TransAsia

Purpose

TransAsia train which makes regular trips between the two countries have long-established historical heritage. Due to the coup d’états and change of regimes, these very countries’ ebb and floods never cease. They wander on the thin line between amity and animosity with each other, and the train which forms the focus of the film, voyages between these two eastern countries that western countries try to apprehend.
One of the two is Iran. Iran is under the constant threat of observation and use of military power due to the claim that it “produces nuclear arms”. The horror scenarios are constantly being created concerning Iran. On the other hand, Turkey is the other country defined as a “geopolitical” country. Every single issue related to Turkey is being discussed before the world. Along all these facts, are the folks of the two countries alienated to one another despite their common values, common past and long border vicinity. The film aims to relate the “minor” but essential stories of the TransAsia passengers both within this atmosphere and within the web of these political discourses. The film attaches importance to highlight the passengers’ share of the big picture of the world’s current situation.

The film also aims to display how a life is constructed as a Turkish or an Iranian: how life is rendered meaningful, what are the things that are laughed at, how fun occurs, and the common words in the tongues and common melodies. The film also deals with the issue of refugees that came from Iran to Turkey. The film focuses more on the real, minor details of life. And it asks questions as to what’s going on, rather than being stuck with manipulated agendas.

JAMSHD G. / AYDN R. / TOM R. / FLORIAN / MARIE K. / ERF F. / FATMA F. / MUAFFAK G. / AHNAZ B. / MOHAMMET / MNA R. / MANSURE R. / TURAN S. / AL K. / NUMAN A. / MOHAMMET F. / ELSA Y. / DENISS E. / SARA C. / FATMA F. / MEHMET Y. /
HSEYN R.

This Production has been Produced by The Support of Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Special Thanks For The Contributions

Belgesel Sinemacılar Birliği (BSB)
Mertsa Yemek
Burla Makina Ticareti Ve Yatırım A.Ş.
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Mithat Alam Film Merkezi
İz Tv
Kanguru Stüdyosu
T.C. Devlet Demiryolları
Tatvan Gar Müdürlüğü
Ankara Ticaret Daire Başkanlığı
Yabancılar Hudut İltica Dairesi Başkanlığı
Kayseri Sıgınmacılar Ve Göçmenler Derneği
Nazim Hikmet Kültür Merkezi

Thanks to

Jamshid Ganjineh, Aydin Remezani, Zeycan Elmas, Koray Kesik, Aziz Akal,Hayriye Savaşçioğlu, Cengiz Güven, Fazilet Karakuzu, Özge Akkoyunlu, Deniz Metin, Veli Ergül, Alev Elmas, Hatice Uysal, Eylem Sarıtaş, Orcan Sakallı, Şirin Bahar Demirel, Cemil Elmas

Bülent Arınlı, Mustafa Ünlü, Kemal Öner, Mihriban Tanık, Kemal Alptekin, Sadık Aslankara, Hilmi Etikan, Ümit Kivanç, Burak Dal, Sezgin Türk, Peri Johnson, Elvan Kığılcım, Burhan Gün, Elif Ergezen, Yasin Ali Türkeri, Mustafa Temiztaş, Pelin Albayrakoğlu, Özgür Candan,

Ahmet Sargın, Murat Toy, Faysal Soysal, Burak Şenbak , Sedat Yilmaz, Faik Bulut, Buğra Varol, Ali İlhan, Nefise Ozkal Loretzen, Can Candan, Dilhun Ekmekçi

Muaffak Gülboy, Meryem Remezani,Halaç Aygün, Kadri Yapıcıoğlu, Servet Mungan, Hidir Polat, Şerafettin Doğan, Erol Kodalak, Yusuf Öztürk, Savaş Ünal, Fatma Demir, Ruşen Gülen, Sinan Ağkaya, Sebahattin Yildiz, Kaya Denktaş, Mevlüt Yilmaz, Özgür Esen, Yasemin Çivelekoğlu, Gülbahar Altinkiliç, Şehram Güneş, Turgay Şafak

And My Family