Ice Cream, I Scream
| Ice Cream, I Scream | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yüksel Aksu |
| Produced by | Yüksel Aksu Tankut Kılınç Eyüp Boz |
| Written by | Yüksel Aksu |
| Starring | Turan Ozdemir |
| Music by | Baba Zula |
| Cinematography | Sedat Karadeniz |
| Editing by | Yıldız Uysal, Figen Erdöş |
| Release date(s) | November 24, 2006 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Language | Turkish |
Ice Cream, I Scream (Turkish: Dondurmam Gaymak) is an award-winning 2006 Turkish comedy film written and directed by Yüksel Aksu. Only one professional actor, Turan Özdemir, starred in the movie, the rest being residents of Muğla, Turkey.
The film was Turkey's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[1][2]
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[edit] Plot
Ali, who is ice cream salesman in Mugla, tries to survive in the face of fierce competition from the big ice cream brands. While trying to promote his ice cream, he tours the village with his brand new yellow ice cream motorbike. However the naughty boys of the town who are chasing him to have free ice cream, steal the motorbike while he is away. Still repaying the debts for the loan on his motorbike, Ali becomes furious and accuses the big ice cream brands of stealing the car in order to destroy him. He starts investigating the theft of his motorbike asking one by one to the sellers of the big brands, while all along the naughty boys are enjoying their free ice cream.
[edit] Awards
After gaining a submission for the Academy Awards,[3] Dondurmam Gaymak was chosen to be the opening movie at the Queens Film Festival,[4] as well as winning two Queens Spirit awards including Best Comedy Director for Yüksel Aksu[5] and Best Comedy Film.[5] It won a Special Jury award at Istanbul International Film Festival,[6][7] and won an Ankara Movie Awards for Special Jury Awards,[6] People's Jury Awards and Best Actor (Turan Özdemir).[8]
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[edit] References
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (2006-10-19). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117952315.html?nav=news&categoryid=1985&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ "Foreign language Oscar nominees announced". The New Zealand Herald. 2007-01-17. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/location/story.cfm?l_id=34&objectid=10419560. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ "2007 Foreign Language Oscar: European submissions". http://european-films.net/content/view/401/52/. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ "Queens International Film Festival 2006 Schedule of Event". http://www.queensfilmfestival.com/content/view/274/93/. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ a b "Queens International Film Festival 2006 Nominees and Winners". http://www.queensfilmfestival.com/content/view/286/97/. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ a b http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816150/awards
- ^ "25. Uluslararası İstanbul Film Festivali Ödülleri" (in Turkish). http://www.iksv.org/film/film.asp?cid=184. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ "Festival’in Kazananları Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20070809124031/http://www.filmfestankara.org.tr/odul.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
[edit] External links
- Official website for the film
- Dondurmam Gaymak at the Internet Movie Database
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