Ice Cream, I Scream
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| Directed by | Yüksel Aksu |
| Written by | Yüksel Aksu |
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| Starring | Turan Özdemir |
| Cinematography | Sedat Karadeniz |
| Edited by |
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| Music by | Baba Zula |
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| Distributed by | Özen Film |
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Running time | 105 minutes[1] |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
Ice Cream, I Scream (Turkish: Dondurmam Gaymak) is a 2006 Turkish comedy film written and directed by Yüksel Aksu and starring Turan Özdemir, the film's sole professional actor; the rest being residents of Muğla, Turkey.
The film was Turkey's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Ali, who is ice cream salesman in Muğla, tries to survive in the face of fierce competition from the big ice cream brands. While trying to promote his ice cream, he tours the village with his brand new yellow ice cream motorbike. However the naughty boys of the town who are chasing him to have free ice cream, steal the motorbike while he is away. Still repaying the debts for the loan on his motorbike, Ali becomes furious and accuses the big ice cream brands of stealing the car in order to destroy him. He starts investigating the theft of his motorbike asking one by one to the sellers of the big brands, while all along the naughty boys are enjoying their free ice cream.
Cast
[edit]- Turan Özdemir as Ali
- Nejat Altinsoy as Komunist Mustafa
- Mehmet Amca as Arif Dede
- Levent Aras as Coban
- Ayse Aslan as the mother
- Gulnihal Demir as Canfeda
- Arap Fevzi as Arap Fevzi
- Ulas Saribas as Kamil
- Recep Yener as Imam
- Metin Yildiz as Gasteci Metin
- Ali Sefik Tavil as Kamil Baba
- Ismet Can Suda as Tingoz Kerim
Awards
[edit]After gaining a submission for the Academy Awards,[4] Dondurmam Gaymak was chosen to be the opening movie at the Queens Film Festival,[5] as well as winning two Queens Spirit awards including Best Comedy Director for Yüksel Aksu[6] and Best Comedy Film.[6] It won a Special Jury award at Istanbul International Film Festival,[7][8] and won an Ankara Movie Awards for Special Jury Awards,[7] People's Jury Awards and Best Actor (Turan Özdemir).[9]
See also
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- Cinema of Turkey
- List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
[edit]- ^ "DONDURMAM GAYMAK [ICE SCREAM,I SCREAM] (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (19 October 2006). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- ^ "Foreign language Oscar nominees announced". The New Zealand Herald. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- ^ "2007 Foreign Language Oscar: European submissions". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ^ "Queens International Film Festival 2006 Schedule of Event". Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ^ a b "Queens International Film Festival 2006 Nominees and Winners". Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ^ a b "Dondurmam Gaymak - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "25. Uluslararası İstanbul Film Festivali Ödülleri" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ^ "Festival'in Kazananları Belli Oldu" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.