Hi,
There is information on the official site of the movie (http://www.dondurmamgaymak.com) that the movie is a candidate in the Oscar 2007 ceremony (possibly & and very likely of course in best international film category).
Although the site is in Turkish, it sure does say so.
Anyone to back that idea up? I couldn't find anywhere else that confirms this but I sure would looove to see a Turkish movie being a candidate (awarded? even better!)
it s turkey's nominee.. well , the oscar's best movies in a foreign language nominees are not announced yet.. so there is no certanty about that .. and i m pretty sure that it s not gonna be nominated cus it s just not one of those kind of movies which academy likes.. it has no profeccional actors in it so it might be doing some great work at festivals but it s not an ideal movie for oscars.. and golden globe proved my point .. they didnt give nomination to dondurmam gaymak. probably it will be the same with oscars one month later..
again it s already a great succes which this movie made.. very less money and a good , nice film is outcome of the work..
agreed, oscar cares about professional work more than art.
sharei think academy picks up very nice and well-done movies imho.. not always but generally they pick up the best film of the year in that category.. i 'd say dondurmam gaymak shouldnt get the award if i think as a movie-goer.. but as a turkish citizen i'd love to see that happen.. what a bad dilemma is this:)
shareYes, everybody is right....Dondurman Gaymak is Turkey's submission to the Oscars. Unfortunately, Turkey is one of the only European countries that has never been nominated for "Best Foreign Film" at the Oscars, and I don't think this year will be any different. Comedies are rarely nominated in this category (although when they ARE nominated, they often win...) and with 61 countries sending films this year, there is a lot of competition for the Top Five slots.
1- Turkey is not in Europe.
2- This movie is a piece of crap. Well, no wonder it was submitted as national nominee.
1)Do you even own a map?
2)This movie may not be to your liking but some of the major film festivals (that are in Europe as you know it) beg to differ. And you cannot just fling the word 'crap' at a movie ( a movie that is very artistic, that is.) I am not even mentioning the fact that you insulted a country based on your views on a movie. (a movie for Chrissake!) Imdb is not formed so that stuck-up people like you can go in and insult peoples nations.
Finally, (and this may be judging you very unfairly, but well, I am angry) you are an ignorant b**tard!
1- I own a map store and it didn't help at all. Turkey is still not in Europe.
2- Oh come on.
3- I'm not a bastard, you're a bastard. So, stop calling me a bastard.
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You people are taking it too personal. Your countary is just located on some other territory. So deal with it. Not that there's something bad with that. Take Egypt or Mexico, for example. They are not in Europe either, but nobody whines all the time about not being a part of the Europe. It'd be silly, which is the case with you guys right now.
This is the description of europe's physiographical structure from wikipedia.
Europe's eastern frontier is now commonly delineated by the Ural Mountains in Russia (Strabo, Geography 11.1, took the Tanais River to be the boundary, as did early Judaic sources). The southeast boundary with Asia is not universally defined. Most commonly the Ural or, alternatively, the Emba River serve as possible boundaries. The boundary continues to the Caspian Sea, the crest of the Caucasus Mountains or, alternatively, the Kura River in the Caucasus, and on to the Black Sea; the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles conclude the Asian boundary. The Mediterranean Sea to the south separates Europe from Africa. The western boundary is the Atlantic Ocean; Iceland, though nearer to Greenland (North America) than mainland Europe, is generally included in Europe.
Sea of marmara and Bhosphorus and also dardanelles mentioned above are in Turkey and seperating "European" and Asian soils of Turkey.
Also, why would EU have negotiations with Turkey who is on its way to join EU, if Turkey is not in Europe?
That's that straight and simple. Wikipedia would easily make ignorant people educated in just minutes.
the lost is my valuable time spent to explain a very simple fact which is not really a matter of discussion among rational people.
So please read something before posting.
turkey is in europe .. it s not in eu yet if that s the point you were making..maybe it will never be a part of it (EU) but frankly , i dont give a damn..so , just because couple of countries didnt vote for us to join a norrow-minded , old school kind of union , it doesnt mean we r not in europe.. you r intitled to make ur point but you should know every word coming out of your mouth is not necessarly true..
turkey joins champions league ( soccer league ) ,eurovision song contest and various of european organisations every year.. maybe you should warn them about the fact that turkey isn't in europe.. they seem not to know that..
Does its participating in the European Basketball Tournaments make Israel in Europe? Is Syria in Europe, too? If it is, then also Iraq should be in according to that pathethic theory. Does borders of the Europe ever come to an end?
Let's be a little less silly here, if you will.
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I bet you have either greek or cypriot greek (or should i say armenian)background.
Whoever is insulting us,i believe that they still have the pain in their a*s*s*e*s because of their past. LOL
I dont care if you dont see us in Europe.
i wouldnt see myself in the same level someone racist like you (if you consider yourself as an european) so i would prefer to call myself as a human but not aracist.
At this point,i am very proud to call myself as a Turk and a Human..not an animal like a racist.
"The Best offense is good defense "
well , this topic is about dondurmam gaymak's chance for nomination for best movie in an a foreign language.. it was all we were all talking about till you came up with the idea of turkey's geographical location.. so no one here mentioned this "being european thing" out of nothing. and i dont think no one is taking it personal cus it s not really the point here.. the point is you put a number on it and told it like " turkey isnt in europe" like it was related to the topic in any way... what does that have to do with anything? then we all started to talk about it.. it s not really important .. no one is obsessed with being a european .. we r not gonna get anything out of it anyway..
i think it s time to be back to the basics of the topic..
how about dondurmam gaymak:) how was it anyway:)))
lets get serious guys, im turkish my self and i dont think thruey is in europe at all, the culture, traditions are definatly not european and geographically only half of istanbl is in europe, rest is asia.
shareThis movie is awesome, only one word brilliant script, brilliant movie making. I know it won't be in the oscars because armenian lobby in US will not let it happen. I know that director of this movie is in LA right now trying to lobby it but we know the effect of Turkey being a Muslim country puts everybody off. Anyway I think even if you don't like the movie you have to admire the idea behind it, making a movie with only locals, I don't think it has ever been done before. I have to hand it to Yuksel Aksu ( director, writer of the movie and I am so proud to say my own uncle ) that he achieved a lot with this movie, maybe in like 15 years, with another great movie he might come back here, of course thinking optimisticly by then turkish lobby in US will mean something. Again Congratulations Yuksel Aksu, whole crew and my dearest fellow contrymen.
shareI have been to Turkey, and I loved the country and the people....
However, to say that this movie will not be nominated because of the Armenian lobby is ridiculous! The movie was not good enough! How much influence do you think Armenians have over the Oscars?!?!
As for anti-Muslim prejudice, this is also ridiculous....This year, Algeria made the shortlist of nominees...Last year Palestine almost won the award. Bosnia and Iran also made the finals a few years ago.
I don't agree with the choices of the Oscars very often, but that's because so many of the voters are conservative and old...Not because of any anti-Turkish prejudice! I met somebody who was on the Oscar Foreign Film committee last year, and he said that "Lovelorn" (the Turkish nominee), did very well with the committe....but not good enough to make the Top Five.
Well I am a Turk and I also Think that Turkey is not in Europe but then again what is Europe nowadays?? It seems like in 10 or 15 years EU will be dominated by the ex-Soviet countries as well as the Balkan ones. And you people really think that for instance the people of England or France or Belgium-if there will still be a Belgium in the near future- have a lot in common with people from Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria,Romania etc.. except the fact that their religions are the various denominations of the one same religion.It seems that Russia will be the major power in Europe through these newly born mainly ortohodox states and I cant be less inclined to be a part of this anyway..
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