Sabri Kaliç

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 {1 frame!}, 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]

References

^ Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Sabri Kaliç". teis.yesevi.edu.tr. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ Sayıcı, Fırat (November 5, 2012). "Sabri Kaliç: Bozuk kamerayla yanlışlıkla film çekince deneysel sinema olmuyor!". Cinedergi (in Turkish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ "Okulda ilk porno tez 21 yıl önce İzmir'de yapıldı". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ "Bir Dahinin Ölümü". October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ ""Kısa filme destek verilsin"". Milli Gazete (in Turkish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ Erkazanci, Hilal (2009). "Language Planning in Turkey: a Source of Censorship on Translations". In Moniz, Maria Lin; Seruya, Teresa (eds.). Translation and Censorship in Different Times and Landscapes. Cambridge Scholars. pp. 241–51. ISBN 978-1-4438-0902-3.
^ Göztepe, Mustafa Orhan (2010). Politik Sinema Olanağı Olarak Deneysel Sinema [Experimental Cinema as a Possibility of Political Cinema] (Thesis) (in Turkish). ProQuest 2561939181.^{[page needed]}
^ AQA 63336 (2010). More Brilliant Answers. Profile. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-84765-271-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ [1] Archived December 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[1] Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Sabri Kaliç". teis.yesevi.edu.tr. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[2] Sayıcı, Fırat (November 5, 2012). "Sabri Kaliç: Bozuk kamerayla yanlışlıkla film çekince deneysel sinema olmuyor!". Cinedergi (in Turkish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[3] "Okulda ilk porno tez 21 yıl önce İzmir'de yapıldı". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[4] "Bir Dahinin Ölümü". October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[5] ""Kısa filme destek verilsin"". Milli Gazete (in Turkish). Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[6] Erkazanci, Hilal (2009). "Language Planning in Turkey: a Source of Censorship on Translations". In Moniz, Maria Lin; Seruya, Teresa (eds.). Translation and Censorship in Different Times and Landscapes. Cambridge Scholars. pp. 241–51. ISBN 978-1-4438-0902-3.

[7] Göztepe, Mustafa Orhan (2010). Politik Sinema Olanağı Olarak Deneysel Sinema [Experimental Cinema as a Possibility of Political Cinema] (Thesis) (in Turkish). ProQuest 2561939181.^{[page needed]}

[8] AQA 63336 (2010). More Brilliant Answers. Profile. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-84765-271-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[9] [1] Archived December 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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