synopsis
A committee for missing persons joins with scientists, witnesses, and family members to search for mass graves. In the Beşparmak Mountains, there are 921 such places. The scattered bones are reassembled into the skeletons of the deceased. Forty years later, the massacre is brought to life in a meditative black-and-white film about places of memory.
biography
Gürcan Keltek (1974)) studied film at Turkey’s Dokuz Eylül University. He directs short films, commercials, and videos. His documentaries Overtime (2012) and The Burning Mountain (2014) have been showing at numerous festivals, including Visions Du Réel.
film details
| director: | Gürcan Keltek |
| producer: | Aziz Mullaaziz |
| photography: | Murat Tuncel |
| editing: | Fırat Gürgen |
| sound: | Marc Van Goethem |
contact
GURCAN KELTEK / gurcankeltek@gmail.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2016 |
| section: | Transparent Landscape: Turkey |
| language: | Greek, Turkish, English |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Gürcan Keltek |
| original title: | Koloni |
| country: | Türkiye, Netherlands |
| year: | 2015 |
| running time: | 52 min. |
