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A STEP INTO THE DARKNESS IN THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 17
“ A human being with nothing to lose can be turned into most dangerous weapon on earth.”
Atıl İnaç's second feature film “A Step Into the Darkness” was in local theaters on September 17, 2010.
The film was premiered at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival in the summer of 2009, where it was highly appraised by Quebecers. It was the opening film of the International Film Festival of Kerala, India.
It won the Golden Reel Award for Best Cinematography at the Tiburon International Film Festival in San Francisco and Best Film Award at the South European Film Festival in Los Angeles.
“A Step Into the Darkness” was written by Avni Özgürel - Atıl İnaç and produced by Ayfer Özgürel. It was shot on location in Iraqi cities of Arbil and Mosul, and in Adiyaman, Urfa, and Istanbul, Turkey.
The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl, Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq. She makes a distressing journey through the border between Turkey and Iraq to find her brother who had been sent to Turkey for treatment.
“A Step Into the Darkness” has been reach the international audience by DVD release in USA and Canada. The US distributer Vanguard introduces the movie as an opposite point of vision in respect to “The Hurt Locker”, winner of six Academy awards.
AWARDS
International San Francisco Tiburon Film Festivali
Best Film award
International Los Angeles South East European Film Festival
Best Film award
International EAST AFRICA Zanzibar Film Festival
Signis award-first commendation
International Ankara Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress
Best Promising Actress
Best Music
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
International Montreal Film Festival - World Premiere
International Kerala Film Festival, INDIA – Opening Film
International Alexandria-EGYPT Film Festival at competition section.
International Romania Film Festival at competition section.
International DENMARK BUSTER film festival at competition section
International Kiev Film Festival at competition section.
International TOKYO SKIP CITY D-Cinema FESTIVAL at competition section
International Osnabruck Film Festival, GERMANY at competition section
International EAST AFRICA Zanzibar Film Festival in competition section
Signis award-first commendation
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival at competition section
International Los Angeles South East European Film Festival at competition section - Best Film award
International San Francisco Tiburon Film Festivali at competition section -
Best Film award
International Galler Film Festival, IRELAND at competition section
International Istanbul Film Festival at competition section
International Ankara Film Festival at competition section
Best Supporting Actress
Best Promising Actress
Best Music
International Golden Minbal, RUSSIA Film Festival at competition section
International Sarajevo Winter Festival
DIRECTOR’S VIEW
A human being with nothing to lose can be turned into most dangerous weapon on earth. Instead of a silent, unnoticed end, when the time is right, those who have nothing to hang on to will destroy not only themselves but also others Hopelessness has come to be the major weapon to accumulate and wield power. One’s hopelessness becomes the unimaginable power of others. That is why in pursuit of power, one’s arch enemy is also one’s best ally. Armies will be formed; wars will be fought against the enemy. By that enemy, one’s power will swell, be righteous and important. This is the biggest and most preposterous game that humanity has come to play since the very beginning. Creating enemies to be powerful; the fear that mobilize masses around one, forsaking what they have and their liberty. All the civilizations have been built by resorting to the dazzling power of fear. We are brothers in arms facing “the other” who are threatening our lives.