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MEN ON THE BRIDGE drama feature / 87min / color / dolby sr / 35mm / 2009
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MEN ON THE BRIDGE/KÖPRÜDEKILER is a film about Turkey's young generation and their uncertain future. The illegal rose-seller FIKRET (17), the shared-taxi driver UMUT (28) and the traffic policeman MURAT (24) live in the suburbs of Istanbul and come to work to the center of the city, the Bosphorus Bridge. Unknown to each other, their dreams intersect in the rush hour every day with millions of other Istanbulites on the so-called border between Asia and Europe
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cast: Fikret Portakal, Murat Tokgoz, Umut Ilker, Cemile Ilker
a co-production between: Endorphine Production, Yeni Sinemacilik, Kaliber Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ZDF/3SAT, Rush Hour Films and the participation of YLE.
written and directed by: Asli Özge director of photography: Emre Erkmen editors: Vessela Martschewski, Aylin Zoi Tinel, Cristof Schertenleib, additional edit: Willem Baptist soundmix: Florian Beck, additional mixing: Ranko Paukovic producers: Fabian Massah, Asli Özge, Sevil Demirci, Mete Gümürhan.
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62nd Locarno Film Festival - Filmmakers of the Present Competition, 53rd BFI London Film Festival - Cinema Europa section, 34th Toronto Film Festival - Contemporary World Cinema section, 28th Istanbul International Film Festival *Golden Tulip Award*, Sevilla European Film Festival '09, 43rd HOF International Film Festival, 31st Cinemed Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, London Turkisch Film Festival *Golden Wings Award*, 33rd Mostra São Paulo International Film Festival, Bergen International Film Festival, 25th Warsaw International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2009(APSA) as the Turkish representative, Reykjavik International Film Festival, 16th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival - *Golden Boll Award for Best Film*, Pitching du Reel at Visions Du Reel - Nyon, The Forum - IDFA.
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Derek Elley, Variety
"... Aslι Özge is clearly a director to watch ..."
Nick James, Sight & Sound
"... The film with the most originality was Aslı Özge's MEN ON THE BRIDGE. Put together with great charm, sensitivity and an immaculate sense of timing, this multi-strand portrait of the search for some kind of grace in the city deservedly won Istanbul's Golden Tulip ..."
Klaus Eder, Fipresci
"... Asli Özge's fiction feature MEN ON THE BRIDGE won the main prize, the "Golden Tulip" in the national competition [of the Istanbul Film Festival], over new films from established directors. Without any doubt, MEN ON THE BRIDGE is an excellent debut which should make its mark, and which deserves the prize ..."
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