Rendezvous With Directors 3: Zeki Demirkubuz February 4–14, 2016

Istanbul Modern Cinema continues to organize Rendezvous with Directors, a series of meetings featuring directors who stand out for their artistic identity and original approach in Turkey’s contemporary film culture. Hosting directors from different generations, the program focuses on the dynamics of present-day cinema and directors’ productions from their own standpoint.

The third guest of the series will be Zeki Demirkubuz, known as one of the “auteur” directors of Turkish cinema. As part of the program, 10 films from Demirkubuz’s filmography will meet with viewers accompanied with presentations by film critics and the participation of film cast. The 135 minute long cut of Kader (Destiny), director’s 2006 feature, will meet the audience for the first time in Turkey.

With the seeds of his adventure in directing sown in 1994 with C Blok and the first two parts of his trilogy “Mental Minefields: The Dark Tales”, Fate and Confession, shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 under “Un Certain Regard” section, Demirkubuz represented the “dark side” of cinema by placing tradition and innovation in new Turkish cinema on a precision scale until his most-recent title, Nausea. In his cinematic experimentation, Demirkubuz narrates personal stories and creates distinctive frames that stray away from traditional cinematic forms with his intertwining narrative style; elements connoting Camus and Dostoyevsky; third page news, and themes of passion, obsession and pain syringed from within everyday life.