Urban Research - Istanbul Films

<body> <img src="images/flyerUrbanResearchIstanbul.jpg" width="700" height="392" border="0" alt="Living With Leviathan" title="Living With Leviathan"><br clear="all"> <h4> directors lounge monthly screenings </h4> <h3>urban research - istanbul films</h3> <p>Thursday, 27 November 2014<br> 21:00<br> Z-Bar<br> Bergstraße 2<br> 10115 Berlin-Mitte</p> <p>Istanbul has drawn a lot of attention in Germany, lately. It has become a city fashionable not only for visits, but also for projects in architecture and art. The history of the past 60 years has been one of success. An incredible growth from around 1 million to estimated over 14 million inhabitants has been handled without the emergence of slums and widespread poverty combined with criminality as many other mega cities in the world have. The economic boom of the last 2 decades, based on a moderate modernization in the past and a growing middle-class, has also created a demand for democratic renewal on one hand. On the other hand, a new class of powerful rich in combination with a globalized monetary-economy try to further accelerate economic growth in the city, which causes a lot of controversies and a rising number of people possibly loosing the battle for urban renewal.</p> <p>The films in this program show glimpses of different developments in the mesh of urban renewal. All of them combine artistic observations with a large sympathy to the people portrayed and places shown. </p> <p>artizinconnu TR <br> <b>The City and The Memory - Have you seen Sulukule?</b> 08:40min 2009 <br> Sulukule is a former Romani area in Turkey which has been taken down by the government. Its inhabitants have been removed to Tasoluk, 45 km away.</p> <p>Bingöl Elmas TR <br> <b>Hey Neighbor!</b> 44:45min 2014 <br> One of the results of the urban transformation in Istanbul is the abrupt conversion of old neighborhoods into luxurious estates. The communities that have no relations with each other happen to find themselves side by side. Ultra-wealth and poverty have became neighbors. The film investigates both sides and the impossibility of relations.</p> <p>Sirin Bahar Demirel TR <br> <b>Living with Leviathan</b> 11:00min 2013 <br> Through a personal story about the nationwide uprising in Turkey in summer 2013, the "Occupy Gezi" movement, this movie tries to show how the Turkish youth says "No!" by reclaiming the city against an over-reacting government and brutal police force.</p> <p> <b>Artist's Links</b>:<br> <a href="http://artizinconnu.com/" target="_blank" title="artizinconnu - homepage">artizinconnu</a><br> <a href="http://www.asminfilm.com/" target="_blank" title="Bingöl Elmas - homepage">Bingöl Elmas</a><br> <a href="http://www.asminfilm.com/" target="_blank" title="Sirin Bahar Demirel - homepage">Sirin Bahar Demirel</a><br> <br> <br> <b>Press Links:</b><br> Z-Bar - <a href="http://www.z-bar.de/" target="_blank" title="Z-Bar">http://www.z-bar.de/</a><br> <a href="http://directorsloungeblog.tumblr.com" target="_blank" title="Directors Lounge Magazin">Directors Lounge</a><br></p> </body>