Look Again. Jan 19 – 29, 2012 Park City, Utah

Loving Istanbul couple Ayşe and Cemal need only a child to complete their life together, but they cannot conceive. To salvage Cemal’s pride, they resort to illegal means to procure a baby. This wild grab at a more perfect life proves their undoing, leading the couple to spiral toward separate futures. The couple's estrangement is intertwined with the film’s parallel narrative, in which a distant and neglectful single mom is raising her little boy, Can.

Director/screenwriter Raşit Çelikezer conjures up a compelling tale about family, pride, and what we risk when we fail to value what we have. The veteran Turkish cast, including Selen Uçer (Ayşe) and Serdar Orçin (Cemal), allows our understanding of each character to evolve throughout the story. Can honors the tradition of Yeşilçam—shorthand for the golden age of Turkish cinema. As such, Can infuses its traditional premise with an inventive storytelling structure and a fresh take on family sorrows as old as time.

Award Winner
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision - H.Z.

Rasit Celikezer
rasitcelikezer@gmail.com
Istanbul, IST 34430
Turkey
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Raşit Çelikezer was born in Izmir, Turkey. He holds a degree in cinema and television from Dokuz Eylül University. Çelikezer's short films, including Memories of an Ordinary Day (1996), Cocoon (1994), and Duet (1993), have screened at numerous film festivals. He has directed more than 300 episodes of 12 different series for Turkish television. His first feature, 2008's Three Apples Fell from the Sky (Gökten 3 Elma Düştü), won eight festival awards. Çelikezer's plays have been staged across Turkey and translated widely.