TUE 04.11. 20h Stadtkino Basel
Moment of Agency aims to discuss and reflect on the norms of agency and artist as a mediator of imagery and as a catalyst of meaning production. The content that is evoked in the title reflects the positioning of a certain artistic stance of the Turkish artists living and working in various cities such as Istanbul, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main or Amsterdam.
Further Dates:
SUN 02.11. 16h, Kino Kunstmuseum, Bern
Yol (Die Reise) (Cinema)
SAT 08.11.08 19:30h Stadtkino Basel
SUN 09.11.08 15:15h Stadtkino Basel
WED 12.11.08 18:30h Stadtkino Basel
Şerif Gören, Yılmaz Güney, CH 1982; 114' OV / df
Five befriended inmates set out on a prison leave with different hopes. However, the holiday turns into a tragic adventure.
Further Dates:
MON 17.11. WED 19.11. 19h Uhr Xenix Zürich
Kasaba (Die Kleinstadt) (Cinema)
SAT 08.11.08 22:15h / MO 17.11.08 18:30h Stadtkino Basel
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, TR 1997; 85' OV / d (35 mm, s/w)
With Cihat Bütün, Emin Ceylan, Fatma Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Havva, Sağlam, Emin Toprak
A family portrait from the perspective of two siblings who have to learn sympathy, friendliness, forgiveness and other human feelings.
Further Dates:
MON 24.11. WED 26.11. 19:15h Xenix Zürich
Mayis sikintisi (Clouds of May) (Cinema)
FRI 14.11.08 15:15 Stadtkino Basel
MON 24.11.08 21:00 Stadtkino Basel
FRI 28.11.08 17:30 Stadtkino Basel
A young director returns to his home village in Anatolia. He wants to film a comedy but everybody prefers to get on with their real lives.
Further Dates:
MON 10. 11. WED 12. 11. 21.15 h Xenix Zürich
Gitmek (My Marlon & Brando) (Cinema)
WED 19.11. 21.00 h Stadtkino Basel
WED 26.11. 18.30 h Stadtkino Basel
A dramatic road movie, based on the true story of a Turkish woman, Ayça Damgacı. After losing touch with her Kurdish darling, due to the outbreak of the war in northern Iraq, she sets out in search of him.
At 19./20./22.11. in presence of Ayca Damgaci and Hüseyin Karabey
Further Dates:
THU 20. & FRI 21.11. 19.15 h Xenix Zürich
SAT 22.11. 20.30 h & SUN 23.11. 16 h Kino Kunstmuseum, Bern
Uzak (Weit) (Cinema)
SAT 22.11.08 22h Stadtkino Basel
THU 27.11.08 18:30h Stadtkino Basel
SAT 29.11.08 15h Stadtkino Basel
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, TR 2002; 110' OV / df
With Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kırılmış, Feridun Koc, Fatma Ceylan
Uzak is a minimalist masterpiece, which dares to explore the abysses of modern man with a touch of tragicomedy.
Further Dates:
THU 13.11. SUN 16.11. 19h Uhr Xenix Zürich