Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival - LATFF

01/05/2018

USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts Events

Check out USC's Outside the Box [Office] screening of IN THE FADE.

Writer/Director/Producer FATIH AKIN in-person for a Q&A after a screening of his Golden Globe-Nominated film IN THE FADE, starring Diane Kruger, at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 in the Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108.

http://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=19410

04/26/2017

Babamın Kanatları / My Father's Wings - Trailer 1

South East European Film Festival is featuring filmmakers from Turkey:

MY FATHER’S WINGS
Sunday, April 30th 7:30 PM
Seefest feature Film
Venue: Laemmle Music Hall
Director: Kıvanç Sezer
In this exceptionally mature directorial debut,
we meet Ibrahim who joined a construction crew working on a high-rise apartment building to support his wife and children.
When the unexpected diagnosis of an illness leaves him with no guarantees for the future,
his dignity will push him to sacrifice himself for his family.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Y-n1xyyo1-k

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World Premiere (short)
Seefest Shorts Program 2
Saturday, April 29th 2:45 PM
Venue Goethe-Institut
Director/Producer: Onur Atalay Şenol
In a countryside of Turkey in the 90’s, a boy and his friends are waiting for the start of class at their school.

ABOUT ARIF
Director/Producer: Hasan Kalender
Seefest Shorts Program 3
Saturday, April 29th 4 PM (short)
Venue Goethe-Institut Arif lives with his mother. Arif helps his mother with chores.
He tidies up, washes the dishes, and takes his mother for a walk. His neighbors, however, know a different truth.

BABA USTA: WHERE WE ALL END UP
Director/Producer: Abdurrahman Bastug, Ozgun Kabakcioglu
Seefest Short Program 5
Friday, April 28th @ 8:30 PM (docu short)
Venue Goethe-Institut
Baba Usta is a graveyard worker. When his office is threatened,
he has to face both the municipality and a mysterious rival with powerful connections.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/160604909

To get your tickets: https://seefest2017.eventbrite.com

http://seefilmla.org/

BABAMIN KANATLARI Ölümcül bir hastalığa yakalandığını öğrenen inşaat işçisi İbrahim için yaşamdaki en değerli şey uzaktaki ailesidir. Yeğeni Yusuf ise yüksel...

04/15/2017

USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts Events

Don't miss our closing film, MEMORIES OF THE WIND tomorrow at 7PM. Q&A with Ozcan Alper after the screening.

http://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=16841

A real moment photo from a screening of the 5th LATFF is below :)

The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007

04/12/2017

USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts Events

Don't miss this amazing film at 7 PM TODAY, ALBUM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu. France 4 Visionary Award from Cannes Film Festival. RSVP here:
http://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=16841

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4909984/awards?ref_=tt_awd

The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007

04/12/2017

5th LATFF opened with Zeki Demirkubuz's Ember. The room was full. Q&A with the director was great. We are sooo happy :) Come and share our joy!

03/30/2017

LATFF 2017: Feature Films Announced!

The 5th Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival (LATFF), in collaboration with USC Visions & Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative, Outside the Box [Office], and USC Middle East Studies Program (MESP), has announced the feature-length film line up set to take place April 11-15th, 2017.

The opening night film for this year’s Festival is acclaimed Director Zeki Demirkubuz’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Film Nominee EMBER. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the film’s director Zeki Demirkubuz.

The closing night screening is Antalya Golden Orange Best Cinematography Award winner MEMORIES OF THE WIND. Following the screening, the film’s director Ozcan Alper will be in attendance for a Q&A session.

North American premiere of Yılmaz Erdoğan’s SOUR APPLES and Cannes Film Festival France 4 Visionary Award winner Mehmet Can Mertoğlu’s ALBUM will be screened.

In addition to feature film screenings, LATFF Selection of Turkish Short Films will be screened.

For details on all screenings during the Festival, please see the listings below:

April 11, Tuesday
7:00 pm Ember
9.25 pm Q&A With Director Zeki Demirkubuz
April 12, Wednesday
7.00 pm Album
April 13, Thursday
7.00 pm Short Film Competition Screenings
April 14, Friday
7.00 pm Sour Apples
April 15, Saturday
7.00 pm Memories of the Wind
9.20 pm Q&A With Director Özcan Alper

All screenings are free of charge and open to the public.

