Honorary Doctorate to Nuri Bilge Ceylan Bogaziçi University (Bosphorus University) has given to Nuri Bilge Ceylan Honorary Doctorate. Ceylan himself is a graduate of the Electronic Engineering Department of Bogaziçi University in 1985. For the full speech of the Rector, Prof.Dr.Kadri Özçaldıran, in the ceremony, please click here. (in Turkish) June 2010
"Climates" and "Uzak" are in the "Best of the Decade" lists As we are leaving behind the first 10 years of the 21st century, the newspapers, magazines and institutions are publishing their selections of "best of the decade" lists. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Uzak" and "Climates" have been selected among the best films of the 21st century in many countries.
Media:
• The intellectual film magazine of France, Positif, made its selections of the best films and directors of the decade
by their 57 film writers' votes who contribute the magazine. Two of the Nuri Bilge Ceylan films are in the list. 'Uzak' is
in the 11th place and 'Climates' is in 24th place in the list of about 30 films... And Nuri Bilge Ceylan is one of the
10 best directors of the decade.
• English newspaper Times selected 40 best films of the last ten years. Uzak is in the 30th place in the list.
• American Chicago Tribune selected 15 best films of the decade. Climates is in the 3rd place.
• French best selling culture magazine Telerama has published 15 best films of the decade. Climates is in the 3rd place.
• British Film Institute's prestigous
film magazine Sight&Sound selected their 30 best films of the decade. The list is
in alphabetical order without ranking. Uzak is in the list... And for the Nick James' introduction to the films>>
• Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto has pooled together a panel of local and international film curators, historians and
archivists to vote on the what they felt were the most important contemporary and auteur driven motion pictures
of the past 10 years. The result of the poll was a list of top 30 films of the past ten years. "Uzak" is in the list.
• Film Comment magazine in New York also conducted an international poll of critics, programmers, academics,
filmmakers, and others to identify the top films and filmmakers of the decade. "Uzak" is in this list as well.
• Time Out London selected 101 films of the decade. Uzak is in the 18th place in the list.
• England's Telegraph has also included 'Uzak' in their 'best of the decade' list.
Panoramic Photographs of Turkey by Nuri Bilge Ceylan between the years 2003 and 2009 has been published by NTV in December 2009. The book is printed in a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies... more>> December 2009
DVD box release in France
DVD box containing all films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan up to Three Monkeys has been released in France in October 2009.
The box also includes a 60 pages book with a preface written by Isabelle Huppert.
The book also contains articles on
the films and the 'editing diary' of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
which he wrote during the editing of 'Three Monkeys'.
In French...
more
>>> October 2009
NBC Film'den açıklama Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın Facebook, Twitter veya benzeri sitelerin hiçbirinde herhangi bir hesabı bulunmamaktadır. Varolanların hepsi bilmediğimiz birileri tarafından açılmıştır. Bilgilerinize arzolunur. September 2009
Coen Brothers short film "World Cinema"
"Chacun son Cinéma" projesi kapsamında ilk gösterimi 2007 Cannes Film Festivalinde yapılan Coen kardeşlerin kısa filmi "World Cinema" aşağıda izlenebilir. Film Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın "İklimler" filmine göndermeler içeriyor. Ardından Coen kardeşlerin Alman Die Zeit gazetesinde film ile ilgili söyleşisi okunabilir.
Coen kardeşlerle söyleşi : Katja Nicodemus, Die Zeit, 25 Eylül 2008 Die Zeit: Cannes Film Festivali'nin 50. Yıldönümü için bir kısa film çevirdiniz. Filmde şöyle bir ütopya vardı: Bir kovboy Amerika'nın herhangi bir yerinde bir sinemaya gider. Tesadüfen bir Türk sinemacının bir eserini izler. Bir ilişkinin dağılması üzerine yavaş bir filmdir bu. Ve kovboy filmi beğenir. Joel Coen: Kovboyun izlediği film, Türk yönetmen Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın İklimler filmi. Biz filmi iki sene önce gördük ve olağanüstü bulduk. Ethan Coen: Bir kovboyun bu filmi beğenmesi çok güzel bir tasavvur. Joel Coen: Mesele elbette bir kovboyun böyle bir filmi anlayamayacak olması değil. Ethan Coen: Mesele, Amerika'da bir kovboyun Türk filmi izleyebileceği sinemaların çok az olması. Joel Coen: Amerikalı kovboylar Türk filmleri izleyebilseydi ne güzel olurdu. Ethan Coen: Ne güzel olurdu, evet. Joel Coen: Evet.
