The 6th Foça International Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Film Days

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER

  • (Opening Ceremony and Opening-Night Film Screenings are held at Marseilles Square)
  • 18:00-20:00
  • Hard-Hearted
    Turkey | 2022 | Dir. Dilek Kaya | 15’, Turkish (English subtitles)
  • The World on My Head
    Turkey | 2022 | Dir. Yalçın Çifçi | 10', Kurdish (Turkish, English subtitles)
  • Ali and His Miracle Sheep
    Iraq | 2021 | Dir. Maythem Ridha | 25’, Arabic (Turkish, English subtitles)
  • ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • 11:30-13:30 Workshop

    'Homo Narrans - Site-Specific Storytelling through Documentary Photography and Film'  (Foça 'Tarih Merkezi') 

    Visiting artists Alexandros Zilos and Ioanna Lykou will introduce their work and invite participants to work on 'Site-Specific Storytelling' projects in Foça. Alexandros Zilos and Ioanna Lykou are attending Foça Film Days 2023 as Visiting Artists in partnership with the Little Island Festival and through a grant from the European Festival Fund for Emerging Artists. Alex is a professional photographer, videographer and video editor who also holds a BA in Conservation Biology from Plymouth University in the UK. He has worked on a variety of short films, documentaries and multi-media projects that examine socio-political aspects of cultural heritage in interconnection with the environmental landscape. Ioanna Lykou is a theatrologist, director and curator with an MA in Intercultural Theatre from the University of Exeter in the UK. In addition to her activities as a curator and organizer of workshops/residencies, she is a co-founder of the NPO Creative Islands & New Media and she has been the artistic director of the Little Island Festival since 2018. 

THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER

  • FILM SCREENINGS
    (Today's screenings are at the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre)
  • 12:00-13:00
  • The Shepherds of Gordion
    Turkey | 2022 | Dir. Kadir Uluç  | 15’, Turkish (English subtitles)
  • Memory: Kültepe
    Turkey | 2022 | Dir. Zafer Geyikçi | 34', Turkish (English subtitles)
  • 14:00-15:30
  • In Front of Their Homes
    Turkey | 2022 | Dir. Ertuğrul Karslıoğlu | 60', Turkish (English subtitles) Q&A with the director following the screening
  • 16:00-17:30
  • Following Traces of the Ephemeral
    Greece | 2022 | Dir. Eirini Chatzikiriakidou | 23', Greek, (Turkish, English subtitles)
  • A Musical Tale of Migration
    Turkey | 2022 | Dir. F. Neslihan Semerci | 60', Turkish (English subtitles)
  • 18:30-19:15
  • Stitch by Stitch
    U.S.A. | 2021 | Dir. Rachel Thompson | 6', Spanish (Turkish, English subtitles)
  • The Torito, A Freedom Dance
    Mexico | 2021 | Dir. Roberto Salazar | 10', Spanish (Turkish, English subtitles)
  • Evseyev: Recognition at the cost of life
    Russia | 2022 | Dir. Andrew Ogorodnikov | 25', Russian, (Turkish, English subtitles)
  • 20:15-22:15
  • Mom, the Turks Are Coming!
    Turkey | 2023 | Dir. Hasan Özgen, Kurtuluş Özgen | 75', Turkish (English subtitles) Q&A with the directors following the screening
  • ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • 10:30-11:30 Talk

    Yalçın Çiftçi: "The World on My Head: Adiyaman Village Women"  (Reha Midilli Kültür Merkezi, Turkish)

    Yalçın Çiftçi's talk about the significance of the headgear of the women in villages in Adiyaman will include a slide presentation followed by a discussion.  The women documented in his photographs also appear in Çiftçi's film 'World on My Head'.
  • 17.30 Guided Archaeology Walk
    This walking tour led by a local archaeologist will visit different points of archaeological/historical interest within Foça. The tour last about 45 minutes. Meeting point is in front of the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre. 
  • Exhibit: 'Veysel is Gone, But His Name Lives On'
    In conjunction with UNESCO and in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the death of Aşık Veysel (1894-1973), this exhibit from the collection of Nazender Süzer Gökçe and Gürsel Gökçe will be on view at the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre from 4-15 October. The cultural centre opens at 10:00 a.m. 

FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER

  • (Today's screenings are at the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre)
  • 12:30-14:30
  • Sheol
    France | 2022 | Dir. Arnaud Sauli | 88’, French (Turkish subtitles) Q&A with the director following the screening
  • 14:45-15:45
  • Hellenistic Pergamon
    Turkey | 2022 | Dir. Serdar Yılmaz  | 5', Turkish (English subtitles)
  • Echoes of the City of the Dead: The Grand Necropolis of Olisipo
    Portugal | 2022 | Dir. Raul Losada | 52', Portugues, (Turkish, English subtitles)
  • 16.00-17.45
  • A Few Ordinary Days
    Türkey | 2020 | Dir. Pınar Okan| 76', Turkish (English subtitles)
  • 18.00-19.30
  • Agreb Majnouna (The Guardians of Margoum)
    Tunisia | 2022 | Dir. Akram Moncer | 62', Arabic, (Turkish, English subtitles) Q&A with the director following the screening
  • 20.30-22.30
  • Forty Years After Fatma
    Turkey | 2023 | Dir. Sezer Ağgez | 85', Turkish (English subtitles) Q&A with the director following the screening
  • ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • 11:00-12:15 Talk

    Am I Documenting, or Am I Making a Documentary? : A Conversation with Enver Arcak, Ertuğrul Karslıoğlu, Hasan Özgen and Sezer Ağgez  (Reha Midilli Kültür Merkezi, Turkish)

    Two generations of documentary filmmakers talk about documentary films and documentary filmmaking.
  • Exhibit: 'Veysel is Gone, But His Name Lives On'
    In conjunction with UNESCO and in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the death of Aşık Veysel (1894-1973), this exhibit from the collection of Nazender Süzer Gökçe and Gürsel Gökçe will be on view at the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre from 4-15 October. The cultural centre opens at 10:00 a.m. 

