5th Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival Opening Night Film: EMBER
April 11, 2017, 7:00 P.M.
The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108, George Lucas Building, USC School of Cinematic Arts Complex, 900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
The 5th Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival (LATFF), in collaboration with USC Visions & Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative, Outside the Box [Office], USC Middle East Studies Program (MESP), and Mavi Film, invite you and a guest to a special screening of
Ember
Written & Directed by Zeki Demirkubuz
Produced by Basak Emre, Ahmet Boyacioglu
Followed by a Q&A with Zeki Demirkubuz
7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
The Ray Stark Family Theatre, SCA 108
900 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVPs REQUIRED.
Opening Night Film: 5th Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival.
Join us for a pre-screening reception in the SCA Complex Courtyard from 6:00 - 7:00 P.M.
About Ember
When her husband Cemal is arrested in Romania, Emine is left alone with their child, who needs immediate surgery. She takes a job as a needle worker at a garment workshop, where she comes across Ziya—her husband's former boss. He can't stay indifferent when he learns what the woman he once fancied is going through. When Cemal returns months later, he finds Emine working at the garment workshop and their son healthy. A hospital bill he accidentally sees reveals that Ziya has paid for the surgery and Emine hid this fact. Will Cemal, who already blames Ziya for what he went through and is extremely jealous of Emine, be able to confront this situation or choose to ignore it?
Provided courtesy of Mavi Film. Not rated. Running time: 115 minutes. In Turkish, with English subtitles.
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About the Guest
ZEKI DEMIRKUBUZ (Writer, Director)
Zeki Demirkubuz was born in Isparta, Turkey, in 1964. He graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Communications. He began his film career as assistant director to Zeki Ökten in 1986, and worked as assistant director for various directors until making Block-C (C Blok, 1994), his first feature film. After this first film, Demirkubuz continued to work as an auteur and independent filmmaker writing his own original screenplays. Film critics and international audiences noticed Demirkubuz with his second film, Innocence (Masumiyet, 1997) which was screened at Venice Film Festival and The Third Page (Üçüncü Sayfa, 1999) which was screened at several festivals in Turkey and Europe, including Locarno and Rotterdam.
Following The Third Page, Demirkubuz started to work on his trilogy called “Tales of Darkness.” The first two parts of the trilogy Fate (Yazgi, 2001) and Confession (Itiraf, 2001) were screened at Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2002. The Waiting Room (Bekleme Odasi, 2003) in which Demirkubuz also played the leading role, concluded the trilogy. Destiny (Kader, 2006), the prequel to Innocence, has been followed by Envy (Kiskanmak, 2009), Inside (Yeralti, 2012), and Nausea (Bulanti, 2015).
He recently completed his last feature film Ember (Kor, 2016).
Follow Zeki Demirkubuz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZekiDemirkubuz
About The Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival (LATFF)
The Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival (LATFF) is organized by HIF Corporation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2011 by nine Turkish students studying cinema in Los Angeles. The purpose of LATFF is to promote awareness of Turkish cinema via short film and feature film screenings in the West Coast of the U.S. and to give young Turkish filmmakers the opportunity to network with distinguished film professionals and showcase their work in the heart of Los Angeles. Five years after being launched in Egyptian Theater in 2012 as the first and only Turkish Film Festival in Los Angeles, the 5th Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival will take place in collaboration with the USC School of Cinematic Arts this year.
If you would like to receive more information about LATFF, you can visit our website at www.latff.org or you can email us at info@latff.org
About USC Visions & Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative
Visions and Voices is a university-wide arts and humanities initiative that is unparalleled in higher education. The initiative was established by USC President C. L. Max Nikias during his tenure as provost in order to fulfill the goals set forth in USC's strategic plan; to communicate USC's core values to students; and to affirm the human spirit. Emphasizing the university's commitment to interdisciplinary approaches, the initiative features a spectacular array of events conceived and organized by faculty and schools throughout the university. The series includes theatrical productions, music and dance performances, conferences, lectures, film screenings and many other special events both on and off campus. Each program invites students to dialogue and interact with artists, writers, professors and special guests. These interactions provide a dynamic experience of the arts and humanities and encourage active exploration of USC's core values, including freedom of inquiry and expression, team spirit, appreciation of diversity, commitment to serving one's community, entrepreneurial spirit, informed risk-taking, ethical conduct and the search for truth.
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About Outside the Box [Office]
Outside the Box [Office] is a weekly showcase for upcoming releases highlighting world cinema, documentary and independent film titles. Recognizing a need for greater diversity on campus, the series will draw from around the globe to present movies that may challenge, inspire or simply entertain.
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About the USC Middle East Studies Program (MESP)
The Middle East Studies Program (MESP) is committed to the teaching and study of the languages, cultures, peoples, and societies throughout the Middle East region. With faculty in Arabic, Classics, Comparative Literature, Economics, French, History, International Relations, Judaic Studies, Persian, Political Science, and Religion, MESP is home to an interdisciplinary major and minor in Middle East Studies, a minor in Iranian Studies, and a minor in Arabic. The program organizes lively and exciting lectures, colloquia, conferences, and film series on a broad range of topics ranging from politics and economics to religion and popular culture.
Visit the Official MESP Website: http://dornsife.usc.edu/mesp/
Check-In & Reservations
This screening is free of charge and open to the public. Please bring a valid USC ID or print out of your reservation confirmation, which will automatically be sent to your e-mail account upon successfully making an RSVP through this website. Doors will open at 6:30 P.M.
All SCA screenings are OVERBOOKED to ensure seating capacity in the theater, therefore seating is not guaranteed based on RSVPs. The RSVP list will be checked in on a first-come, first-served basis until the theater is full. Once the theater has reached capacity, we will no longer be able to admit guests, regardless of RSVP status.
Parking
The USC School of Cinematic Arts is located at 900 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007. Parking passes may be purchased for $12.00 at USC Entrance Gate #5, located at the intersection of W. Jefferson Blvd. & McClintock Ave. We recommend Parking Structure D, at the far end of 34th Street. Metered street parking is also available along Jefferson Blvd.
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Contact Information
Name: Alessandro Ago
Email: aago@cinema.usc.edu