THE TRANSLATOR
2015 Films
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23m
Yusuf, a Syrian refugee boy who lives in an exile in a remote Turkish border town is chosen for his newfound power but he has to experience how to use it, at the cost of his innocence.
Direction: Emre Kayiş
Script: Emre Kayiş
Production: Oytun Kal, Ginette Harrold
Cinematography: Nick Cooke
Editing: Ricardo Saraiva
Production Design: Billur Turan
Costume Design: Billur Turan
Sound: Raoul Brand
Cast: Sherko Ali, Gamze Kaçak
Original Title: ÇEVİRMEN
Original Languages: Kurdish, Turkish
Subtitles: English
Film Production Countries: United Kingdom, Türkiye
Website: http://thetranslator-shortfilm.com/
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/The-Translator-short-film-827334560649963/timeline/
Statement of the Director/s
Regardless to political conjuncture and the dominant ethic of the present time, I intend to focus on mankind and its simple but unsolvable eternal questions about death, life, love and existence, which are vastly attractive for me. For "The Translator", Charles Baudelaire’s poem, Albatross, was my main source of inspiration. I see Yusuf as a very beautiful boy vanishing gradually in the middle of the crowd. I wanted to portrait his story in an utter honesty.
Biography of the Director/s
Born in 1984 in Turkey, Emre Kayiş is an Istanbul based director and screenwriter. During his studies at the law department of Ankara University, he decided to become a filmmaker after watching Bicycle Thieves. Then he moved to London and graduated from the London Film School in 2014 with his final project The Translator. He aims to tell human stories that have a social relevance. Currently he is developing his first feature film entitled Leopard.
Filmography:
The Translator, 2014
The Couch, 2014,
Where’s my Brother, 2013
World Sales:
The London Film School
Ginette Harrold
24 Shelton Street
London, WC2H 9UB, United Kingdom
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +442078369642
Website: http://lfs.org.uk/
Press:
The London Film School
Ginette Harrold
24 Shelton Street
London, WC2H 9UB, United Kingdom
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +442078369642
Website: http://lfs.org.uk/
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