Written and Directed by: Zeki Demirkubuz (Based on The Stranger by Albert Camus)
Edited by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Cinematography: Ali Utku
Art Direction: Bahar Evgin
Sound: İsmail Karadaş
Mix: Erkan Aktaş
Cast: Serdar Orcin, Zeynep Tokus, Engin Gunaydin and Demir Karahan

Production: Mavi Film
Produced by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Production Date: 2001, Turkey

35 mm / Color / 120 minutes / Aspect Ratio: 1.85
Number of Reels: 5
Footage: 3250 m
Sound: Optical-Stereo

Distribution:

World Sales: Mavi Film (Turkey)

Festivals and Special Screenings:

Sanart Film (Europe)
info@sanartfilm.com

 

Moon and Stars Project (U.S.A.)
kaan@moonandstarsproject.org

Story
Yazgı (Fate), which Zeki Demirkubuz loosely based on Albert Camus’ novel, The Stranger, tells the absurd, irrational story of a man who has causeless feelings of guilt, and refuses to exert his will.

Director’s Statement

I have always wanted to express the hatred I feel towards the privileged and those who only want to have priviliges, as well as the feelings of guilt that I have carried all my life.

Festivals and Awards

2003 Edinburgh International Film Festival (Scotland)

 

2003 Viennale (Austria)

 

2002 Flanders Film Festival (Belgium)

 

2002 International Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey): Best Director; FIPRESCI Award: Best Film in National Competition; FIPRESCI Award: Best Film in International Competition

 

2001 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkey): Best 3rd Film, Best Director, Jury Special Award

 

2001 Ankara Film Festival (Turkey): Best Actress (Zeynep Tokus), Best Supporting Actor (Engin Gunaydın), Best Upcoming Actor (Serdar Orcin)

Press

Fate. The Guardian. August 20, 2002. Review.

Un Certain Regard: Yazgi (Fate) and Itiraf (Confession). Kinema. 2002. Review.

Fate. Screen International. July 2, 2002. Review.

Director Zeki Demirkubuz Talks to Jamie Bell about His “Tales of Darkness” Trilogy. Sight and Sound. February 2006. Interview.

Ovul Durmusoglu. Fate. Mental Minefields: The Dark Tales of Zeki Demirkubuz. 2007. Review.

Bosporus Straits. Village Voice. October 15, 2002. Review.

Fate: Tales About Darkness. Five Films by Zeki Demirkubuz. 2003. Review.

Fate/The Confession. Variety. May 7, 2002. Review.

Cannes Doubles up on Turkish Helmer. Variety. May 2, 2002. Review.

Dark, Existential Films Top Turkish Festival. Boston Globe. April 13, 2003. Review.

The Albert Camus Society of the U.K. Fate by Zeki Demirkubuz. www.camus-society.com. 2005. Review.

Turkey Distraught. The Providence Phoenix . April 16-22, 2004. Review.

56th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Fate and Confession. 2003. Review.