Film Screening: The Last Schnitzel

Date
Sat April 29th 2017, 5:00pm
Location
Building 320, Room 105 (450 Serra Mall)
Film Screening: The Last Schnitzel
Film Screening & Discussion

The Last Schnitzel ("Son Şnitzel") (Dir. by Kaan Arici  & Ismail Kurtulus, 2017)

The Last Schnitzel is a satirical short laced with sci-fi elements. It takes place in a dystopian future at an imaginary country- named the Grand Turkish Republic- just before all nations must leave Earth for Mars. The President of the Grand Turkish Republic demands to eat one last chicken schnitzel before leaving Earth. There is a little catch however: the last chicken was alive some 200 years ago. So now, Kamil, the Chief Presidential Assistant, is faced with the most difficult task of his life.

Watch the trailer hereThe film is in Turkish with English subtitles, and the screening is free & open to the public.

Discussant: Burcu Karahan (Stanford University) in conversation with directors Ismet Kurtulus and Kaan Arici.

This film is screened as part of the Understanding Turkey Through Film Series and the Abbasi Program's 2017 Annual Conference titled "Understanding Turkey: Vision, Revision, and the Future".