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Time to Leave

Original title: "Vargit Zamanı"

Directed by

Orhan Tekeoglu

OrhanTekeoğlu, script writer&director. Born in Trabzon.In 1983 he graduated from radio-television of Gazi University and worked in Anadolu News Agency ,in Sabah and Milliyet as journalistfor 25 years. He established Medya Ton with Dr. Nurdan Tekeoğlu to make the documentary called İFAKATin 2010,I LOVED YOU SO MUCH,a feature in 2013,EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE, a documentary in 2016,RUDOLF NUREYEV:ISLAND OF HIS DREAMS,a documentary in 2016,TIME TO LEAVE,a documentary in 2019,7 KYBELES in 2020 and UNTOLD STORY OF FATMA KAYACİ, a documentary in 2020.

Cinematography by

Orhan Tekeoglu

Edited by

Naim Kanat

Music by

Remzi Bekar

Main cast

Hasan Atalay


Color: colored, Running time: 57, Format: cinemascope, Countries: Turkey, Languages: Turkish


Producer(s)
Nurdan Tekeoglu Born in İstanbul in 1964. In 1988 shegraduated fromsociology of BosphorusUniversity and latermade her PhD at Marmara University and worked in different national and international companies .When she was head of representative office of Metro AG,she organized short film competitions as social responsibility project for Metro AG withTürsak.She produced İFAKAT,I LOVED YOU SO MUCH,EXTRAODRINARY PEOPLE,RUDOLF NUREYEV:ISLAND OF HIS DREAMS,TIME TO LEAVE,7 KYBELES,UNTOLD STORY OF and directed 2 films: TORN LOVE and 2 DAYS.
Production company(s)

Medya Ton

Awards

4.BEYOND BORDERS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Co-producer(s)

no

Festivals

İSTANBUL FILM FESTİVAL 2019, MOSCOW FILM FESTIVAL 2019, DHAKA FILM FESTIVAL 2020, BARENTS ECOLOGY FILM FESTIVAL 2019, TREBINJE FILM FESTIVAL 2019, TRENTO FILM FESTIVAL 2019, ULJU MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 2019, SENIOR MOVIE FESTIVAL 2020, VARESE INTERNATIOANL FILM FESTIVAL 2020

Synopsis

Brief synopsis: Time to Leave” about a father, whose son – living in Germany – turned ill and wanted to come back and live with the father in a cottage in a mountain area. The father prepares his return, but the son dies and the father regrets that he had no contact with the son, when he was in prison because of drugs

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