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On the black sands of Black Sea Shores local residents enjoy the final days of summer, as they have for generations. Fisherman near Trabzon, Turkey are counting their last catch and wondering how they will survive. All try to ignore the reality that these treasured shores are doomed as trucks have begun pouring tons of rock into the sea along the five-mile-long coast of Vakfikebir, irreversibly destroying the shoreline to create a new highway. A culture shaped by the sea is on the brink of extinction. The new highway will stand like a wall between a seafaring people and the wild waves of the Black Sea they have sailed for centuries.
Ruya Arzu Koksal was born in Ankara in 1972. After graduating from Tarsus American School in 1990, she received her B.A. degree on General Linguistics at Hacettepe University, Ankara in 1994. She has since been working as a professional tourist guide in Turkey and also leading cultural trips to Central Asia, India, Nepal and Tibet. Her travel articles have been published in a number of newspapers and magazines. She completed an educational documentary filmmaking program at Bilgi University, İstanbul in 2003 but she got the bulk of her education working in the field of her documentaries. She is member of The Association of Documentary Film Makers in Turkey and founder of Turkishmoon Films.
Her first film, Forsaken Paths, received awards at Boston Turkish Films Festival, Ankara Int. Film Festival and IFSAK. She was personally invited to Pesaro to present her film in 2007. Her second documentary, New Life in Old Foça was awarded by EU-UNDP joint project Sustainable Development.
Awards:
TRT Documentary Film Competition, 2008, Best Film Award 19th Ankara Int. Film Festival
2008. 3rd Best Prize
Filmography:
The Shore, 56’ 2008 TRT Documentary Film Competition, 2008, Best Film
Award
19th Ankara Int. Film Festival 2008. 3rd Best Prize
New Life in Old Foca. 10’ 2007 UNDP Sustainable Development Project Winner
Forsaken Paths. 36’. 2006 12th Boston Turkish Culture Festival, Best Documentary 28. IFSAK Film Festival, Best Documentary 17. Ankara International Film Festival, Jury Special Prize
Documantary Films in progress in 2009
Proceed to the Past: Enis Ayar.
A Handful of Brave People.
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