Black Horse Memories

Black Horse Memories
Black Horse Memories
Directed by	Shahram Alidi
Screenplay by	Shahram Alidi
Produced by	Shahram Alidi
Starring	Berrak Tüzünataç; Diman Zandi; Şenay Aydın; Vildan Atasever; Aziz Çapkurt; Bilal Bulut; Maryam Bobani; Tara Jaff; Şevval Sam;
Edited by	Hayedeh Safiyari
Music by	Kayhan Kalhor
Release date	October 2015 (Busan International Film Festival);
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Iran; Turkey
Languages	Kurdish; Turkish

Black Horse Memories (Persian: خاطرات اسب سیاه, Turkish: Kara At Hatıraları, Kurdish: Bîranîna hespa res), is a 2015 Iranian-Turkish drama film directed by Shahram Alidi. It is the second film by Alidi.^[1]

Plot

A black horse plunges to her memories with Aaseke. They have been close friends since their childhood. Now, Aaseke is martyred during her mission with her friends. These young boy-and-girl fighters endeavor to teach Kurdish language in Kurdistan villages in confrontation with central government. Teaching and even talking Kurdish have been banned in Turkey for many years. Her comrades are trying to reveal the place of her corpse was hidden, and then they are carrying out her will before burial ceremony. She has some points in her will list. The important one is meeting again her black horse. They start seeking to find the black horse.

Cast

Berrak Tüzünataç as Zaria
Diman Zandi as Aseke
Şenay Aydın as Anahita
Vildan Atasever as Vian
Aziz Çapkurt as Elias
Bilal Bulut as Khezr
Maryam Bobani as Aseke's Mother
Tara Jaff as Shahmaran
Şevval Sam as Nurse

Accolades

20th Busan International Film Festival/ South Korea. October 1–10, 2015^[2]
2nd Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival/ Australia. November 19–29, 2015 ^[3]
9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Brisbane/ Australia. November 26, 2015^[4]
15th !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival, Turkey, February 18–28, 2016. "!f Inspired Competition" section^[5]
4th Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. September 9–16, 2016^[6]
Slemani International Film Festival, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. October 1–4, 2016 "Competition"^[7]
Winner of Special Jury Prize, 9th Kurdish Filmdays "Sercavan" Vienna, Austria. November 24–27, 2016^[8]

References

^ AsiaOne.com^{[dead link]}
^ "Competitive section "New Currents" http://www.biff.kr
^ "Non Competitive Festival" http://brisbaneasiapacificfilmfestival.com/ Archived 2017-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Competition"http://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com
^ "My Blog".
^ 'Kurdish Features Competition' http://duhokiff.com/ Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ section http://www.slemanifest.com/
^ "Home". sercavan.at.

External links

Black Horse Memories at IMDb
Black Horse Memories^{[dead link]} in the 20th Busan International Film Festival
Black Horse Memories: Busan Review
Black Horse Memories Iranian films win awards at Slemani festival
Black Horse Memories Istanbul International Independent Film Festival
Black Horse Memories
Horse Memories Islamic Republic News Agency
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[1] AsiaOne.com^{[dead link]}

[2] "Competitive section "New Currents" http://www.biff.kr

[3] "Non Competitive Festival" http://brisbaneasiapacificfilmfestival.com/ Archived 2017-02-04 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Competition"http://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com

[5] "My Blog".

[6] 'Kurdish Features Competition' http://duhokiff.com/ Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine

[7] section http://www.slemanifest.com/

[8] "Home". sercavan.at.

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