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER

  • (Today's screenings are at the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre)
  • 12:30 - 14:30
  • The Ancient Sicilian Transveral - The Path of the Mother Goddess
    Italy | 2021 | Dir. Francesco Bocchieri | 80', Italian (Turkish, English subtitles) Q&A with the director following the screening
  • 15:00 - 16:00
  • The Golden Girls of Etrim
    Turkey| 2022 | Eren Aybars Arpacik | 16’ , Turkish (English subtitles)
  • Imitation and Mimesis
    Iran | 2022 | Dir. Abbas Khosrogerdi, Manizheh Seraj | 15’ (No dialogue)
  • Buddhist Altar
    Nepal | 20221 | Dir. Deepak Tolange | 17’ , English, Nepali (Turkish, English Subtitles)
  • 16:30 - 18:30
  • The Waterfront
    Greece | 2022 | Dir. Angelos Kovotsos | 75’, Greek (Turkish, English subtitles) Q&A with the director and author/researcher George Poulimenos following the screening
  • 19:00 - 20:30
  • Nomad
    Turkey | 2023 | Dir. Selim Alan | 62’, Kurdish (Turkish, English subtitles) Q&A with the director following the screening
  • 21:00-22:30
  • Ice-Age America
    Canada-France | 2023 | Dir. Robin Bicknell | 90’, French (Turkish subtitles)
  • ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • 10:30-11:30 Workshop Presentations

    Presentations by Visiting Artists Alex Zilos & Ioanna Lykou + Participants in Their Workshop "Documentary Photography and Filmmaking"  (Reha Midilli Kültür Merkezi, Turkish-English) 

    Alexandros Zilos and Ioanna Lykou are attending Foça Film Days 2023 as Visiting Artists in partnership with the Little Island Festival and through a grant from the European Festival Fund for Emerging Artists. Alex is a professional photographer, videographer and video editor who also holds a BA in Conservation Biology from Plymouth University in the UK. He has worked on a variety of short films, documentaries and multi-media projects that examine socio-political aspects of cultural heritage in interconnection with the environmental landscape. Ioanna Lykou is a theatrologist, director and curator with an MA in Intercultural Theatre from the University of Exeter in the UK. In addition to her activities as a curator and organizer of workshops/residencies, she is a co-founder of the NPO Creative Islands & New Media and she has been the artistic director of the Little Island Festival since 2018. 
  • 17.45 Talk

    Izmir's 'Kordonboyu': A post-screening talk with director Angelos Kovotsos and writer-reseracher George Polimenos (Moderator: Ferhat Kentel, BAYETAV) (Reha Midilli Cultural Centre)

  • Exhibit: 'Veysel is Gone, But His Name Lives On'
    In conjunction with UNESCO and in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the death of Aşık Veysel (1894-1973), this exhibit from the collection of Nazender Süzer Gökçe and Gürsel Gökçe will be on view at the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre from 4-15 October. The cultural centre opens at 10:00 a.m. 

SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER

  • (Today's screenings are at the "Maritime Museum" (Deniz Merkezi)
  • 10:00-10:30 and 15:30-16:00
  • Sosandra - A 2,500-Year History
    Italy | 2023 | Dir. Lorenzo Scaraggi | 18', Italian (Turkish, English subtitles) Visitors are invited to participate in a workshop on "Recording Oral Histories of The Sea"
  • 10:30 - 11:00 and 15:00-15:30
  • Here We Start Painting With Stone
    Italy| 2021 | Dir. Massimo D'Alessandro | 28’ , Italian (Turkish, English subtitles) Visitors are invited to participate in a mosaic workshop.
  • ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • 10.30-13.30 Workshop

    'Recording Oral Histories from Foça: The Sea and Sailing'  Kurtuluş Özgen & Meltem Ulu  (Foça 'Deniz Merkezi')

    In this workshop, documentary filmmaker Kurtuluş Özgen & anthropologist Meltem Ulu will help participants to record oral histories of Foça residents wanting to share their memories  and stories about their relationship with the sea.
  • 11.30-13.30 Workshop

    'Make a Mosaic Mural' Archaeologist Ertan Aksoy (Foça Municipality) and Tolga Kurut (Atölye Deneme Sanat+Ekoloji Derneği) (Foça 'Deniz Merkezi')

    Participants will work together on a mosaic made of small cubes of stone. After the workshop, the mosaic will be permanently installed in Foça near where archaeologists have discovered mosaics from Roman times.
  • 17.30 Guided Archaeology Walk
    This walking tour led by a local archaeologist will visit different points of archaeological/historical interest within Foça. The tour last about 45 minutes. Meeting point is in front of the Reha Midilli Cultural Centre.
  • 14:00-16:00 Workshop (children ages 7-15)

    'Heritage Games' Ece Tuğ & Şebnem Yurdakul of Kentimiz İzmir Derneği (Foça 'Deniz Merkezi')

    A fun way to while away a Sunday afternoon. Through a series of games designed by the association Kentimiz İzmir, Ece and Şebnem introduce some features of local heritage and the importance of preservation.