Zenne Dancer
2012 Turkish film
- 13 January 2012 (2012-01-13)
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Zenne Dancer is a 2012 Turkish drama film directed by Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay.
The film is based upon an honor killing of a student, Ahmet Yıldız, by his family after realizing he was homosexual. The film describes the discrimation that LGBT people in Turkey have to deal with.
Awards
- Best First Film, Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2012)
- Best Film by Siyad (Cinema Critics), Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2012)
- Best Supporting Actor - Erkan Avcı, Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2012)
- Best Supporting Actress - Tilbe Saran, Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2012)
- Best Cinematography, Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2012)
- Vienna LetsCee Film Festival Best Feature Award
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- San Diego Filmout Film Festival Best Foreign Feature Award
- San Diego Filmout Film Festival Best Cinematography
- San Diego Filmout Film Festival Best Soundtrack
- San Diego Filmout Film Festival Best Supporting Actor
- San Diego Filmout Film Festival Freedom Award (M.Binay – C.Alper)
- 2012 Los Angeles International AFFMA Film Festival - Best Director Award
- 2012 Montreal World Film Festival Official Selection
- 2012 SIYAD Turkish Cinema Critics Best Soundtrack of the Year Award
- 2012 Monaco Charity Film Festival Honorary Mention
- 2012 Nuremberg Turkish Film Festival Öngören Prize Human Rights Best Feature Award
- 2012 Amsterdam Rosetagen Film Festival Audience Best Feature Award
- 2012 GQ Men Of The Year - Best Director Award - Caner Alper & Mehmet Binay
- 2013 Bilkent University Cinema Festival - Best Film -
- Bilkent University Cinema Festival Best Director -
- Bilkent University Cinema Festival Best Screenplay -
- Bilkent University Cinema Festival Best Music -
- Bilkent University Cinema Festival Best Cinematography
Cast
- Kerem Can - Can
- Giovanni Arvaneh - Daniel Bert
- Erkan Avcı - Ahmet
- Tilbe Saran - Sevgi
- Rüçhan Çalışkur - Kezban
Choreography
Eserzâde
References
External links
- Zenne Dancer at IMDb
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Honor killing events
chronological, incomplete list
- Isabella di Morra (1545/1546)
- Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy (1825)
- Ernesto Balmaceda Bello (1906)
- Tursunoy Saidazimova (1928)
- Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva (1929)
- Tina Isa (1989)
- Rukhsana Naz (1998)
- Surjit Athwal (1998)
- Tulay Goren (1999)
- Samia Sarwar (1999)
- Pela Atroshi (1999)
- Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu (2000)
- Fadime Şahindal (2002)
- Nitish Katara (2002)
- Anooshe Sediq Ghulam (2002)
- Heshu Yones (2002)
- Shafilea Ahmed (2003)
- Hatun Sürücü (2005)
- Samaira Nazir (2005)
- Gazala Khan (2005)
- Banaz Mahmod (2006)
- Hina Saleem (2006)
- Du'a Khalil Aswad (2007)
- Manoj and Babli (2007)
- Sadia Sheikh (2007)
- Aqsa Parvez (2007)
- Amina and Sarah Said (2008)
- Morsal Obeidi (2008)
- Shailendra Prasad (2008)
- Shafia family murders (2009)
- Sandeela Kanwal (2008)
- Ahmet Yıldız (2008)
- Ayman Udas (2009)
- Noor Almaleki (2009)
- Gelareh Bagherzadeh and Coty Beavers (2012)
- Kohistan honour killings (2012)
- Rania Alayed (2013)
- Farzana Parveen Iqbal (2014)
- Qandeel Baloch (2016)
- Samia Shahid (2016)
- Pranay Kumar (2018)
- Israa Ghrayeb (2019)
- Romina Ashrafi (2020)
- Ali Fazeli Monfared (2021)
- Babak Khorramdin (2021)
- Mona Heydari (2022)
- Tiba al-Ali (2023)
topics
- List of honor killings in Iran
- Honour killing in Pakistan
- Honor killing in the United States
- Guarding the Secrets (1995 book)
- Forbidden Love (Honor Lost) (2003 book)
- Forbidden Lies (2007 film)
- In the Name of the Family (2010 film)
- When We Leave (2010 film)
- Banaz: A Love Story (2012 film)
- Zenne Dancer (2012 film)
- Honor Diaries (2013 film)
- Honour (2014 film)
- A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015 film)
- Honour Killing (2015 film)
- Murdered by My Father (2016 film)
- A Wedding (2016 film)
- Baaghi
- The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch (2018 book)
- A Regular Woman (2019 film)
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