Ceyda Torun knew exactly what she wanted to be the subject of her first feature film: the street cats of Istanbul, her hometown. The result? “Kedi,” a documentary about a handful of the hundreds of thousands of cats that wander the streets of the Turkish city freely.
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“I grew up literally with these cats in the backyards of our apartment building,” Torun told IndieWire Editor at Large Anne Thompson in a Q&A following a showing of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series. “In my childhood 30 years ago, we didn’t have technology, we didn’t have more than TV stations, so literally these cats were my world. When we left the country and started living elsewhere from the time that I was 11, the one thing that was missing were the cats.
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“I grew up literally with these cats in the backyards of our apartment building,” Torun told IndieWire Editor at Large Anne Thompson in a Q&A following a showing of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series. “In my childhood 30 years ago, we didn’t have technology, we didn’t have more than TV stations, so literally these cats were my world. When we left the country and started living elsewhere from the time that I was 11, the one thing that was missing were the cats.
- 11/21/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
KEDi director Ceyda Torun: "Cats are so omnipresent." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
There are film cat people such as Michael Haneke seen in Yves Montmayeur's Michael H - Profession: Director with Yves' cat Félix, Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come, Céline's Bébert in Emmanuel Bourdieu's Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Robert De Niro with Lil Bub of Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner's Lil Bub & Friendz at the Tribeca Film Festival and then there is Ceyda Torun's sharp-eyed documentary KEDi with Istanbul as cat central.
Duman has an unforgettable style of scoring little plates of smoked turkey and slices of Manchego cheese
In 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art for Funny Games (starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet), when Michael Haneke was asked by Ed Bahlman if he had any pets, he stated that he is "a cat person.
There are film cat people such as Michael Haneke seen in Yves Montmayeur's Michael H - Profession: Director with Yves' cat Félix, Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come, Céline's Bébert in Emmanuel Bourdieu's Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Robert De Niro with Lil Bub of Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner's Lil Bub & Friendz at the Tribeca Film Festival and then there is Ceyda Torun's sharp-eyed documentary KEDi with Istanbul as cat central.
Duman has an unforgettable style of scoring little plates of smoked turkey and slices of Manchego cheese
In 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art for Funny Games (starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet), when Michael Haneke was asked by Ed Bahlman if he had any pets, he stated that he is "a cat person.
- 6/27/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sari's kittens in Ceyda Torun's KEDi, her sharp-eyed documentary on what it means to be a cat in present day Istanbul.
Cat people Michael Haneke, Haruki Murakami, Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come, and Emmanuel Bourdieu's Bébert in Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Kazuki Kitamura and Tamanojo in Takeshi Watanabe and Yoshitaka Yamaguchi's Samurai Cat (Neko zamurai), Robert De Niro favourite Lil Bub of Lil Bub & Friendz, and Sebastián Lelio when he spoke on Gloria, are the supporting cast in my conversation with Ceyda Torun at the Bowery Hotel in New York.
On following Sari - on her level: "It's all the nimble handiwork of Charlie Wuppermann, my cinematographer, and Alp Korfalı, who is a local, great cinematographer himself."
KEDi is a carefully and joyfully assembled collage of our interspecies interactions. Istanbul is cat city. They arrived thousands of years ago and...
Cat people Michael Haneke, Haruki Murakami, Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's Elle and Mia Hansen-Løve's Things To Come, and Emmanuel Bourdieu's Bébert in Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Kazuki Kitamura and Tamanojo in Takeshi Watanabe and Yoshitaka Yamaguchi's Samurai Cat (Neko zamurai), Robert De Niro favourite Lil Bub of Lil Bub & Friendz, and Sebastián Lelio when he spoke on Gloria, are the supporting cast in my conversation with Ceyda Torun at the Bowery Hotel in New York.
On following Sari - on her level: "It's all the nimble handiwork of Charlie Wuppermann, my cinematographer, and Alp Korfalı, who is a local, great cinematographer himself."
KEDi is a carefully and joyfully assembled collage of our interspecies interactions. Istanbul is cat city. They arrived thousands of years ago and...
- 3/27/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Plenty of directors have gleefully disregarded W.C. Fields’ old movie adage – “never work with children or animals” – but documentary filmmaker Ceyda Torun all but tossed it out the window when it came time to make her feature debut. With “Kedi,” Torun is all about the animals, specifically an adorable series of Turkish street cats that happily make their homes on the streets of Istanbul. The result is a wonderfully unique and deeply charming look at feral felines and the many humans who love and care for them, all told from a distinctly cat’s eye view.
For the Turkish filmmaker, the indelible cats that roam the various neighborhoods that make up her hometown are more than just subjects, they are cherished friends, and the film finds its true heart when it illuminates the special bonds between the cats and the people who endeavor to make their lives better though food,...
For the Turkish filmmaker, the indelible cats that roam the various neighborhoods that make up her hometown are more than just subjects, they are cherished friends, and the film finds its true heart when it illuminates the special bonds between the cats and the people who endeavor to make their lives better though food,...
- 2/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Spc confirms deal for Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland road movie.
Sony Pictures Classics confirmed on Thursday it has acquired multiple rights from CAA and Bac Films to Paolo Virzì’s follow-up to his acclaimed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection Like Crazy.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward...
Sony Pictures Classics confirmed on Thursday it has acquired multiple rights from CAA and Bac Films to Paolo Virzì’s follow-up to his acclaimed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection Like Crazy.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward...
- 9/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics confirmed on Thursday it has acquired multiple rights from CAA and Bac Films to Paolo Virzì’s follow-up to his acclaimed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection Like Crazy.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward to bringing Paolo Virzi’s film to audiences in the United States and around...
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward to bringing Paolo Virzi’s film to audiences in the United States and around...
- 9/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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