Ivy (2015 film)

Ivy (Turkish: Sarmaşık) is a 2015 Turkish drama film written and directed by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik. After premiering in-competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, the film continued its festival circuit, screening at more than 30 international film festivals, including Toronto IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, Sao Paulo IFF and Sydney FF. The film won four awards at the Antalya International Film Festival (previously known as Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival) including Best Film and Best Director, making Karacelik one of the youngest directors to ever receive the Golden Orange.

Ivy
Film poster
Directed byTolga Karaçelik
Written byTolga Karaçelik
StarringNadir Sarıbacak
Release date
  • 26 January 2015 (2015-01-26) (Sundance)
  • 17 April 2015 (2015-04-17) (Turkey)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

Cast
  • Nadir Sarıbacak as Cenk
  • Hakan Karsak as Nadir
  • Kadir Çermik as Ismail
  • Özgür Emre Yıldırım as Alper
  • Osman Alkaş as Beybaba
  • Seyithan Özdemir as Kürt

Critical reception

The film was met with widespread acclaim from international publications, Nisimagazine, the official publication of NISI MASA - European Network of Young Cinema, wrote after seeing the film at Karlovy film Festival that it "displays narrative and visual mastery in exploring the decay of conventions of all kinds" In his piece for CineVue after the East End screening, Allie Gemmill says that Karacelik has the slow-burning psychological drama nailed down, with "the right mixture of character and world building, a solid if not deceptively simple premise and a large enough injection of tension to sustain a feature-length plot;" contending "This is a brilliant piece of filmmaking: quiet in tone but deeply unsettling and entirely engrossing."[1] In his article What A Turkish Film Can Teach Us About American Fear for TIME magazine, Elliot Ackerman sees the universality of implementing fear as a way to control societal order.[2] Less impressed reviews came from Variety's Dennis Harvey and Hollywood Reporter's Boyd Van Hoeij, who both commend the film for its strong performances, however finding it "more ambitious than controlled."[3][4]

The film gained a cult following with the younger generation in Turkey, who appreciate the political allegory amidst the lack of criticism everyone is accustomed to, with the Cenk character being highly relatable for many.

Awards and nominations
Film Festival / Cultural Initiative Category Recipient(s) Result
Sundance Film Festival 2015[5] World Cinema - Dramatic Competition Ivy Nominated
50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [6] East of the West Competition Ivy Nominated
56th Thessaloniki Film Festival[7] Golden Alexander Tolga Karacelik Nominated
14th East End Film Festival[8] Best Feature Film Ivy Won
49th International Antalya Film Festival[9] Best Film

Best Director

Best Screenplay

Best Actor

 Bilge Elif Turhan - Tolga Karacelik

Tolga Karacelik

Tolga Karacelik

Nadir Saribacak

 Won

Won

Won

Won

SIYAD Turkish Film Critics Association Award[10] Best Actor

Best Supporting Actor

 Nadir Sarıbacak

Ozgur Emre Yildirim

 Won

Won

Lecce European Film Festival Cineuropa Prize Won
36th Istanbul Film Festival National Competition - Best Turkish Film of the Year Tolga Karacelik Nominated (withdrawn due to censorship[11])

Release

The film was released theatrically in Turkey on 4 December 2015. It earned a total of 259,281TL (€78,763) in Turkey, reaching an audience of 24,786.[12] The film was released on Netflix.

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References
  1. "East End 2015: 'Ivy' review". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. Ackerman, Elliot. "What a Turkish Film Can Teach Us About American Fear". TIME.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. "'Ivy': Sundance Review". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. Harvey, Dennis (3 February 2015). "Sundance Film Review: 'Ivy'". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. "Sundance Film Festival (2015)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  6. "KVIFF | Ivy". www.kviff.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  7. "Thessaloniki Film Festival (2015)". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  8. "Awards | East End Film Festival". www.eastendfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  9. "Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2015)". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  10. "SIYAD Turkish Film Critics Association Award (2016)". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  11. Letsch, Constanze (13 April 2015). "Film-makers withdraw from Istanbul festival in censorship protest". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  12. "Sarmaşık - Box Office Türkiye". Box Office Türkiye. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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