Teaser
- The film will depict two different cities, İstanbul and Hakkari, from the East and West of Turkey which will also illustrate the regional differences and context. This is the first film realized on the subject, and directed by a young, promising female director.
Synopsis
- Once upon a time, youth had dreams and ideals for a better future.
Year 1969... in Turkey. 60s youth were living the most excited days. There was a great effort to make a bridge in Istanbul, on the Bosphorus. Meanwhile, on the eastern border of Turkey, in a Kurdish city between the borders of Iran and Iraq that is left to its destiny, in Hakkari, Zap River was taking lives since there were no passage on it.
A group of university students were against the investment to the west part of the country, and to realize their ideals they decided to build a bridge over Zap River as a creative symbol of rebellion.
They were against inequalities between the East and the West of the country and started a campaign. A national newspaper supported the project. They opened an aid campaign, and went to Hakkari –the farthest city in the east, on the restless lands, where there is a completely a different life, traditions, and a different language.
The construction of a bridge on Zap River was started. The bridge, which has finished in less than three months, was called “The Revolutionary Youth Bridge” which would later be called by the names of the leaders of youth movement although they were not among the students who went to build the bridge; their names become legends since they were sentenced to death in 1971.
In 1999, the Revolutionary Youth Bridge was blown up by “unidentified persons” because of its name and symbolic importance that remind people those students and their ideals.
Crew
- Director: Bahriye Kabadayi Dal
- Screenplay: Bahriye Kabadayi Dal
- Director of photography: Koray Kesik
- Editor (Cut): Burak Dal
- Composer: Sinan Sakizli
- Producer: Enis Riza, Nalan Sakizli
- World Sales: VTR Film Research Production
- Production company: VTR FILM RESEARCH & PRODUCTION
Awards
- (2009) BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD, ISTANBUL / TR
- (2008) SPECIAL JURY AWARD, ANKARA / TR
- (2007) SPECIAL JURY AWARD, BURSA / TR
Festivals
- (2008) 14th London Turkish Film Festival, LONDON
- (2008) Culturescapes Festival Zurich, SWITZERLAND
- (2008) 14th MedFilm Festival- Cinema of the Mediterranean in Rome, ROME
- (2008) 8th Turkish Film Festival, FRANKFURT
- (2008) Festival des Liberties, BRUSSELS
- (2008) 15th Golden Boll Film Festival, ADANA / TR
- (2008) 11th International Flyng Broom Women Film Festival, ANKARA / TR
- (2008) 3rd Workers Film Festival, TURKEY
- (2008) 19th Munich Turkish Film Festival, MUNICH
- (2008) 27th International Film Festival, ISTANBUL
- (2007) 3rd International Women Film Festival, INDIA
- (2008) 19th International Film Festival, ANKARA / TR
- (2007) 2nd International Silkroad Film Festival, BURSA / TR
- (2007) 44th Golden Orange Film Festival, ANTALYA / TR
- (2007) 10th International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, ISTANBUL / TR
