If there was one noticeable trend at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival it was the use of black-and-white film. It proved a winner for experimental biopic Dear Thomas in the Official Competition and for Other Cannibals, which won Best First Feature. But there was an award for most playful use of monochrome, it would go to Emre Erdogdu for his breezy dive into the life of drug dealer Yilmaz (Halil Babür) whose fix of choice is the admiration of others. The others in question are the great and the good looking of the hip Istanbul neighbourhood where Yilmaz lives, including musicians, actors and screenwriters who call on him for their artificial highs offering in return, if he could but see it, largely artificial friendship.
Erdogdu's film, which saw Emre Tanyildiz take home the cinematography prize in Tallinn for his work on 16mm stock, even acknowledges its aesthetic choice in a.
Erdogdu's film, which saw Emre Tanyildiz take home the cinematography prize in Tallinn for his work on 16mm stock, even acknowledges its aesthetic choice in a.
- 12/15/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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