Debut Films

Dondurmam Gaymak / Ice Cream, I Scream

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Turkey’s official entry for the 79th Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, Dondurmam Gaymak (Ice Cream, I Scream) is “a film telling the tragicomical story of the hopeless struggles of small business owners (represented by an ice cream vendor) in today’s global economy” according to the film’s director. In the summer of 2005, director Yüksel Aksu, a native of Muğla, a small town on the Aegean coast of Turkey, brought together the city’s natives to produce a movie of international standards. Approximately 2,000 residents were chosen from Muğla and its surrounding locations as actors. Trained by Mehmet Ali Alabora, a well-known Turkish actor, the actors have received rave reviews for their outstanding performances. The film focuses on Ali, a local ice cream vendor, who tries to survive in the face of fierce competition from the big ice cream brands. While trying to promote his ice cream, he tours the village with his brand new motorbike and ice cream trailer. The naughty boys of the town steal the motorbike while Ali is away. Ali accuses the big ice cream companies of stealing the motorbike in order to destroy him, while the children are enjoying their free ice cream.

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