The Yarn (İpler) – Short Film (2016)

Short Film

İpler – The Yarn

Date of Production: 2016 June
Location: Turkey
Duration: 10’40”

Synopsis :
A Greek-Turkish couple and their little daughter, travel with their caravan in the Turkish seaside of the Aegean Sea. This time, however, their journey ends with a fantastic reflection of a tale that the parents always tell to their daughter.

Credits:
Director: Gökçe Pehlivanoğlu
Scriptwriter: Gökçe Pehlivanoğlu
Director of Photography: Panagiotis Charamis
Producer: Gökçe Pehlivanoğlu
Cast: Merve Polat, Dimitris Makalias, Alis İkizler, Deniz Ikizler
Art Director: Ayşe Milli
Production Manager: Mustafa Koca
Assistant Director: Gulgun Dedecam
Sound: Tamer Esin
Focus Puller: Murat Akay
Camera Assistants: Burhan Boz, Cem Balaban
Art Department Assistant: Ezgi Toparlak
Production Assistants: Özgün Üngüt, Filippos Exadaktylos
Set Photo/Videographer: Bora Öztunç
Underwater Shootings: Tamer Günal
Music: Giorgos Varsamakis
Editing: Deniz Solaker
Sound Designer: Ilker çiftçi
Visual Effects: Mehmet Fatih Irmak
Colour Grading: Mehmet Ercan Küçük
Puppet Scene Over Voice: Neslihan Arslan
Puppet Designer: Dilber Duygu Temur
Film Poster Illustrations: Erhan Cihangiroğlu

Awards :
• Inonu University 9th Short Film Festival – Best Fiction Film (Malatya, Turkey – 2016)
• 8th Lions Short Film Competition – The 3rd Best Film (Istanbul, Turkey – 2017)
• Crossroads 11th International Short Film Festival – Best Fiction Film, Best Editing, Best Script Awards (Istanbul, Turkey – 2016)

Supported by the Directorate General of Cinema, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in 2015.

Screenings :

• Film Bunch – Female Filmmakers Screening (London, UK – 2017)
• Shorts on Tap – Women in Revolt Screening (London, UK – 2018)
Shorts on Tap – Tales of the Silk Road Chapter 1: Turkey Screening (London, UK – 2018)
• Leytonstone Loves Film – ShortCut to Turkey Screening (London, UK – 2021)
• Akbank 12th Short Film Festival – National Finalist (Istanbul, Turkey – 2016)
• 23rd International Adana Film Festival, International Mediterranean Short Film Competition – Fiction Finalist (Adana, Turkey – 2016)
• Istanbul 28th International Short Film Festival, Fiction Film Finalist (Istanbul, Turkey – 2016)
• Cannes Short Film Corner – Coup de Coeur Selection (Cannes, France – 2016)
• 5th Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival – Short Film Finalist (LA, USA – 2017)
• London Turkish Film Festival – Short Film Selection (London, United Kingdom 2017)
• 5th International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival – Finalist (Istanbul, Turkey – 2017)
• Beeston Film Festival – Finalist (Beeston, United Kingdom – 2017)
• Lisbon International Film Festival – Winter Edition, Narrative Short Film Finalist (Lisbon, Portugal – 2016)
• Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne – Finalist (Melbourne, Australia – 2017)
• 17th International Film Festival of Cine Lebu, International Fiction Short film category (Chile – 2017)
• Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival 2017 Official Selection (Cluj, Romania – 2017)
• Antakya 4th International Golden Daphne Film Festival, Short Film Competition Finalist (Antakya, Turkey – 2016)
• 2nd Marmaris International Short Film Festival, Fiction Finalist (Marmaris, Turkey – 2016)
• Trojan Horse International Film Festival, Finalist (Canakkale, Turkey – 2017)
• Le Festival du Court-Métrage d’Auch – Foreigner Film Finalist (Auch, France – 2016)
• ONE Country ONE Film – Apchat International Film Festival – Representative for Turkey (France – 2016)
• Arava International Film Festival, “Shorts From Turkey” Selection (Arava, Israel – 2016)
• Jahorina 10th Film Festival – Finalist (Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2016)
• PiGrecoZen Film Festival – Fiction Finalist (Italy – 2016)
• Second Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film Exhibition 2016 China
• İzmir International Fair 16th Sinema Burada Festival – Screening (Izmir, Turkey – 2016)
• Datca 3rd International Short Film Festival – Screening (Datca, Turkey – 2016)
• Mithat Alam Film Center “New Turkish Short Films” Screening (Istanbul, Turkey – 2016)

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