Sabri Kaliç
Sabri Kaliç (May 19, 1966 – September 23, 2012) is a Turkish film director, experimental filmmaker, writer and translator.
Sabri Kaliç
- Born
- 1966
- Died
- 2012
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Occupation
- film director · writer · lexicographer
- Languages
- Turkish
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Sabri Kaliç (May 19, 1966 – September 23, 2012) is a Turkish film director, experimental filmmaker, writer and translator.
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Kaliç was born on May 19, 1966 in İzmir. After receiving his BFA in film directing from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, he moved to Istanbul in 1992. Having worked with Turkish film director Sinan Çetin as an assistant for a while, he made his TV film debut with Midnight Hitchhiker in 1995. He also translated screenplays from English, including that of Trainspotting. He died on September 23, 2012 in İzmir.
Filmography
Filmography
• A Fassbinder Lie – 1987 (1/24 second {1 frame!}, 16 mm., b/w), supposedly the world's shortest film • PO"y"EM – 1987 (4 seconds, 16 mm., b/w) • Not The Longest Film You Will Ever See, But... – 1987 (1 second, 16 mm., b/w) • 59" – 1987 (59 seconds, 16 mm., b/w) • Bolero – 1990 (17 min., VHS, color) • Das ist Eine Video-Kunst – 1991 (13 min., VHS, color) • Keine Kunst Bitte – 1991 (9 min., VHS, color) • Douche Opera – 1992 (5 min., VHS, color) • Midnight Hitchhiker – 1995 (87 min, BETACAM, color) • The Spider Web – 1998 (92 min., BETACAM, color) • Sabri Kaliç: CV- 2000 (27 min., BETACAM, color) • Midnight Stories – 2000 (85 min., BETACAM, color) • Non – 2002 (no color, no format) • Stories From Beyond – 2005 (62 min., BETACAM, color) • Stories From Beyond -II – 2005 (59 min., BETACAM, color)
Awards
• 1987 Ankara Film Festival Invitation • 1992 Adana Student Films Festival Invitation • 1992 A Concise History of Experimental Film – Turkish Ministry of Culture "Cinema Book of the Year" Award • 1996 Moths Towards The Fire – Turkish Ministry of Culture "Script of the Year" Award • 1996 Spaghetti With Yogurt – Orhon Murat Ariburnu "Best Film Story" Award • 2005 Meta-Film Award – Experimental Film Award delivered by Meta-Film Underground, Holland • 2010 The Monk and The Butterfly – Screenplay Writing Fund for the film story
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- 1.Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. Sabri Kaliç. teis.yesevi.edu.tr.
- 2.Sayıcı, Fırat. Sabri Kaliç: Bozuk kamerayla yanlışlıkla film çekince deneysel sinema olmuyor!. Cinedergi. 2012-11-05.
- 3.Okulda ilk porno tez 21 yıl önce İzmir'de yapıldı. Sabah.
- 4.Bir Dahinin Ölümü. October 11, 2012.
- 5."Kısa filme destek verilsin". Milli Gazete.
- 6.Erkazanci, Hilal. Translation and Censorship in Different Times and Landscapes. Cambridge Scholars. 241–51. 2009. 978-1-4438-0902-3.
- 7.Göztepe, Mustafa Orhan. Politik Sinema Olanağı Olarak Deneysel Sinema. August 2023.
- 8.AQA 63336. More Brilliant Answers. Profile. 90. 2010. 978-1-84765-271-3.
- 9.http://www.telifhaklari.gov.tr/belge/1-86778/sinema-destekleme-kurulunun-20102-sayili-karari.html
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