Previous Sessions | Photo Gallery | Registration | Site Map Home About Us Regulations News & Press Sections Prizes Conference Schedule Theaters Contacts Festival Sections Turkish Cinema (2006 – 2007) Concrete Pillow Synopsis: A book binding family in Istanbul has two sons named after the southwest and northeast winds: Lodos and Poyraz. While Lodos is working at a used bookstore in Chicago, an obsessive customer steals an old copy of “Hamlet” and points a gun at Lodos’ face. This sends him back to the Bosphorus in Istanbul. One day Lodos’ mother’s cat called Hamlet kills Lodos’ bird named Sherezade and the wind begins to blow stronger on the Bosphorus. Fatih Haciosmanoglu Director of " Concrete Pillow" Fatih Haciosmanoglu was born in Istanbul and raised by the Bosphorus. He received a BA in Business, with an emphasis on Drama and Filmmaking, from the Dominican University of Chicago. He also studied Drama at the legendary Second City Theatre in Chicago. Among his works: Unbearable Lightness of Egoism – 1992, Apple – 1997, Blue Snake – 2003. Concrete Pillow is his first feature film. Director : Fatih Haciosmanoglu Cast : Fatih Haciosmanoglu (Lodos) Ali Savasci (Poyraz) Suna Selen (Mother) Production : JEK FILM – (2007) Time : 1h40 © 2007 LINKdotNET, All Rights Reserved Developed by Link Development, a LINKdotNET subsidiary.