Director · Born 1975, Bağlarbaşı köyü
Bülent Öztürk
A Kurdish director in Antwerp whose short about an honour killing won an award in Venice.
- 2
- films in the guide
- 2013–2017
- years
- 1
- festival awards
- 1
- watchable online
Born in Bağlarbaşı, a small Kurdish village in south-eastern Turkey, he went to Antwerp as a political refugee. His short Houses with Small Windows won the European Short Film award in Venice. His first feature Blue Silence, about a soldier returning to Istanbul with PTSD, competed at Karlovy Vary.
- Karlovy Vary Film Festivali · 2017Mavi Sessizlik / Blue Silence — East of the West
- Venedik Film Festivali · 2013Houses with Small Windows — Avrupa Kısa Film Ödülü
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