What happens when your child comes out to you?

'My Child' is about a very courageous and inspiring group of mothers and fathers in Turkey, who are parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender individuals. They have not only gone through the difficult path of accepting their children for who they are, but also have taken the next step to share their experiences with other LGBT families and the public. In MY CHILD seven parents intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents, family, and activists in this conservative, homophobic, and trans-phobic society.

 

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHIE

Can Candan is an independent filmmaker and a lecturer at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.  He has taught film and video courses and workshops, both in USA and Turkey. His works have been screened internationally at festivals, conferences, in galleries and on television.

 

FILMOGRAPHIE

“Boycott Coke” (1989), “Exodus” (1991), “DuvarlarMauernWalls” (2000), “3 Hours” (2008)

 

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• http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/families-of-lesbian-and-gay-individuals-heard-in-new-film.aspx?pageID=238&nid=42229
• http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/turkey-lgbt-documentary-movie.html
• http://www.oregonherald.com/reviews/show-review.cfm?id=45
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• http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Turkey/LGBT-in-Turkey-they-are-our-children-132951
• http://www.expressen.se/kultur/familjefangelset/
• http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=21245
• http://www.eclairement.com/Mon-enfant-Benim-cocugum-de-Can
• http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2014/05/21/art-acceptance-turkish-edition
• http://ffc.twu.edu/issue_7-2/lesson_Somersan_7-2.html

·         12^th !f International Independent Film Festival, Istanbul-Ankara-Izmir, Turkey, February-March 2013

·         2^nd Warsaw Turkish Films Week and Film Market, Poland, April 2013

·         3^rd Nar Film Festival, Antep, Turkey, May 2013

·         15^th International Eskisehir Film Festival, Turkey, May 2013

·         16^th Flying Broom Women's Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, May 2013

·         6^th Ege Documentary Film Days, Izmir, Turkey, May 2013

·         3^rd Filmamed Documentary Film Festival, Diyarbakir,Turkey, May 2013 – JURY SPECIAL PRIZE

·         6^th Documentarist - Istanbul Documentary Days, Turkey, June 2013

·         7^th Balıkesir Cinema Days, Turkey, June 2013

·         6^th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India, June 2013

·         19^th MedFilm Festival, Rome, Italy, June 2013

·         London Open City Docs Film Fest, UK, June 2013

·         8^th Lemesos International Documentary Film Festival, Cyprus, August 2013

·         12^th DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo, August 2013

·         37^th Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, August 2013

·         15^th Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival, Greece, September 2013 – BEST FILM AWARD

·         3^rd Bodrum Turkish Films Week, Turkey, September 2013

·         8^th Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival, Germany, October 2013

·         6^th Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival, South Africa, November 2013

·         8^th Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 2013

·         “Filmreihe Tüpisch Türkisch” Cologne Turkish Films Week, Germany, November 2013

·         18^th Boston Turkish Festival Documentary & Short Film Competition, USA, November 2013 – BEST DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD

·         6^th This Human World - Vienna International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria, December 2013

·         3^rd EU Human Rights Film Days, Turkey, December 2013

·         5^th Merlinka International Queer Film Festival, Serbia, December 2013, Bosnia & Herzegovina, February, 2014

·         7^th One World Romania International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Romania, March 2014

·         London Human Rights Watch Film Festival, UK, March 2014

·         25^th Munich Turkish Film Days, Germany, March 2014

·         21^th Multicultural Film Festival, Amherst, MA, USA, March 2014

·         11^th Paris Turkish Films Festival, France, April 2014

·         4^th International Youth Film Festival, Bursa, Turkey, April 2014

·         TISFEST – Teen International Shorts Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2014

·         17^th Flying Broom Women's Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, May 2014 - THEME AWARD

·         9^th International Labor Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2014

·         13^th Moldovan LGBT Pride Festival, Moldova, May 2014

·         13^th New York Turkish Film Festival, NY, USA, May 2014

·         5^th Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India, May 2014

·         3^rd International Children’s Rights Film Festival, Bursa, Turkey, May 2014

·         18 ^th International Documentary Film Festival of Santiago, FIDOCS, Chile, June 2014

·         8^th FIWOM Film Festival for Women's Rights, South Korea, September 2014

·         3^rd Queerstreifen Film Festival, Germany, November 2014

·         18^th Queersicht LGBT Film Festival, Switzerland, November 2014 

·         6^th Passion for Freedom Festival, UK, November 2014

·         7^th Beijing Queer Film Festival, China, November 2014 

·         Seattle Turkish Film Festival, WA, U.S.A., November 2014

·         17^th International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, December 2014

·         Vancouver Turkish Film Festival, Canada, January 2015

·         18. Pink Apple - Lesbian and Gay Filmfestival 2015, Zurich, Switzerland, May 2015 – BEST DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD