Sabri Kaliç Explained

Sabri Kaliç (May 19, 1966 – September 23, 2012) is a Turkish film director, experimental filmmaker, writer and translator.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Kaliç was born on May 19, 1966 in İzmir. After receiving his BFA in film directing from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir,^[3] 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.^{[4] [5]} He also translated screenplays from English, including that of Trainspotting.^{[6] [7]}

He died on September 23, 2012 in İzmir.

Filmography

• A Fassbinder Lie – 1987 (1/24 second, 16 mm., b/w), supposedly the world's shortest film^[8]
• 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^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sözlüğü. Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. Sabri Kaliç. 2022-02-03. teis.yesevi.edu.tr.
2. Web site: Sayıcı. Fırat. 2012-11-05. Sabri Kaliç: Bozuk kamerayla yanlışlıkla film çekince deneysel sinema olmuyor!. 2022-02-03. Cinedergi. tr.
3. Web site: Okulda ilk porno tez 21 yıl önce İzmir'de yapıldı. 2022-02-03. Sabah. tr.
4. Web site: Bir Dahinin Ölümü. October 11, 2012 . 3 February 2022.
5. Web site: "Kısa filme destek verilsin". 2022-02-03. Milli Gazete. tr.
6. Book: Erkazanci, Hilal . https://books.google.com/books?id=BQEZBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA248 . Translation and Censorship in Different Times and Landscapes . Maria Lin . Moniz . Teresa . Seruya . Cambridge Scholars . 2009 . 978-1-4438-0902-3 . Language Planning in Turkey: a Source of Censorship on Translations . 241–51 .
7. . Göztepe . Mustafa Orhan . 2010 . Politik Sinema Olanağı Olarak Deneysel Sinema . Experimental Cinema as a Possibility of Political Cinema . tr .
8. Book: More Brilliant Answers . 90 . AQA 63336 . Profile . 2010 . 978-1-84765-271-3.
9. http://www.telifhaklari.gov.tr/belge/1-86778/sinema-destekleme-kurulunun-20102-sayili-karari.html