Erden Kıral Explained

Erden Kıral
Birth Date:	10 April 1942
Birth Place:	Kocaeli, Gölcük, Turkey
Death Place:	Kumluca, Antalya, Turkey
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1978–2022
Spouse:
Children:	1

Erden Kıral (10 April 1942 – 17 July 2022) was a Turkish film director and screenwriter.^[1] He directed 12 films from 1978 on. His 1979 film, The Canal, was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival,^[2] and his 1983 film, A Season in Hakkari, was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize.^[3] Five years later, his film, Hunting Time, was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4] He was of Georgian descent through his mother.^[5]

Selected filmography

• The Canal (1979)
• On Fertile Lands (Turkish: Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde; 1980)
• A Season in Hakkari (1983)
• Hunting Time (1988)
• The Blue Exile (1993)

Notes and References

1. News: Yönetmen Erden Kıral yaşamını yitirdi . Director Erden Kıral passed away . . 17 July 2022 . 18 July 2022.
2. Web site: 11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979) . 18 January 2013 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102012/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 . 3 April 2014.
3. Web site: Berlinale: 1983 Prize Winners . 18 November 2010 . berlinale.de . 22 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322155842/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1983/03_preistr_ger_1983/03_Preistraeger_1983.html . dead.
4. Web site: Berlinale: 1988 Programme . 4 March 2011 . berlinale.de.
5. News: Kutlar. Onat. 1993. Erden'e küçük bir sinopis. A little synopsis to Erden. Turkish. Cumhuriyet. OpenAccess Marmara. 17 May 2022.