Authors

Özlem Köksal

 

Özlem Köksal received her PhD (2011) from University of London, Birkbeck College with a dissertation examining the relation between collective memory, history, and cinema in Turkey. She is the editor of World Film Locations: Istanbul (forthcoming, Intellect 2012).

 

ARTICLES BY Özlem Köksal

  • Where the Truth Lies

    Where the Truth Lies

    Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turkey, 2011.

    Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia opens with a scene in which the truth is buried; it is there in front of us but hidden. The first thing we see is an image that is shot fr..

  • In the Shadow of Words: Le Trio Joubran in Memoriam of Mahmoud Darwish

    In the Shadow of Words: Le Trio Joubran in Memoriam of Mahmoud Darwish

    It is inevitable that a dancer watching a dance performance, a film-maker watching a film, a musician watching a concert will take notice of details and little tricks that are not available to most others. A skilful camera movement, a new interpretation of a well-k..