Weeping Willow (film)

Weeping Willow
Film poster
Turkish	Salkım Söğüt
Directed by	Ethem Onur Bilgiç
Produced by	Berat İlk
Music by	James Hakan Dedeoğlu
Production company	Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Release date	September 2014 (2014-09)
Running time	4 minutes
Country	Turkey

Weeping Willow (Turkish: Salkım Söğüt) is a 2014 Turkish animated short film directed by Ethem Onur Bilgiç, and produced by Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.[1] It is an animated free adaption of the Nâzım Hikmet poem, "Salkımsöğüt".

Plot

There was a man; who fought through his entire life. He rode from one attack to another, marched on his horse. He was a brave soldier, fought with his pride. But maybe, it was time to watch the soldiers going along the setting sun under the shade of Weeping Willow.[2]

Awards

• 21st International Golden Boll Film Festival, the Best Animated Short Film[3]
• 15th International İzmir Short Film Festival, the Best Animated Short Film[4]

See also

• Nâzım Hikmet

References

1. "Altın Koza'lı filmler Holywood'da" (in Turkish). Ntvmsnbc. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
2. "WEEPING WILLOW // Short Animated".
3. "Altın Koza'da Kısa Film Yarışmaları'nın sonuçları açıklandı" (in Turkish). Zaman. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
4. "Altın Kedi Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

External links

• Teaser on Vimeo