Akbank 3rd Short Film Festival

"Following the Fish" is chosen for documentary and short film competition in Akbank Short Film Festival in Turkey.

http://www.akbankkisafilm.com/

11th BOSTON TURKISH FESTIVAL

Following the Fish is chosen for documentary and short film competition in Boston Turkish Fim Festival.

http://www.bostonturkishfestival.org/

Nederlands Film Festival

"Following the Fish" has been chosen for the 26nd Nederlands Film Festival.
27 September tm 6 October,Utrecht.

http://www.filmfestival.nl/

Film in Brabant 2006

Following the Fish is selected for Filmfestival 'Film in Brabant 2006' in October 2006. It will be screened in a program with the best Brabant examfilms.

Will be screened on the following dates:
11/10 in de Verkadefabriek in Den Bosch
12/10 in Plaza Futura Eindhoven
15/10 in Chassé Cinema Breda
17/10 in Filmfoyer Tilburg
18/10 in Filmtheater De Bussel in Oosterhout

About the Film

A documentary about a fisherman in Istanbul.
Produced by Burcu Guldemet
Directed by Deniz Baser
Cinematography by Baris Azman
Edited by Wouter de Kuyper

Synopsis

Gokhan Bey is an old fisherman at the age of 70. The place where he used to fish is also where he was born. That's in between Asia and Europe, on the Bosporus, where Istanbul is located. While time is changing most of the people from older generations have adaptation problems. Now at the age of 70 he is ready to move out of the city he was born in. Even for him alienation is unstoppable in the city he grew up in. He is used to go fishing with his little boat and catch 5 to 10 kilo's of fish a day. Nowadays younger generation of fishermen replace the older generation with their bigger boats, who are able to catch up to thousands of fishes a day. This huge change in the system of fishing also shows the difference between mentalities. While he was able to live in a social community 50 years ago, now people are running more and more after money and everything is changing because of these facts.

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