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Nothing in Its Place
2024, 76 min, Turkish
Turkey, Germany, South Korea
Commissioned by Jeonju Cinema Project
International Premiere: Karlovy Film Festival, Proxima Competition
In 1978, five leftist youths, who believed that the leftist revolution could be achieved through politics, not violence, gathered in a house and began to discuss the magazine they had published. The subsequent events, which took place that night, revealed the political chaos that existed in Turkey prior to the 1980 coup d’état.
Festivals
São Paulo (Mostra) International Film Festival, São Paulo / Brasil
Adana Film Festival, Adana / Turkey
Filmfest Hamburg, Hamburg / Germany
Monterrey International Film Festival / Monterrey, Mexico
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary / Czechia
Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju / South Korea
Selected Reviews
‘‘Nothing in Its Place was the result of two years of research and interviews; such fieldwork is not only related to character-building, but is also an excavation of memory. Born in 1993, Çevik can only gain access to the ’80s through other people’s stories, archives, and writings. But the film is much more than an exercise exploring second-hand memory; it is a living, breathing object that is not only period-accurate, but looks, smells, and tastes like the 1980s. A stale whiff of the old order combined with the fear and the hope for the future gives the film a paradoxical vitality, even when locked in the vicious cycles of ideological violence nations just can’t seem to break.’’
· “Burak Çevik Explores Turkey’s Political Complexities in Nothing in Its Place” by Savina Petkova, The Film Stage, July 2024
‘‘The remainder of the film, leading to the predetermined ending, is excruciating to watch — not so much because of the explicit verbal and physical violence, but due to the slow but sure trampling of the hope that civilised debate and a “velvet” revolution in politics is a real prospect when power is on the side of one of the two rival camps.’’
· “Nothing in Its Place: The historic drama centred on Turkey's deadly 1978 Bahçelievler massacre” by Mariana Hristova, The Film New Arab, August 2024
Nothing in Its Place
2024, 76 min, Turkish
Turkey, Germany, South Korea
Commissioned by Jeonju Cinema Project
International Premiere: Karlovy Film Festival, Proxima Competition
In 1978, five leftist youths, who believed that the leftist revolution could be achieved through politics, not violence, gathered in a house and began to discuss the magazine they had published. The subsequent events, which took place that night, revealed the political chaos that existed in Turkey prior to the 1980 coup d’état.
Festivals
São Paulo (Mostra) International Film Festival, São Paulo / Brasil
Adana Film Festival, Adana / Turkey
Filmfest Hamburg, Hamburg / Germany
Monterrey International Film Festival / Monterrey, Mexico
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary / Czechia
Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju / South Korea
Selected Reviews
‘‘Nothing in Its Place was the result of two years of research and interviews; such fieldwork is not only related to character-building, but is also an excavation of memory. Born in 1993, Çevik can only gain access to the ’80s through other people’s stories, archives, and writings. But the film is much more than an exercise exploring second-hand memory; it is a living, breathing object that is not only period-accurate, but looks, smells, and tastes like the 1980s. A stale whiff of the old order combined with the fear and the hope for the future gives the film a paradoxical vitality, even when locked in the vicious cycles of ideological violence nations just can’t seem to break.’’
· “Burak Çevik Explores Turkey’s Political Complexities in Nothing in Its Place” by Savina Petkova, The Film Stage, July 2024
‘‘The remainder of the film, leading to the predetermined ending, is excruciating to watch — not so much because of the explicit verbal and physical violence, but due to the slow but sure trampling of the hope that civilised debate and a “velvet” revolution in politics is a real prospect when power is on the side of one of the two rival camps.’’
· “Nothing in Its Place: The historic drama centred on Turkey's deadly 1978 Bahçelievler massacre” by Mariana Hristova, The Film New Arab, August 2024