New Turkish Films -

Heroes

Original title: "şehitler"

Directed by

köken ergun Köken Ergun (born 1976, Istanbul) is a filmmaker and video artist. His works mainly deal with the different ways rituals are used to maintain communities and nation states. Ergun works collaboratively with his subjects over an extended period of time, and often involves contributions of ethnographers, historians and sociologists. His films received several awards at film festivals including the “Tiger Award for Short Film” at the 2007 Rotterdam Film Festival and the “Special Mention Prize” at the 2013 Berlinale.

Cinematography by

batu tezyüksel

Edited by

köken ergun

Music by

n/a


Color: color, Running time: 88, Format: digital video, Countries: TR, AUS, Languages: TR, EN


Producer(s)
köken ergun same as director
Production company(s)

studio ergun

Synopsis

Each year crowds of Turkish, Australian and New Zealander tourists travel to Gallipoli, Turkey for a modern day pilgrimage. They honor their fallen soldiers who lost their lives in one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War One. With heightened emotions, they move around the historical battlefields, graves and war monuments, with the help of guided tours tailored for each community.Over the course of two years, Köken Ergun joined various Gallipoli tours, recording divergent war narratives told by different tour guides, emotional reactions of..

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