Eylül

Turkishfilm“Eylül”(September),thefirstfeaturedirectingeffortbyphotographerCemilAğacıkoğlu,willgetitsworldpremierethisweekinCanadaaspartofthe35thMontrealWorldFilmFestival.<br/>　　<br/>　　Alongwith“Vücut”(Body),directedbyMustafaNuri,“Eylül”isoneoftwotitlesrepresentingTurkeyintheFirstFilmsWorldCompetitionattheprestigiousfestival,whichwillhaveits35theditionfromAug.18throughAug.28.<br/>　　“Eylül,”writtenanddirectedbyAğacıkoğlu,followsthestoryofanintrovertedyoungmannamedYusuf,whoisagoldsmithatİstanbul’sGrandBazaar.Thedrama,starringTurgayAydın,GörkemYeltanandElenaPolyanskayainitsleadingroles,willhaveitsworldpremiereThursday.RoughlyamonthafteritsMontrealscreening,“Eylül”willhaveitsTurkishpremiereinAdanaaspartofthesoutherncity’sannualAltınKoza(GoldenBoll)InternationalFilmFestival,whichwillrunSept.17-25inits18thedition.Thefilm,producedbyTurkey’sARTİFilm,isexpectedtohaveitstheatricalreleaseinTurkeytowardstheendofSeptember.<br/>　　TheMontrealfestivalwillhaveatotalofsevenproductionsfromTurkeyonthisyear’sslate,includingİlksenBaşarır’ssophomorefeature“Atlıkarınca”(Merry-Go-Round)andSedatYılmaz’sdebut“Press,”bothpresentedinthefestival’sFocusonWorldCinemasection,andalso“GölgelerveSuretler”(ShadowsandFaces),themostrecentdirectorialeffortbyCyprus-bornfilmmakerDervişZaim.