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Kirik Beyaz Laleler
Off-White Tulips

film type fiction Production Country Germany, Turkey production year 2013 runtime 24'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Dolby A original-language Turkish subtitles English

Concentrating on James Baldwins extensive stays in Istanbul in the 60s and 70s, the video explores the limits of an autobiography mostly relying on found materials such as Sedat Pakays photography. Racism, transnational discourses, queer politics and appropriation art are also being investigated throughout this video essay.

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director Aykan Safoǧlu Editing Aykan Safoglu DOP Aykan Safoglu Production Aykan Safoglu Script Aykan Safoglu Sound Design Hanna Bergfors, Olof Dreijer
Festivals
International Film Festival Bratislava, Slovakia
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (Großer Preis der Stadt Oberhausen)
Production
  • Aykan Safoǧlu
  • +49 163 2174336
Distribution
  • Aykan Safoǧlu
  • +49 163 2174336
Sales
  • Aykan Safoǧlu
  • +49 163 2174336

Aykan Safoǧlu

Born in Istanbul;
lives in Berlin and Vienna;
graduated from the Art in Context MA program at the Berlin University of Arts;
received his MFA in Photography from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in New York

Filmography
2013 Off-White Tulips
2013 Untitled (A Berlin Portrait)
2015 Untitled (Gülsen and Hüseyin)
2019 Touching Feeling