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Gökhan Tiryaki

Cinematographer

“I look at the drama. If in a scene the drama is good, that is the best frame for me. The best frame is the one with the best sound, the best acting; the light can be bad if the acting is good.”

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, 2011

Turkey’s pre-eminent auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan took home the Grand Prix prize from the Cannes Film Festival with this hypnotic, slow-burning neo-noir. In Ceylan’s trademark visual rhythms, mysteries stack upon mysteries in an enigmatic journey through a landscape, a murder, and a chiaroscuro night.

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THE WILD PEAR TREE

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, 2018

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s follow-up to the Palme d’Or-winner Winter Sleep is a sumptuous and evocative drama that delicately paints a contrast between grand aspirations and daily small-town life. With a Chekhovian flourish, the Turkish auteur explores the bittersweet emotions of returning home.