Meteors

Synopsis

They come at night. Everyone steps out of their homes. They light torches and remember those who have walked these streets before them. In the next few hours, the city is on lockdown and an eclipse appears. At night, meteors start to fall. Blending documentary filmmaking and political commentary, and connecting the earthly to the cosmos, “Meteors” is a film about memory and disappearance – of people, places and things.

Info

Documentary
2017 – The Netherlands, Turkey
Turkish, Kurdish
81 minutes

Original title: Meteorlar
Directed by: Gürcan Keltek
Cinematography by: Mustafa Şen & Fırat Gürgen
Edited by: Fazilet Onat
Producers: Gürcan Keltek, Marc Van Goethem
Co-producers: Arda Çiltepe, Burak Çevik
Produced by: 29P Films

Festivals

Locarno IFF
– Boccalino d’ Oro Αward
– First Feature Swatch Art Peace Hotel Αward
Milan FF
– Best Film
Isreal FF
– Best Film
Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montreal
Bordeaux International Film Festival
– Special Mention of the Jury
Jihlava IDFF
– Best Debut Film
Seville European Film Festival
Les Écrans Documentaires
Bratislava IFF
– Best Documentary
Bilbao Zinebi FF
Porto/Post/Doc
– Grand Prix
Trieste FF
Rotterdam IFF
FICUNAM
Bari / screening
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
– Special Jury award
Echoes of Ji.hlava IDFF
One World Romania International Human Rights & Documentary Festival
Hong Kong IFF
GEGENKino FF
BAFICI
– Best Film
Fajr International Film Festival
Frames of Representation
Art of the Real
Crossing Europe
CineDOC Tbilisi
Beldocs
– Best Film
International Festival of Film and Urbanism “86″
EPA CINE
Lima Independiente FF
Taipei Literature Festival
International Film Festival Kino Otok
Filmadrid
Palma Mallorca
Atlantida FF
Aegean FF
Encuentros Cámara Lúcida
DokuFest
Festival de cinéma de Douarnenez
Festival du cinema subversif du Metz
Perugia Social FF
Ars Independent FF
Inconvenient Films
Viennale
Cali IFF FICCALI
Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival
Tüpisch Türkisch
Portland IFF
Türskiche Film Tage
Turkish FF
Message 2 Man IFF
CineMigrante IFF