Black and White (2010 film)

Black and White Turkish Siyah Beyaz is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Ahmet Boyacolu which tells the stories of a group of regulars at a famous bar in Ankara, and was described by the director as being a film about loneliness, growing old, friendship, solidarity, and that special bond you feel for Ankara. The film, which takes its name from the Siyah Beyaz Bar and Art Gallery where it is set, is according to Todays Zaman reviewer Emine Yldrm an adamant ode to this bar, which has been a landmark of highend art and uppercrust intellectualism for longer thanyears...and on a larger scale, the city it represents through its group of characters. It went on general release across Turkey on April23,201020100423 and was selected for the 47th Antalya Golden Orange International Film Festival and the 59th MannheimHeidelberg Film Festival.

One day, Faruk announces that he can no longer go on running the bar, and wants to shut it down. The regulars try their best to dissuade him.Ahmet Boyacolu, who made his feature directorial debut, following his awardwinning 2001 short The Funeral Turkish Cenaze Treni , with this film, is according to Hrriyet Daily News reviewer Emrah Gler, a revered name for film enthusiasts in Turkey. Hes the founder of the Ankara Cinema Association organizer of the traveling film festival, the Festival on Wheels representative of Turkey in Eurimages a crucial name in Turkeys Golden Boll Film Festival and the unfaltering jury member and name covering various international film festivals for daily Radikal. And that, The cast and the crew are a testament to the respect and admiration felt for one of Turkeys ultimate cinema lovers. ........

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