Director: Dilek Kaya
Turkey, 2018, 85’, color
Turkish; English s.t.

In the summer of 2016, the director of this documentary film bought a bunch of discarded letters from a flea market in Izmir, Turkey. Written in the 70s, the letters were addressed to Kâzım Küçükalp, apparently a smart, vivacious, and adventurous youth, who was a fan of European and American rock bands of the time. After accidentally discovering that Kâzım died during a mountain expedition in 1974, at the age of 19, the director set off a journey, which extended from Izmir to Artvin. Finding the owners of the letters and the mountaineers who witnessed Kâzım’s death, the documentary reconstructs Kâzım’s story and intertwines it with the journey of the director. The film is also a partial story of 1970s youth culture in Turkey.

Come Rain or Shine

Come Rain or Shine

Do You Think God Loves Immigrant Kids, Mom?

Do You Think God Loves Immigrant Kids, Mom?

Kâzım

Kâzım

Dog Movie

Dog Movie

Guardian of Angels

Guardian of Angels

Clouds

Clouds

Gulyabani

Gulyabani

Heroes

Heroes

Heads and Tails

Heads and Tails

Aether

Aether

Time to Leave

Time to Leave

Trailer

Kâzım

Il Cavallo di Leonardo

Il Cavallo di Leonardo

In 1493, exactly 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci was finishing the preparations for casting the equestrian monument (4 times life size), which Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan commissioned in memory of his father some 12 years earlier. 

The Other Side of New Year's Eve: <br> Pera Film's Alternative New Year's Watchlist

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Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos, Greece, to an Italian family. His mother, Gemma Cervetto, was from a family of Genoa origin, but most likely she was born in Izmir. His father, Evaristo, was born on June 21, 1841 in the Büyükdere district of Istanbul.