BEN ANADOLU - In Respectful Memory of Yıldız Kenter

Ben Anadolu, to be staged at the İKSV Theatre Festival in memory of the unforgettable doyenne Yıldız Kenter, featuring an animation of the story Ihlamur Hanım by Prof. Dr. Nazlı Eda Noyan, Head of the Department of Cartoon and Animation, will be performed on 22 and 23 November at Zorlu PSM and on 28 November at CKM.

The women who have made Anatolia what it is for thousands of years come together in Güngör Dilmen's classic work, with stories spanning a vast history.Ben AnadoluA procession of women from Cybele to Theodora, from Eftelya to Hürrem. Goddesses, sultans, mythological characters, villagers, cabaret singers, nurses... Women who form the essence of these lands, at one with the soil, trees, harvest, tales, history, wars and streets, and who bear witness to different ages of Anatolia, come to life in Ayça Bingöl's interpretation. A one-woman performance built on the layers of an interdisciplinary artistic journey...

MAM'ART THEATRE

• Written by:Güngör Dilmen
• Directed by:Görkem Yeltan
• Producer:Feri Baycu Güler
• Assistant Director:Emre Arda
• Music Director:Baba Zula
• Costume Design:Nilüfer Çamur
• Lighting Design:Yakup Çartık
• Digital Set Design:Ayçıl Yeltan, Defne Parman, Emre Arda, Görkem Yeltan, Süheyla Arıkan, Sevcan Kurt
• Dramaturgy:Irmak Bahçeci
• Choreography:İlke Kodal
• Stage Assistants:Suzet Baycu, Ilgın Bingöl
• FILMS Director of Photography:Erdi Tokol
• Camera Assistant:Damla Yanaz
• Shadow Play (Kantocu Seniye):Ayhan Hülagü
• Camera:Tarık Uçmaklı
• Animation (Ihlamur Hanım):Nazlı Eda Noyan
• Architectural Project (Nilüfer Hatun):Engin Öncüoğlu
• Architectural Project Team:Zafer Akbudak, Onur Kutluoğlu, Nur Bengi Çokkatı
• Animation (Lamassi):Nalan Alaca
• Ebru Film (Ayşe Sultan):Funda K. Demirçin
• Camera Consultant:Hamit Yalçın
• Camera:Mert Yalçın
• Video Editing:Süheyla Arıkan
• Video Editing Team:Sevcan Kurt, Uluç Muslu
• Color Grading:Arda Yıldıran
• Sound Engineer:Yalçın Akyıldız
• Vocal Consultant:Buket Bahar
• Armenian Language and Accent Consultant:Tamar Küçükyan
• Greek Accent Consultant:Kosta Kortidis
• Character Name Typography:Nalan Alaca
• Performed by:Ayça Bingöl