Houses With Small Windows

Original Title: Houses With Small Windows

15' | 2013 (Completed)

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Director:	Bülent Öztürk
Producer:	Hanne Phlypo, Antoine Vermeesch
Writer:	Mizgin Mujde Arslan, Bülent Öztürk

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With his own very personal take, Belgian-Kurdish director Bülent Öztürk addresses the fact that, every year, 5,000 women are murdered in honour killings around the world.

synopsis

A powerful poetic portrait of honour killing in the rural Kurdish southeast of Turkey. Twenty-two-year-old Dilan pays for her forbidden love for a young man in a neighbouring village with her life. She has shamed the family and therefore must die at the hands of her own brothers. And as tradition will have it, the killing must be compensated. Yet another victim must suffer, and six-year-old Emine is given to Dilan's relatives.
Houses With Small Windows est le portrait puissant, encore atténué, d’un crime d’honneur dans les zones rurales du sud-est kurde en Turquie. A 22 ans, Dilan paye de sa vie, son amour interdit pour un jeune homme d’un village voisin. Elle est la honte de sa famille et doit donc mourir des mains de ses propres frères.
Comme l’exige la tradition, son meurtre doit être compensé par une personne vivante. L’autre victime sera Emine, petite file de 6 ans livrée aux parents de Dilan. L’enfant sanglotant, réduite à une simple valeur d’échange, est arraché à sa mère.
Le réalisateur belgo-kurde Bülent Öztürk raconte cette histoire tragique pour une raison majeure. Sa mère ayant été victime du même type d’échange que la petite Emine.
Chaque année, 5000 femmes sont victimes de crimes d’honneur dans le monde. Chez le peuple kurde, cette pratique est très répandue. Houses With Small Windows traite de cet "honneur” avec une émotion bouleversante en conservant sobriété et poésie. Dans de belles images désolées, le silence porte une ombre sur les tragédies qui se déroulent, les rendant davantage insupportables. Plutôt que de livrer une quelconque explication ou exprimer le pardon, le réalisateur nous présente la réalité amère qui pèse sur des communautés entières en laissant le spectateur sans voix.

Credits

Director
Bülent Öztürk
Producer
Hanne Phlypo, Antoine Vermeesch
Writer
Mizgin Mujde Arslan, Bülent Öztürk
Cast
Mizgin Mujde Arslan, Emine Korkmaz
Editing
Bert Jacobs, Jan Hameeuw, Pieter Smet
Photography
Hadewych Cocquyt
Art direction
Bülent Öztürk
Costume
Bülent Öztürk
Sound
Pol Vanlaer
Music
Saïd Henareh

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2013
Production status
Completed
Original title
Houses With Small Windows
Original language
Kurdic

Technical specs

Running time
15'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Colour
Colour

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Contact

Clin d'oeil films (Brussel)

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1060 Brussel
Belgium

info@clindoeilfilms.be

www.clindoeilfilms.be

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2014: Tampere Film Festival (FI), Sofia International Film Festival (BG), Minimalen Short Film Festival (NO), Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille (FR), Next Film Festival (RO), Festival l'Europe autour de l'Europe (FR), Filmfest Dresden (DE), Brussels Short Film Festival (BE), Festival del Cinema Europeo (IT), Encontros de Viana Cinema (PT), Eurocine - Festival de Cine Europeo en Colombia (CO), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DE), Kingbonn Short Film Festival (CN), VIS Vienna Independent Shorts (AT), Krakow Film Festival (PL), Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (IL), Festroia International Film Festival (PT), Tabor Film Festival (HR), Mediterranean Film Festival Split (HR), Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival (PT), Jerusalem Film Festival (IL), European Film Festival Palic (SR), Capalbio Cinema (IT), Psarokokalo Film Festival (GR), Syros Film Festival (GR), Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival (XK), BuSho Budapest Short Film Festival (HU), Oostende Film Festival (BE), Nederlands Film festival (NL), Nice Film Festival (FR), Festival of Mediterranean Short Film Tangier (MA), Heartland Film Festival (US), Petaluma Film Festival (US), Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (GR), Miami Short Film Festival (US), Timishort (RO), Panorama of European Cinema (GR), Uppsala International Short Film Festival (SE), Museu del Cinema Girona (ES), International Izmir Short Film Festival (TR), European Film Forum Scanorama (LT), Alcine Festival de Cine (ES), Aarhus Film Festival (DK), Filmfest Braunschweig (DE), Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden (DE), Black Nights Sleepwalkers Student and Short Film Festival (EE), ZOOM Brühler Kinotreff e.V. (DE), Agenda 14 Short Film Festival (LK)
2013: Biennale Venice (IT), Adana Film Festival (TR), Antalya Film Festival (TR), Opening Short Film - Gent Film Fest (BE), Duhok International Film Festival (IQ), Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival (ES), Cinemed (FR), Zinebi - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film (ES), European Film Awards, CISO : Ciso Service Center, Leuven Short Film Fest (BE)

Awards

2014: First prize in the Mediterranean and Arab Countries Competition - Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (IL), Best Short / Special Mention in the Regeneration Lab - Capalbio Cinema (IT), Ensor for Best Short Film - Oostende Film Festival (BE), Special Jury Mention - Miami Short Film Festival (US)2013: Best European Short - Biennale Venice (IT), Nomination Best European Short - European Film Awards, Best Kurdish Film - Duhok Internatioanl Film Festival (IQ)