Words Fly Away
"They flourished from books..."
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Tufan TaştanDirectorVitrin (2014), Bir Kelime (2013), Artı Değer (2012), Ve Jülyet (2011)
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Barış BıçakçıWriterBizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz (2011), İşe Yarar Bir Şey (2017)
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Tufan TaştanProducerVitrin (2014), Bir Kelime (2013), Artı Değer (2012), Ve Jülyet (2011)
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Serkan KeskinKey CastKırık Kalpler Bankası (2017), Tereddüt (2016), İtirazım Var (2014), Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi (2012), Yeraltı (2012), Vavien (2009), Kosmos (2009), Sonbahar (2008)
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Funda EryiğitKey CastPoyraz Karayel (2017), Tereddüt (2016), Limonata (2015), Karadayı (2014)
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Ahmet Rıfat ŞungarKey CastDancer on the Snow (2017), Tereddüt (2016), Deniz Seviyesi (2014), Kumun Tadı (2014), Beş Şehir (2009), Üç Maymun (2008)
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Özgür ÇevikKey CastKaygı (2017), Kırgın Çiçekler (2015), İtirazım Var (2014), Yabancı Damat (2004)
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Serdar OrçinKey CastBeş Kardeş (2015), İtirazım Var (2014), Behzat Ç. (2012), Gözetleme Kulesi (2012), Kıskanmak (2009), Barda (2007), Yazgı (2001)
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Rıza AkınKey CastAlbüm (2016), Kardeş Payı (2015), Ben O Değilim (2013), Karanlıktakiler (2009), Rıza (2007)
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Project Title (Original Language):Söz Uçar
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Project Type:Feature, Short
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Runtime:4 minutes 26 seconds
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Completion Date:September 3, 2017
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Production Budget:1,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Turkey
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Country of Filming:Turkey
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Language:Turkish
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Shooting Format:4k
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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39th CINEMED International Mediterranean Film Festival of MontpellierMontpellier
October 23, 2017 -
8. Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film FestivalBrussels
October 15, 2017
Grand Jury Prize -
5. Seattle Turkish Film Festival Short Film CompetitionSeattle
November 2, 2017
Best Short Film -
Divine Queer Film Festival (DQFF)Torino
October 12, 2017
Tufan Taştan, graduated from Ankara University-FLGH, the Department of Theater and got a double major from the Faculty of Communication from the same university. He made award winning short films and projects within Yapım-eki which he founded in 2010. Also he won the first prize of the Pitch contest hosted by Shorts TV. He continues his Program Directorship in Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (CAVA) Institute that he also founded, besides giving lectures in some institutions, universities since 2012.
Barış Bıçakçı’s short story ‘Rıfat Diye Biri’ (‘Someone Called Rıfat’) has been adapted into a short film by director Tufan Taştan with the title ‘Söz Uçar’ (Words Fly Away’).
Taştan dedicated his film to academic Nuriye Gülmen, teacher Semih Özakça and sociologist Veli Saçılık who were sacked from their jobs in a widespread purge following last year’s failed coup attempt. Gülmen and Özakça who are on the 99th day of their hunger strike were detained and arrested on the 75th day of their hunger strike after months of protest. Veli Saçılık who was continuing his protest against the discharges through statutory decrees was shot with plastic bullets by the riot police after Gülmen and Özakça were arrested. Saçılık had lost his arm during an operation launched into Burdur Prison on July 5, 2000, was fired from his job at Family and Social Policies in Ankara Provincial Directorate through statutory decree no. 677 on November 22, 2016.
‘Words Fly Away’ starring Serkan Keskin, Funda Eryiğit, Özgür Çevik, Rıza Akın, Serdar Orçin, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, is a tribute to these people who have become symbols of civil disobedience in Turkey.