Downstairs (Ayak Altinda)
by M. Cem Öztüfekçi
Short film: 18 min / 35 mm / 1.85 / Color / Dolby Digital
With : Tarik KOKSAL, Kanbolat GORKEM ARSLAN, Gozde SINEM OZTURK Aykut ORAY
Themes : Fiction
Synopsis : Universal working class story from Turkiye. Ibrahim is a worker living with his wife and two children. Everyday is same to him, he goes out, gets to work, stops by the café and the pub. When he is on day shift, he wakes up at night, when he is on the night shift, he has to sleep during day hours.
The Crew
Direction / Screenplay : M. Cem ÖZTÜFEKÇI Editor : Natalin SOLAKOGLU Producers : Olivier BERLEMONT Ludovic HENRY Co–producer : Can OZTUFEKCI Cinematographer : Meryem YAVUZ Sound : Ismail KARADAS Art Director: Emir SAHOGLU
Prix et Festivals
Best Short Film Boston Turkish festival, USA, 2008
Best Film Start International Student Films Festival Best Film, Baku, Azerbayjan, 2008
Winner Best Cinematography Kodak International Film School Competition National , Turkiye, 2008
Best Fiction Prize Konya Selcuk University Kisa-ca National Student Films Festival , Turkiye, 2008
Special Jury Prize Adana Golden Boll Film Festival , Turkiye,
Special Jury Prize Malatya Inonu University Short Film Festival , Turkiye
People’s Choice Award Bursa Pembe Carsi Short Film Week , Turkiye, 2008
Special Jury Prize Fatih University Short Film Competition
Rencontres Henri Langlois, International Film Schools Festival, Poitiers, France, in Competition, 2008
Premiers Plans Film Festival European Film School, Angers, France, 2008, in competition
Aubagne International Film Festival Official Selection in Competition, Marseille, France, 2008, in competition
2008 Munich International Short Film Festival In Competition, Germany
2008 Fresh Film International Student Films Festival in Karlovy Vary, Panorama Section, Czech Republic
2008 MedFilm Festival – Cinema of the Mediterranean In Competition in Rome, Italy
2008 La Cittadella del Corto - International Festival of Short Fiction In Competition, Rome
2008 International Salerno Shadowline Film Festival Official Selection In Competition, Italy
2008 Tanger International Meditarrean Short Film Festival In Competition, Morocco
2008 Ischia International Film Location Festival In Competition, Italy
2008 Dokufest International Doc. & Short Films Festival In Competition, Prizren, Kosovo
2008 Busho Budapest International Short Film Festival In Competition, Hungary
2008 Kodra Balkan & Black Sea International Short Film Festival In Competition, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008 Detmold International Short Film Festival, Germany
2008 Newyork Turkish Film Week, NY, USA
2008 S2F2 Sefton Short Film Festival International Competition, Liverpool, UK
2008 Skenaup International Student Film & Theatre Festival In Competition, Prishtina, Kosovo
2008 Boston Turkish Festival Doc. & Short Film Competition, USA
2008 Dubai International Film Festival Asian-African Short Film Competition, UAE
2008 Start Student Films Festival In Competition, Azerbayjan
Festivals in the country of origin, Turkiye:
2007 International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival National Short Film Competition
2007 International İzmir Short Film Festival Official Selection Out of Competition
2007 Pam Short Film Festival, Istanbul
2007 International Istanbul Short Film Festival Official Selection in Competition
2007 International Akbank Short Film Festival Official Selection in Competition
2007 International Bursa Silk Road Film Festival National Short Film Competition
2008 Yılmaz Güney Culture & Arts Festival National Short Film Competition
2008 Bahcelievler Short Film Days
2008 Ankara International Film Festivali Official Selection Out of Competition
2008 Hisar Short Film Festival Screening
2008 Yıldız University Short Film Festival In Competition
2008 Konya Selcuk University Short Film Festival In Competition
2008 Middle East Tech. University Short Film Days
2008 Istanbul Tech. University Short Film Week
2008 Pasofest Student Films Festival
2008 Malatya Inonu University Short Film Festival In Competition
2008 Laborfest International Film and Video Festival, İstanbul, Soma, Sinop, Adana, Eskisehir
2008 Pembe Carsi Short Film Week, Bursa
2008 Balıkesir Cinema Days
2008 Galatasaray University Sinepark Short Film Festival In Competition, Istanbul
2008 Eskisehir Film Festival
2008 Koc University Short Film Days, Istanbul
2008 Aksaray University Spring Fest, Turkiye
2008 Istanbul American Robert College Fine Arts Festival
2008 Kartal Municipality Short Film Festival In Competition, Istanbul
2008 Adana Golden Boll Film Festival In Competition
2008 Middle East Tech. University Short Film Festival In Competition, Ankara
2008 IFSAK National Short Film Competition
2008 Fest-i Kult Film Festival In Competition, Ankara
2008 Fatih University Short Film Competition
2008 Maltepe University Student Films Competition
Paris Cinéma french festival, "Homage to the Turkish cinema", 2009, non competitive
French TV
ARTE/ZDF
Canal+ Cinecinema
Foreign TV
SBS (Australia)
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