CATEGORY
2016-Panorama
The White Sycamore
Kazım Öz
Turkey, 2016, 83′, Turkish/Kurdish
Photography: Kazım Öz, Memet Dalmaz, Özcan Vardar
Editing: Kazım Öz
Music: Zeyne Kahraman
Sound: Onan Karagözoğlu
Production: Koz Film
Salhane. 13.10.1016 Thursday, 10.00 – 12.00
Synopsis: Zeynel Dede who lives in a mountain village of Hozat, Dersim is almost a hundred years old and a man of many talents. He has left his legacy in the areas of music, instruments, writing lyrics, masonry, wood shaping, husbandry and beekeeping. He has composed many popular songs. His specially made dowry chests for young girls are still talked about and preserved. He can also play the music instruments that he makes in his workshop such as baglama and violin. Some of the stone houses that he once built in Dersim still stand still. “The White Sycamore” gets caught in the melodies and stones, witnesses the relationships, pains, and joys within the family while discovering “new masters” that remained from Zeynel Dede.
Biography: Kazım Öz worked in Jiyana Nû Theater in the fields of acting and stage direction for 4 years starting from 1992. His first short film “AX” (The Land) made an impression on national and international audiences. Since then, Kazım Öz has directed many creative documentaries, feature-length and short films. He graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering. He continues his graduate studies at Marmara University’s Institute of Fine Arts.
Filmography
2016, Zer, fiction film (in post production)
2016, Beyaz Çınar (White Sycamore), creative documentary
2014, He Bu Tune Bu (Once Upon A Time), creative documentary 2010, Demsala Dawi: Şewaxan (The Last Season Shawaks), creative documentary (with the cooperation of ARTE-France)
2008, Bahoz (The Storm), fiction film
2005, Dûr (The Distant). creative documentary
2001, Fotoğraf, Fotoğraf (The Photograph), fiction film
1999, Ax (The Land), short film