(...) August 2009
Ceylan is awarded with "La Grande Médaille de Vermeil"
At a ceremony held on 6th of July at the Paris municipal building, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe presented a grand medal symbolizing the city of Paris to the director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The award, which was given for the first time in 1911 by the city of Paris, is presented to people who make artistic contributions to the people of the city. With this prize Ceylan joins a slate of world-renowned recipients of the medal, who include filmmakers David Cronenberg and Olivier Stone; French actor Jean Paul Belmondo, fashion designer Gianni Versace, awarded the medal in 1986 by then-Mayor Jacques Chirac; actors Maggie Cheung and Jackie Chan; and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling.
Ceylan, speaking at the ceremony, said he had first visited Paris 30 years ago when he was a student. "I had no money. I had to stay in parks and train stations. Life is very strange. I would not believe it then if they had told me I would be decorated with this medal one day" he said. "During my visits to Paris, the museums, architecture, bridges and statues of the city were my first education in the history of art."
Delanoe said they appreciated Ceylan's films and described him as "a contemporary and very big genius." Rejecting the views of French President Nicolas Sarkozy about Turkey's European Union membership, Delanoe said, "Doors should not be closed to Turkey, but they should be open." He said that Turkey's contribution to the construction of Europe was necessary.
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe presenting the grand medal of Paris to Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Bu yılki onur konuğu Türkiye olan Paris Film Festivali'nde adına özel bir bölüm de düzenlenen yönetmen Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Paris Belediye Başkanı Bertrand Delanoe'nin elinden kentin simgesel büyük madalyası ödülünü aldı. Ceylan'ın sinemasına olan hayranlığı iyi bilinen Paris Belediye Başkanı Delanoe, meşhur Belediye Sarayı'nda düzenlenen bir törenle şehrin simgesel ödülünü verirken 'Büyük Ceylan'ın görünenin ardındaki gerçek ve karmaşık insan ruhuna ait derinlikleri resmetme başarısından bahsetti. Delanoe, "Kapıları kapamak yerine kollarımızı açmamız gerek. Şartlar yerine getirildikten sonra Türkiye gibi zengin bir kültürün katılacağı yeni bir Avrupa Birliği'nin önemi büyük" diyerek Sarkozy politikasına karşı barışçıl yaklaşımıyla da dikkat çekti. Törende konuşan Ceylan ise 20'li yaşlarında beş parasız geldiği ve parklarda yattığı Paris'ten söz açarak, gezdiği müzeler aracılığıyla ilk sanat derslerini Paris'te aldığını söyledi. "Hayat çok garip, o zamanlar şimdi burada, bu ödülü alacağımı söyleselerdi, katiyen inanmazdım" diyen Ceylan, bu gelişinde tüm gün bisikletle gezdiği Paris'i, metro yerine caddeler üzerine keşfetmenin hoşluğundan bahsetti. Ceylan, Reha Erdem gibi törene katılan sinemacılarımıza ithafen de "Bu ödülü onlar için de alıyorum" dedi. Törene katılan Paris Film Festivali'nin başkanı ünlü oyuncu Chatlotte Rampling ise Ceylan'ın sinemasına övgüler yağdırarak, "Onun derinliği ve insan adına söyledikleri beni çok ilgilendiriyor" dedi. (Sabah, Esin Küçüktepepınar, Paris) 7 July 2009
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was in the Cannes Jury
62. Cannes Film Festival came to an end with the closing ceremony on 25th May 2009. Nuri Bilge Ceylan was in the jury presided by Isabelle Huppert... 'White Ribbon' by Haneke was
awarded the Palme d'or and Brillante Mendoza was the Best Director. 30 May 2009
THE JURY
From Left: Shu Qi (Actress, Taiwan); Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Director, Turkey); Isabelle Huppert (Actress, France); Asia Argento (Actress, Italy); Robin Wright Penn (Actress, USA); Hanif Kureishi (Writer, England); Sharmila Tagore (Actress, India); Chang-dong Lee (Director, South Korea); James Gray (Director, USA)
The Guardian Interview at BFI Southbank
Onstage at BFI Southbank, the Turkish director tells Geoff Andrews about what made him switch from photography to film-making, why his latest film is a departure from the autobiographical works of the past and why he never wants to shoot on film again... To read the full interview in Guardian, please click here. (Guardian) 8 February 2009
Nuri Bilge Ceylan to lead Sarajevo Competition jury The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced the feature film competition jury for its August event. Turkish writer/director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, fresh from his Best Director win in Cannes for Three Monkeys, will serve as president of the jury. The other jury members are UK director Hugh Hudson, Croatian actress Marija Skaricic, German sales veteran Michael Weber of The Match Factory, and Taormina artistic director Deborah Young. (Screen International) 30 May 2008
