Özcan Alper
Birth : 1975-01-01, Artvin, Turkey
History
Özcan Alper (b. 1975 Hopa, Artvin) is a Turkish director and screenwriter.
He was born in Hopa district of Artvin. He graduated from Trabzon High School. In 1992, he started at Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. In 1996, he entered Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of History of Science and graduated in 2003.
Since 1996, he has participated in cinema workshops in places such as Mesopotamia Cultural Center, Nazim Culture House (now Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center).
Since 2000, he worked as an assistant in various motion pictures, including Yesim Ustaoglu's films.
The short "Momi" is the first film shot in "Hemsin". "Tokai City'de Melankoli ve Rapsodi/Melancholy and Rhapsody in Tokai City" is a documentary shot in Japan.
"Bir Bilimadamiyla Zaman Enleminde Yolculuk / A Journey through the Time Latitude with a Scientist" is his other documentary.
Alper won awards in many festivals with his first feature-length film, "Sonbahar/Autumn", which was released on December 19, 2008.
While the successful director will meet with the audience with the "Asiklar bayrami" he made for Netflix in 2022, he will compete with the film "Karanlik Gece" at the Antalya Film Festival.
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Writer
After 8 years of self-inflicted exile Ishak reluctantly returns to his hometown. There, he must face the demons of his own past and inevitably confront his old community, who is reluctant to uncover its deeply buried sins. At his mother's funeral Ishak encounters a lovely vagrant by the name of Ferhat. Ishak followers Ferhat and as a result meets Sirma, his daughter who every once in while comes from the city to visit her father. Ferhat and Sirma are, in fact, the father and sister of the young forestry engineer Ali, who had been appointed to the village seven years ago and who suddenly disappeared; Ishak also knew him well. For Ishak, this encounter once again opens up old wounds from seven years ago. So what happened to Ali seven years ago "That night"? and what does Ishak know about the incident?
Director
After 8 years of self-inflicted exile Ishak reluctantly returns to his hometown. There, he must face the demons of his own past and inevitably confront his old community, who is reluctant to uncover its deeply buried sins. At his mother's funeral Ishak encounters a lovely vagrant by the name of Ferhat. Ishak followers Ferhat and as a result meets Sirma, his daughter who every once in while comes from the city to visit her father. Ferhat and Sirma are, in fact, the father and sister of the young forestry engineer Ali, who had been appointed to the village seven years ago and who suddenly disappeared; Ishak also knew him well. For Ishak, this encounter once again opens up old wounds from seven years ago. So what happened to Ali seven years ago "That night"? and what does Ishak know about the incident?
Screenplay
An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
Director
An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
One day waves bring a wooden statue of Lenin to a small town by the Black Sea. The statue is erected in the town square by the Municipality with the hope that it would attract tourists to the town. As an official opening ceremony is planned with the participation of the Prime Minister and a Russian delegation, the statue gets stolen. Two police investigators from Ankara are assigned to find Lenin in twelve hours. Townspeople give an unexpected answer to the question «Where is Lenin?».
Director
The countenance of Joseba Sarrionandia is multi-faceted, not only for having dabbled in all literary forms of expression, but for having been capable of creating his own imagery, composed of endless worlds. Thus, several of the elements appearing in the literary world will undoubtedly appear here: the sea, the port, childhood, trains, uprooting, war, destruction, love, drifting, pain, fantasy, mystery, initiation, torture...
Director
A young poet named Lal (32) spends his endless days alone with his thoughts inside his small prison cell. A sparrow, not certain if its real or if its a product of his imagination, suddenly appears inside his cell. This sparrow flying frantically while looking for an escape, pushes Lal to go on a personal journey caught in between reality and a dream. As the poet returns to the streets of the city of his childhood, he will find time frozen, his memories destroyed and his people scattered.
Director
At the times of World War II, accomplished painter and translator Aram flees Istanbul due to political offenses. When he is trapped at the USSR-Georgia borders, his flight turns into a remembrance of things past...
Associate Producer
Saroyanland is a docu-drama focusing on the journey of famous writer William Saroyan to the birthplace of his Armenian family Bitlis, in Turkey in 1964. While retaking the same road, the film aims to understand Saroyan's unique attitude to belonging, witnessing the self-discovery of a man who followed the traces of his Armenian ancestors.
Director
Sumru, a young ethnomusicologist in search of her lost lover, leaves Istanbul for a three-month research project in Diyarbakır. While crossing paths with locals and tracing the pains of others through a music project based on Anatolian mournings, she comes to confront the remnants of her own agony.
Director
Yusuf, 12, lives in the Digor district of Kars and goes to school every day by bicycle. Although it takes a long time, this trip gives him the opportunity to see Leyla, a girl he particularly likes, for a brief moment each morning.
Director
Omnibus of five short films that were shot in the Turkish province of Kars, on the border with Armenia. Among the five directors are three debutants who were chosen to film their stories after winning a scenario contest. The final result is a sympathetic collection of films that remain small and simple: the puppy love between a boy and a girl on their winter trip to school, the memories of a young woman about her mother's response to her first menstruation and bra, and the story of a student who returns to his village, but all too soon flees again for the past that is waiting for him there. The stories take place strikingly often around the cemetery and look at things from the past being revealed. The last contribution to the omnibus film is also significantly called ‘a small truth’.
Screenplay
Arrested while a student in university, Yusuf is released from prison after ten years. He returns home and is welcomed by his sick and elderly mother. Soon he will meet Eka, a beautiful Georgian girl who is a sex worker, and love becomes a final desperate attempt to grasp life and elude loneliness.
Director
Arrested while a student in university, Yusuf is released from prison after ten years. He returns home and is welcomed by his sick and elderly mother. Soon he will meet Eka, a beautiful Georgian girl who is a sex worker, and love becomes a final desperate attempt to grasp life and elude loneliness.
Production Manager
The documentary shot in a Laz village called M3’anu is about the lives of women living in the region. The documentary focuses on women who have a great endurance without being crushed under the heavy load they carry on their backs, the difficulties of living conditions and the heavy load brought by taking care of their families, nevertheless, they do not give up their songs and smile on their faces.
Director
