İsmet Ekin Koç, a well-known Turkish actor and musician, was born on June 21, 1992. After leaving Antalya, he pursued Business Administration (English) at Istanbul Bilgi University and began studying online education sociology as well.
Koç made his acting debut in the movie Senden Bana Kalan, an adaptation of the Korean movie A Millionaire’s First Love. He played the lead role of “Özgür Arıca” and won an Ayhan Işık Special Award for his performance. He then appeared as the one-eyed soldier “Mehmed” in the British movie Ali and Nino, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was based on Kurban Said’s novel (1937). Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri were the lead actors in the film.
Koç also starred in the film Bizim İçin: Şampiyon, which was based on the life story of jockey Halis Karataş. In addition, he produced and acted in the short film App.
Koç’s films Okul Tıraşı,...
Koç made his acting debut in the movie Senden Bana Kalan, an adaptation of the Korean movie A Millionaire’s First Love. He played the lead role of “Özgür Arıca” and won an Ayhan Işık Special Award for his performance. He then appeared as the one-eyed soldier “Mehmed” in the British movie Ali and Nino, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was based on Kurban Said’s novel (1937). Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri were the lead actors in the film.
Koç also starred in the film Bizim İçin: Şampiyon, which was based on the life story of jockey Halis Karataş. In addition, he produced and acted in the short film App.
Koç’s films Okul Tıraşı,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Catalan director Clara Roquet’s teenage female friendship drama “Libertad” and Ferit Karahan’s social drama “Brother’s Keeper,” about Kurdish kids living in fear at a Turkish boarding school, won the best film awards respectively in the international and national competitions at Turkey’s 58th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival which wrapped Saturday.
“Libertad,” a first feature that centers on a bond that forms during a summer in Spain’s Costa Brava between two young women from opposite sides of the tracks, was a recent Cannes Critics’ Week standout that has been making the festival rounds. Pic will soon segue from Antalya to the Rome Film Festival.
“Brother’s Keeper” is based on helmer Karahan’s own experience and follows two friends, Yusef and Memo, at a secluded boarding school for Kurdish boys in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf to try to help...
“Libertad,” a first feature that centers on a bond that forms during a summer in Spain’s Costa Brava between two young women from opposite sides of the tracks, was a recent Cannes Critics’ Week standout that has been making the festival rounds. Pic will soon segue from Antalya to the Rome Film Festival.
“Brother’s Keeper” is based on helmer Karahan’s own experience and follows two friends, Yusef and Memo, at a secluded boarding school for Kurdish boys in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf to try to help...
- 10/10/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Berlin Film Festival has revealed 12 titles from 16 countries that will compete in the festival’s Encounters strand, including Denis Côté’s “Social Hygiene” from Canada, Alice Diop’s “We” from France, and Fern Silva’s “Rock Bottom Riser” from the U.S.
The selections also take in “As I Want” (Egypt/France/Norway/Palestine) by Samaher Alqadi; “Azor” (Switzerland/France/Argentina) by Andreas Fontana; “The Beta Test” (U.S./U.K.) by Jim Cummings, Pj McCabe; and “Bloodsuckers (Germany) by Julian Radlmaier.
Also competing will be “The Girl and the Spider” (Switzerland) by Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher; “District Terminal” (Iran/Germany) by Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini; “Moon, 66 Questions” (Greece/France) by Jacqueline Lentzou; “The Scary of Sixty-First” (U.S.) by Dasha Nekrasova; and “Taste” (Vietnam/Singapore/France/Thailand/Germany/Taiwan) by Lê Bảo.
The Encounters strand supports new or innovative voices in cinema. A jury will choose winners for best film,...
The selections also take in “As I Want” (Egypt/France/Norway/Palestine) by Samaher Alqadi; “Azor” (Switzerland/France/Argentina) by Andreas Fontana; “The Beta Test” (U.S./U.K.) by Jim Cummings, Pj McCabe; and “Bloodsuckers (Germany) by Julian Radlmaier.
Also competing will be “The Girl and the Spider” (Switzerland) by Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher; “District Terminal” (Iran/Germany) by Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini; “Moon, 66 Questions” (Greece/France) by Jacqueline Lentzou; “The Scary of Sixty-First” (U.S.) by Dasha Nekrasova; and “Taste” (Vietnam/Singapore/France/Thailand/Germany/Taiwan) by Lê Bảo.
The Encounters strand supports new or innovative voices in cinema. A jury will choose winners for best film,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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