The 7th Foça International Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Film Days
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER
(Opening Ceremony and Opening-Night Film Screenings are held at Marseilles Square)
19:00-21:00
- Wedding Night
Türkiye - 2023 - Dir. Mevlut Karabulut - 9' - (No dialog)
- The Time They Spent Here
UK - 2023 - Dir. Edward Owles - 9' - English (Turkish subtitles)
- The Neolithic Chamber
Türkiye - 2023 - Dir. Öykü Dikmen - 8' - Turkish (English subtitles)
- My Foça
France - 2024 - Dir. İpek Karan - 7' - Turkish (English subtitles)
- In the Village of Poets
UK - 2023 - Dir. Dan Frodsham - 20' - Turkish/English (English/Turkish subtitles)
THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER
Film Screenings (Reha Midilli Cultural Centre)
12:00-13:00
- Oppidum
France - 2023 - Dir. Jean-François Comminges - 11' - French (Turkish/English subtitles)
- Quest for Midas
Türkiye - 2023 - Dir. Kadir Uluç - 21' - Turkish (English subtitles)
Post-screening Q&A with director Kadır Uluç and Gordion Foundation Board Chairman Kadim Koç
13:30-15:00
- The Women of Heraion Teikhos
Türkiye - 2024 - Dir. Özge Deniz Özker - 50' - Turkish (English subtitles)
17:30-18:30
- The Farmer
Türkiye - 2024 - Dir. Selin Aktaş - 25' - Turkish (English subtitles)
Post-screening Q&A with director Selin Aktaş and Münevver Kepenek of the Eskişehir Women Farmer's Association
18:40-19:40
- Searching for Rodakis
Türkiye - 2023 - Dir. Kerem Soyyılmaz - 57' - Turkish/Greek/English (English/Turkish subtitles)
20:30-22:30
- Laughing in Afghanistan
Greece - 2022 - Dir. Anneta Papathanasiou - 90' - English/Greek/Farsi (Turkish/English subtitles)
Post-screening Q&A with the director
FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER
Film Screenings (Reha Midilli Cultural Centre)
12:00-13:30
- Prusias Ad Hypium Faces the Present
Türkiye - 2022 - Dir. Sezgin Türk - 59' - Turkish (English subtitles)
Post-screening talk with the director 13:30-15:00
- Iznik – The Sunken Enigma
France - 2023 - Dir. Pascal Guérin - 84' - English/French/Italian/Turkish (Turkish, French subtitles)
15:00-16:00
- In the Village of Poets
UK - 2023 - Dir. Dan Frodsham - 20' - Turkish/ English (English/Turkish subtitles)
Post-screening talk with the director 16:00-17:00
- The Heart of Heritage
Belgium - 2023 - Dir. Nina Degraeve - 48' - French (Turkish subtitles)
17:00-18:15
- Mulberry
Kazakhstan - 2024 - Dir. Almira Saifullina - 65' - Arabic/Russian/Uzbek (Turkish/English subtitles)
18:30-20:15
- From 7 to 70
Türkiye - 2023 - Dir. Ömür Gürgen - 20' - Turkish (English subtitles)
- A Journey to the Black Sea
Türkiye - 2024 - Dir. Bahriye Kabadayı Dal - 50' - Turkish/Greek (Greek/Turkish subtitles)
Post-screening talk with the director 21:00-22:50
- Dear Memories
Germany - 2022 - Dir. Nahuel Lopez - 98' - English/German (Turkish subtitles)
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER
Film screenings (Reha Midilli Cultural Centre))
13:00 - 14:00
- Ancient Roman Plovdiv
Bulgaria - 2023 - Dir. Boris Mariy - 30' - Bulgarian/Turkish (Turkish/English subtitles)
Post-screening talk with the director 14:00 - 15:45
- Prayer of Earth
Türkiye - 2024 - Dir. Zülfü Gül - 20' - Turkish (English subtitles)
- Little Fleece
France - 2023 - Dir. Catherine Lafont - 45' - French (Turkish subtitles)
Post-screening talk with directors Zülfü Gül and Catherine Lafont
16:00 - 16:45
- The Green Road
Türkiye - 2015 - Dir. Mehmet Ali Poyraz - 3' - Turkish (English subtitles)
- Back for the Future
Georgia - 2020 - Dir. Gia Diasamidze - 40' - (No dialog)
19:15 - 20:45
- The Time They Spent Here
UK/Sweden - 2023 - Dir. Edward Owles - 10' - English (Turkish subtitles)
Post-screening talk with the director - Namarali
Australia - 2021 - Dir. Tim Mummery - 53' - English (Turkish subtitles)
21:00 - 22:45
- Paper Home
Türkiye - 2022 - Dir. Öykü Dikmen - 5' - Mandarin (Turkish/English subtitles)
- Pablo from Neandertal
Italy - 2023 - Dir. Antonello Matarazzo - 63' - Italian (Turkish subtitles)
Post-screening talk with the director
SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER
Maritime Museum (Deniz Müzesi) Screenings
11:00-12:00 ve 15:00-16:00
- Oppidum (stop-motion çizgi film)
Fransa | 2023 | Dir. Camille Goujon | 6', French (Turkish subtitles)
- The Villa of the Centaurs
Portugal - 2023 - Dir. Raul Losada - 25' - Portuguese (Turkish subtitles)
- Specularia – Glass Windowpanes in Roman Times
Belgium - 2023 - Dir. Philippe Axell - 25' - French (Turkish subtitles)
Foça Reha Midilli Cultural Centre Screenings
18:00-18:50
- Wedding Night Shab i Arus + Workshop Films
Türkiye - 2023 - Dir. Mevlut Karabulut - 9' (No dialog)
Post-screening discussion with director Mevlut Karabulut and workshop participants 19:00-20:15
- Domingo, Domingo
Spain - 2023 - Dir. Laura Garcia Andreu - 71' - Spanish/Catalan (Turkish subtitles)
20:30-22:15
- Call Me Dancer
USA - 2023 - Dir. Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour - 85' - English/Hebrew/Hindi (Turkish subtitles)
WORKSHOPS
- 11.00
(Foça Tarih Merkezi)
'Make a Mosaic Mural'
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.
- 15:00-17:00
'Recording Oral Histories from Foça: The Sea and Sailing'
In this workshop, documentary filmmakers will help participants to record oral histories of Foça residents wanting to share their memories and stories about their experiences with tourism in Foça.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.
