Meteorlar
Meteors
Sie kommen nachts. Alle gehen auf die Straßen, entzünden Fackeln und erinnern an jene, die vor ihnen auf diesen Straßen gegangen sind. In den kommenden Stunden wird die Stadt stillstehen: Meteoriten beginnen zu fallen. In einer Überblendung aus dokumentarischem Filmen und politischem Kommentar und der Verbindung zwischen Irdischem und Kosmos ist Meteorlar ein Film über Erinnerung und Verschwinden. Obwohl verankert in der politischen Wirklichkeit der Türkei der Gegenwart und im schwelenden Bürgerkrieg mit der kurdischen Minderheit, gelingt es dem Film über diesen Kontext hinauszuwachsen, in kühnen, zeitlosen Schwarzweiß-Bildern.
The astrologic and Gürcan Keltek's Meteors, this poetic documentary finds a deeply painful but also awesome connection between a cosmic phenomenon and a nation's internal bloodshed: the occurrence in 2015 of a meteor shower over Turkey at a time of martial law and violent repression of the Kurds. In beautifully grainy video, the luminous streaks across the night sky rhyme with and contrast against the gunfire and smoke of the government action. Cell phones record the bullet scars on the buildings, virtual evidence of material tragedy. (Daniel Kasman, MUBI)
Director's Biography
Gürcan Keltek
Born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1973, Gürcan Keltek studied film at Dokuz Eylül University before directing several documentary shorts including “Overtime” (2012), selected for Visions Du Réel and DOK Leipzig. His medium-format film “Colony” (2015) was screened at FIDMarseille and earned him the Best Balkan Newcomer Award at Dokufest. His first feature doc “Meteors” (2017) premiered at the Locarno Festival.
Film Selection: Meteorlar (Meteors, doc, 2017) — Koloni (Colony, medium length doc, 2015) — Overtime (doc short, 2012)
Born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1973, Gürcan Keltek studied film at Dokuz Eylül University before directing several documentary shorts including “Overtime” (2012), selected for Visions Du Réel and DOK Leipzig. His medium-format film “Colony” (2015) was screened at FIDMarseille and earned him the Best Balkan Newcomer Award at Dokufest. His first feature doc “Meteors” (2017) premiered at the Locarno Festival.
Film Selection: Meteorlar (Meteors, doc, 2017) — Koloni (Colony, medium length doc, 2015) — Overtime (doc short, 2012)
Competition Documentary 2018
Gürcan Keltek
Niederlande / Türkei 2017
black & white
84 Minuten
Kurdisch / Türkisch OmeU
Drehbuch Gürcan Keltek
Kamera Mustafa Şen, Fırat Gürgen
Schnitt Fazilet Onat
Produzent*innen Gürcan Keltek, Marc Van Goethem, Arda Çiltepe, Burak Çevik
Produktion
29P Films
Österreichpremiere
Weltpremiere / World PremiereLocarno Festival 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
