Vancouver Turkish Film Fest gets a smart start
by Adrian Mack on Jan 21, 2015 at 12:29 pm
Nine-year-old Dogan Izci stars in the acclaimed dogfighting drama Sivas.
Ever heard of smart house? A term invented by artist and filmmaker Kutlug Ataman, at least according to Variety, smart house is what you find sitting between Turkey’s commercial-minded domestic cinema and its globally acclaimed art-house films. The first is composed of froth that can’t be exported, while the second—as in 2014’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner, Winter Sleep—tend to be characterized by long, ponderous tales of existential woe set in the bleak Anatolian mountains.
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