For online reservations and festival information, including parking recommendations, go to http://cinema.usc.edu/LATFF & www.latff.org

01/27/2017

Submission is closed. Thanks for everyone who participated! 356 submissions for our 5th year. Finalist films will be announced by the end of February. ‘Cinema is hope.’

Başvurular kapandı. Katılan herkese teşekkürler! 5.yılımızda rekor başvuru. 356 geçerli başvuru arasından seçilecek finalist filmler Şubat ayının sonuna kadar açıklanacak. ‘Sinema umuttur.'

01/23/2016

4th LA TURKISH FILM FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION IS OPEN.

If you’re interested in volunteering in the festival, or possibly with other LATFF related events, please sign up for our Volunteer Opportunities newsletter on our website.

http://latff.org/gonulluler/?lang=en

01/05/2016

Elvis Mitchell Announces Finalists for LATFF

Finalists for the 4th Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival short film competition are announced.

Film Independent at LACMA curator and film critic Elvis Mitchell announced the ten finalists for the competition. Selected by Mitchell from among 312 submissions, the directors of the 10 short films will be hosted in Los Angeles throughout the festival (March 9-13, 2016) and their films will be screened in the historic Egyptian Theater.

As part of the LATFF Academy, the finalist directors will have an exclusive opportunity to workshop with prominent figures from the film industry. The Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival also includes feature film screenings and Q&A sessions with renowned Turkish filmmakers.

Last festival’s jury lineup included Reha Erdem, Saadet Aksoy, Michelle Satter, Jacques Thelemaque and Bill Dill; members for this year’s jury will be announced in February.

Buğra Uğur Sofu – Stop (Durak)
Cüneyt Karakuş -The Face (Suret)
Emre Kayış – The Translator (Çevirmen)
Gökalp Gönen – Golden Shot (Altın Vuruş)
Gülistan Acet – Güneh
Hakan Hücüm – The Obsolete One (Büst)
Memed Aksoy – Panfilo
Miraç Atabey – Downtown (Noga)
Onur Yiğit – Home (Yuva)
Zeynep Koçak -Tick Tock (Tik Tak)

01/05/2016

LATFF’in Beklenen Finalistleri Açıklandı ‹ LATFF

http://latff.org/latffin-beklenen-finalistleri-aciklandi/

Haberler Fidan 11 minutes ago No comments Los Angeles Türk Film Festivali’nin kısa film yarışmasında yarışacak filmler belli oldu. Yarışmanın finalistleri, ünlü film eleştirmeni ve LACMA Film Independent serisi küratörü Elvis Mitchell tarafından belirlendi. Mitchell’in yarışmaya başvuran 312 film ar…

01/05/2016

LATFF’in Beklenen Finalistleri Açıklandı

Los Angeles Türk Film Festivali’nin kısa film yarışmasında yarışacak filmler belli oldu.

Yarışmanın finalistleri, ünlü film eleştirmeni ve LACMA Film Independent serisi küratörü Elvis Mitchell tarafından belirlendi. Mitchell’in yarışmaya başvuran 312 film arasından seçtiği 10 kısa filmin yönetmenleri, 9-13 Mart 2016 tarihleri arasında düzenlenecek Festival boyunca Los Angeles’ta misafir edilecekler ve filmlerini Hollywood’un tarihi sineması Egyptian Theater’da sergileme imkanı bulacaklar.

Bu sene dördüncüsü gerçekleşecek olan Festival, LATFF Akademi ile finalist yönetmenlere film sektörünün önde gelen isimleriyle oturum yapma fırsatı sunuyor. Kısa film yarışması dışında film gösterimleri ve söyleşilerle, Festival, Türkiye sinemasını Amerika’da tanıtmayı amaçlıyor.

Geçtiğimiz yıllarda Derviş Zaim, Semih Kaplanoğlu ve Reha Erdem’in başkanlığını yaptığı jüride bu sene yer alacak olan isimler Şubat ayında açıklanacak.

