Muammer Özer
Directing
Biography
He was born in 1945 in Demirköy of Bilecik. His father was a poor railroad worker and he had five siblings. He studied primary school in Demirköy and Adapazarı. He had to quit his education in secondary school. He attended Eskişehir Municipal Theater courses. Like the hero of his last movie, "Hollywood Fugitives", cinema became his passion at a young age due to the influence of the movies he watched. He tried short films in Cyprus, where he did his military service. He shot commercials in Eskişehir. He organized public cinema courses at the public education center. In 1967, he directed the short films "Çıban Başı" and "The Story of the Soil Man". In 1970, he worked at the Gayewerke film studio in Germany. He studied cinema in Finland, where he stayed for five years. He emigrated to Sweden in 1977. After "Kördükum", which he shot in 1970, he continued his work with American theater in 1976 and documentaries called "Ali" in 1982. In 1983 he directed his first feature film in Sweden. "Kara Sevdalı Bulut", which he shot in 1987, hit the censorship wall with its subject of torture before September 12. After long studies with censorship, the ban was lifted. He has lived in Sweden since 1977. IMDB bio by yusufpiskin
Known For
The story of a family who moved from a village to Istanbul with two children in order to live a better life, but ended up living in an abandoned bus due to poverty and lack of accommodation.
Bir Avuç Cennet
After martial law is declared, Sibel is taken in. Sibel, who has completely lost her self after the torture, tries to hold on to life. But her husband Atilla's questions about what happened in Sibel's custody will become frequent.
Cloud in Love
The Earth Man, a small clay figurine, lives in a small town in Anatolia in Turkey. But he dreams of going to Europe and finally arrives in Sweden. In Sweden it's not that easy to get rich. There are many temptations and difficulties and in the be bad times, he can not decide himself about his destiny.
The Earth Man
Ömer lives with his family in a suburb of Stockholm. One of his sons, Kemal, respect his father's strict authoritarian and traditional Muslim values. The other Metin wants to live for more liberal norms. A conflict between the two brothers arise.
Splittring
The two friends Tuna & Fedai, who lead their lives with various mischief, decide to escape to Hollywood to fulfill their dreams.
Hollywood Runaways
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Çıraklar
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Kördüğüm
Utlänningen is a typical exponent of independent, exile and migrant filmmaking. It contains documentary footage from both Finland and Turkey and depicts the situation of the forced migrant: to be placed in-between two countries and two different socio-political situations; between the on-going political struggle in a remote Turkey and the current situation in a foreign Finland. Özer acts the leading part in the film.
Utlänningen
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Barış kavgası
Documentary about children whose parents ended up in prison after the 1980 military coup in Turkey. What does imprisonment, captivity and torture mean for children? Do they understand? How do they describe the events and the longing they carry?
I Miss You
Invandrarkvinnor is a documentary made in collaboration with IFFI, the International Association for Immigrant Women in Sweden. Özer’s film is a rare documentation of the work of IFFI and recounts both painful and empowering stories of immigrant women.