Turkish filmmaker Ömer Kavur was born in Ankara, in 1944. After studying journalism and sociology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, he went on to study film at the Conservatoire Indépendant du Cinéma Français. He returned to Turkey in 1971 and began making documentaries and commercials. In 1974, he made his first feature film, Yatik Emine. At fifty-two, having worked in film for twenty-four years, with his own production company (to avoid trouble with the censors) and with eleven feature films to his credit, Ömer Kavur is one of the principal figures of contemporary Turkish cinema. Though he is an atypical director, the kind that is difficult to classify, some may claim he is the loyal representative of the waves that have shaken Turkish cinema since the 80's; his films are intimate, ideologically committed, socially relevant and hugely popular. FILMOGRAPHY 1974 Yatik Emine 1979 Yusuf ile Kenan 1981 Ah! Güzel Istanbul 1982 Kirik bir a,sk hikayesi 1982 Göl 1984 Körebe 1984 Korebe 1985 Amansiz yol 1987 Anayurt oteli 1987 Gece Yolculugu 1991 Gizil yuz 1995 Bulusma ( short film) 1997 Akrebin yolculugu

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Anajurt Oteli MOTHERLAND HOTEL Turkey 1987 The film is set in a sprawling old hotel in a small provincial town, which a quiet young man named Zebercet has inherited from his parents. A woman comes to the hotel one night and leaves the next day, saying she will return in a week's time. Zebercet begins to wait with the greatest impatience. When she doesn't come back, he starts falling to pieces in a most preoccupying way, revealing a psychopathic personality below his melancholy, reserved exterior. Direction: Ömer Kavur. / Screenplay: Ömer Kavur, based on the novel by Yusuf Atilgan. / Cinematography: Orhan Orguz. / Editing: Mevlüt Koçak. / Sets: Sahin Kaygun. / Music: Attila Özdemiroglu. / Cast: Macit Koper, Serra Yilmaz, Orhan ,Ca×gman, ,Sahika Tekand. / Producer: Cengiz Ergun. / Production: Odak Film, Alfa Film. / World Sales: Alfa Film Ltd., Istiklâl cd. 140/5 Beyo×glu, Istanbul 80080, Turkey, tel.: 212 243 6340, fax: 212 245 3108. 35mm / Colour 110'

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Gizil yuz THE SECRET FACE Turkey 1991 A young photographer, who works in night clubs and tavernas, brings all the pictures he takes to a mysterious woman. Every morning, for years, she searches for a face in these sad pictures. Finally, a face draws her attention, that of a watchmaker who has strange dreams and visions. Shortly afterwards, the photographer realizes that she has left town, and so has the watchmaker. He begins to search for her fervently, travelling obsessively through forgotten towns and abandoned countrysides. Direction: Ömer Kavur. / Screenplay: Orhan Pamuk. / Cinematography: Erdal Kahraman. / Editing: Mevlüt Koçak. / Sets: Husper Akyürek. / Music: Cahit Berkay. / Cast: Zuhal Olcay, Fikret Kuskan, Savas Yurttas, Sevda Ferdag. / Production: Odak Film, Alfa Film. / World Sales: Alfa Film Ltd., Istiklâl cd. 140/5 Beyoglu, Istanbul 80080, Turkey, tel.: 212 243 6340, fax: 212 245 3108. 35mm / Colour 118'

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Akrebin yolculugu JOURNEY ON THE HOUR HAND Turkey 1997 Receiving a key from a stranger, Kerem, an itinerant watchmaker, journeys to a village to repair the clock tower. Esra, the owner of the tower, spends her time weaving cloth and mourning her dead daughter. She seduces the enamoured watchmaker, ignoring the suspicions of her husband. Strange things start happening to Kerem: he witnesses a murder on a lake, but the corpse disappears. Repairing the clock (which stopped when the little girl died), Kerem discovers there was a previous watchmaker who had an affair with Esra but mysteriously dissapeared... Direction: Ömer Kavur. / Screenplay: Ömer Kavur, Macit Koper. / Cinematography: Erdal Kahraman. / Editing: Mevlüt Koçak. / Sets: Selma Gürbüz. / Music: Attila Özdemiroglu. / Cast: Mehmet Aslantug, Sahika Tekand, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nüvit Özdogru. / Production: Alfa Film. / World Sales: Alfa Film Ltd., Istiklâl cd. 140/5 Beyoglu, Istanbul 880080, Turkey, tel.: 212 243 6340, fax: 212 245 3108. 35mm / Colour 120'

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