Buğra Uğur Sofu – Durak (Stop)
Cüneyt Karakuş – Suret (The Face)
Emre Kayış – Çevirmen (The Translator)
Gökalp Gönen – Altın Vuruş (Golden Shot)
Gülistan Acet – Güneh
Hakan Hücüm – Büst (The Obsolete One)
Memed Aksoy – Panfilo
Miraç Atabey – Noga (Downtown)
Onur Yiğit – Yuva (Home)
Zeynep Koçak – Tik Tak (Tick Tock)

12/10/2015

Sivas | LACMA

Free screening for Students!
The 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Submission Screening 'Sivas'.
- World Premiere at 71. Venice International Film Festival (Special Jury Prize, Premio Bastio D’oro for the Best Actor)
- Abu Dhabi International Film Festival (Best Actor Award, Child Protection Award for Best Script)
Establishing a bleak Anatolian village in eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of an eleven year old boy (Aslan) and a weathered fighting dog (Sivas) who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die. Meanwhile, a school play of the Snow white and the Seven Dwarves dominates the background as Aslan is disappointed in losing the role of the prince to osman, his rival-in-love and son of the village head.while osman gets ahead in the two boys’ race to win the hand of Ayse, the “princess” of the village, Aslan tries to impress her with his new-found friend. And Sivas, having found a new lease on life, wins one fight after another, strengthening Aslan’s hand against osman. however, as Sivas’s success at the fighting ground attracts more attention by the village head, the roles subtly change and Aslan finds himself in an unexpected crash-course into adulthood, leaving the princess behind.
http://www.lacma.org/event/sivas
*This event is open to the public, and free for students with valid ID. Students must present a valid ID at the LACMA Box Office to receive their ticket.

Who would want a defeated and dirty dog? In Kaan Müjdeci’s impressive debut as feature writer and director—Sivas won a Special Jury Prize at the 2014 Venice Film Festival—it’s eleven-year-old Aslan (Dogan Izci), a fierce and combative boy with a salty tongue looking for something to connect to.

12/10/2015

Sivas | LACMA

Sivas | LACMA

Who would want a defeated and dirty dog? In Kaan Müjdeci’s impressive debut as feature writer and director—Sivas won a Special Jury Prize at the 2014 Venice Film Festival—it’s eleven-year-old Aslan (Dogan Izci), a fierce and combative boy with a salty tongue looking for something to connect to.

12/08/2015

Sivas | LACMA

Free screening for Students!

The 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film Submission Screening 'Sivas'.

- World Premiere at 71. Venice International Film Festival (Special Jury Prize, Premio Bastio D’oro for the Best Actor)
- Abu Dhabi International Film Festival (Best Actor Award, Child Protection Award for Best Script)

Establishing a bleak Anatolian village in eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of an eleven year old boy (Aslan) and a weathered fighting dog (Sivas) who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die. Meanwhile, a school play of the Snow white and the Seven Dwarves dominates the background as Aslan is disappointed in losing the role of the prince to osman, his rival-in-love and son of the village head.while osman gets ahead in the two boys’ race to win the hand of Ayse, the “princess” of the village, Aslan tries to impress her with his new-found friend. And Sivas, having found a new lease on life, wins one fight after another, strengthening Aslan’s hand against osman. however, as Sivas’s success at the fighting ground attracts more attention by the village head, the roles subtly change and Aslan finds himself in an unexpected crash-course into adulthood, leaving the princess behind.

http://www.lacma.org/event/sivas

*This event is open to the public, and free for students with valid ID. Students must present a valid ID at the LACMA Box Office to receive their ticket.

Who would want a defeated and dirty dog? In Kaan Müjdeci’s impressive debut as feature writer and director—Sivas won a Special Jury Prize at the 2014 Venice Film Festival—it’s eleven-year-old Aslan (Dogan Izci), a fierce and combative boy with a salty tongue looking for something to connect to.

12/08/2015

Sivas

Sivas

Learn more about Sivas.

12/08/2015

Sivas | Film Independent at LACMA

Don't miss the Film Independent at @LACMA screening of #SivasFilm on Dec. 10 at 7:30 pm http://www.filmindependent.org/lacma/films/sivas/

12/08/2015

Sivas

One of the best films of 2015: Sivas by Kaan Mujdeci @LACMA @filmindependent screening. Dont miss it. TICKETS HERE https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sivas-tickets-19554444871

Learn more about Sivas.

12/08/2015

Sivas

10 Aralikta LATFF isbirligiyle @LACMA daki @Sivas_film gosterimi icin hazir misiniz. Biletler burada https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sivas-tickets-19554444871

Learn more about Sivas.

11/20/2015

'Mustang' is its director's message to Turkey about modern girls

An amazing film from Turkey. Dont miss it! For tickets: http://bit.ly/1KIVl9a

"I had to articulate something and let these girls express their desires, hopes and dreams and take center stage."

11/19/2015

Değerli Festival dostlarımız, 3 yıldır Mart ayında yaptığımız Festivalimizi Türkiye’nin Oskar adayı filmlerinin kampanya süreçlerini daha iyi destekleyebilmek için Kasım ayına almıştık. Ancak Kasım ayında Oskar’ın bölge sinemalarında oluşturduğu yoğunluk LA Başkonsolosluğu ve Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü’nün samimi desteklerine rağmen, kaliteden ödün vermemek adına Festivalimizi yapamıyoruz. Festival takımımız üzgün. Şu metni sizinle paylaştığımız ana dek takımımız, Festivalimizi yeni tarihlerinde yapabilmek için elinden gelen herşeyi yaptı. Üzülerek ama ümitle Festivalimizi bir daha hiç ertelememek üzere 2016 Mart ayına erteliyoruz. Hem de bu sefer her sene Festivalimizi yaptığımız Egyptian Theater’ı şimdiden ayırttık. Tarihlerimiz bile belli: 9-13 Mart 2016.

Büyük bir heyecanla bizleri takip eden kısa filmciler! Evet finalist filmlerimiz yaklaşık 60 gündür belli. Şimdilik Festival ekibimiz bütün enerjisin ülkemizin Oskar adayı Sivas filmi için harcıyor. Ne diyorlardı FINGERS CROSSED. Danışmanlarımıza, sponsorlarımıza ve değerli takipçilerimize anlayış ve destekleri için teşekkür ederiz.

Mart'ta görüşmek üzere...

11/19/2015

Dear Friends,

Last year, we announced that our festival was scheduled to take place in November instead of March, which had been the recurring date of our previous festivals. We we were hoping to support Turkey’s Academy Award submissions more strongly by moving our festival date closer to the Academy Awards ceremony. However, the impending award season made it impossible for us to reserve prestigious screening venues for our shorts and feature film screenings. Although we had been fully supported by Turkish Consulate General in Los Angeles and the General Directorate of Cinema during this period of scheduling conflicts, we decided to change the festival date once again in order to preserve our standards of quality. LATFF team is saddened by this development since each and every member of our team did their best to overcome these challenges to have our festival in November. We sadly announce this delay, which we hope to be the last delay in LATFF’s future. We already made arrangements to reserve Egyptian Theater, our usual choice of venue, between March 9th and March 13th, 2016.

We are happy to inform short film directors, who have been waiting for the list of finalists, that we have the list for 60 days. We thank you all for your patience. You will be hearing from us soon. Also, we would like to thank our advisors, sponsors and followers for their continuous support. Now, our team will be devoting their energy to support Sivas, Turkey’s submission to this year’s Academy Awards competition. As they say, let’s keep our fingers crossed.

See You in March..

06/02/2015

Five men return home to put their affairs in order, but find doing so difficult in a country blighted by martial law, creaking tradition, and an obsession with the idea of honor.

'The Road (Yol, 1982)' was the first Turkish film that won the Golden Palm (Palme d'Or) in Cannes Film Festival. Don't miss it at June 7th, Sunday! For free tickets and information: latff.eventbrite.com

06/02/2015

- An intriguing portrait, not only of a pliable personality, but also the hypocrisy inherent in abusive relationships, where cruelty is rationalized by a sense of helpless, self-entitled victimization. 'Innocence (Masumiyet)' by Zeki Demirkubuz will be on screen at Jun 7th (Sunday). For free tickets and more information: latff.eventbrite.com

05/28/2015

'The Bandit' (Eskiya) by Yavuz Turgul. A cornerstone for Turkish movie industry and a great film for lovers. Don't miss it at May 31st (Sunday). For free tickets: latff.eventbrite.com