{{distinguish|Black Dog Barking}} {{Infobox film | name = Black Dogs Barking | image = BlackDogsBarkingFilmPoster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical poster | director = Mehmet Bahadır Er <br /> Maryna Er Gorbach | producer = Mehmet Bahadır Er | writer = Mehmet Bahadır Er | starring = Cemal Toktaş <br /> Volga Sorgu <br /> Erkan Can | music = Alp Erkin Çakmak <br /> Barış Diri | cinematography = Sviatoslav Bulakovskyi | editing = Maryna Er Gorbach | studio = Karakirmizi Film | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2009|01|25|International Film Festival Rotterdam|2010|03|19|Turkey}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Turkey | language = Turkish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Black Dogs Barking''''' ({{langx|tr|Kara Köpekler Havlarken}}) is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by Mehmet Bahadır Er with co-director Maryna Er Gorbach, starring Cemal Toktaş as a naive young parking attendant who gets mixed up with the mob in pursuit of his dream of running his own car park. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on {{start date|2010|03|19}}, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Ankara and its newcomer directors have been hailed as Turkey's answer to Martin Scorsese, for their inventive shooting style and authentic ear for the city's underground slang demonstrated in this their debut film.<ref name="TDN02">{{cite web |title=Up-and-coming Turkish movies screen in Ankara |first= |last= |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=up-and-coming-turkish-movies-this-year-2010-03-12 |work=Turkish Daily News |date= |accessdate=2010-03-12 }}</ref><ref name="TDN01">{{cite web |title=THE WEEK AT THE MOVIES: Oscar contenders stare at goats |first=Emrah |last=Güler |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=the-week-at-the-movies-the-movie-that-stares-at-the-oscar-contenders-2010-03-16 |work=Turkish Daily News |date= |accessdate=2010-02-18 }}</ref>
==Production== The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref name="imdb01">{{cite web |title=Filming locations for Kara köpekler havlarken |first= |last= |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399198/locations |work=IMDB |date= |accessdate=2010-02-18 }}</ref>
==Plot== Selim's family has migrated from Anatolia to İstanbul. A naive young man without any special training or expertise, he likes to feed pigeons on the rooftop of the building he lives in. Selim's best friend, Çaça Celal, is a local tough guy. Selim and Çaça work for a man they refer to as Usta, running car parks in the ritzy neighborhood on the other side of the road. Their greatest dream is to have a car park of their own. In a club that Selim frequents, he meets Mehmet, who makes an offer that will change their lives forever
== Release ==
=== Premiere === The film premiered on January 25, 2009, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.<ref name="TZ08">{{cite web |title=Ugly thugs, tearjerkers top Turkish box office in 2009 |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-196623-ugly-thugs-tearjerkers-top-turkish-box-office-in-2009.html |work=Today's Zaman |accessdate=2010-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228060212/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-196623-ugly-thugs-tearjerkers-top-turkish-box-office-in-2009.html |archivedate=2009-12-28 }}</ref>
After postponing its much anticipated release for months, the film opened across Turkey on {{start date|2010|03|19}}.<ref name="TDN01" />
=== Festival screenings === * 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 21-February 1, 2009)<ref name="TZ08" /><ref name="IFFR01">{{cite web |title=Black Dogs Barking |first= |last= |url=http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/kara-k-pekler-havlarken/ |work=SIFF |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}</ref> * 28th Istanbul International Film Festival (April 4–19, 2009) * 35th Seattle International Film Festival (May 21-June 14, 2009)<ref name="SIFF01">{{cite web |title=Black Dogs Barking (Kara Köpekler Havlarken) |url=http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=29041&FID=123 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203025003/http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=29041&FID=123 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-02-03 |work=SIFF |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}</ref><ref name="TZ04">{{cite web |title='Black Dogs Barking' back in the US |first= |last= |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-186635-aqua-aquablack-chartreuse-chartreusedogs-barking-back-in-the-us.html |work=Today's Zaman |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 23rd Wine Country Film Festival (September 17–27, 2009)<ref name="TZ04" /> * 36th Flanders International Film Festival Ghent (October 6–17, 2009)<ref name="TZ05">{{cite web |title='Black Dogs' running for awards overseas |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-188178-aqua-aquablack-chartreuse-chartreusedogs-running-for-awards-overseas.html |work=Today's Zaman |accessdate=2010-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111220358/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-188178-aqua-aquablack-chartreuse-chartreusedogs-running-for-awards-overseas.html |archivedate=2013-11-11 }}</ref> * 25th Warsaw International Film Festival (October 9–18, 2009)<ref name="TZ05" /> * 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 10–17, 2009)<ref name="TZ04-2">{{cite web|title=Emerging directors dominate Golden Orange competition|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-187182-emerging-directors-dominate-golden-orange-competition.html|work=Today's Zaman|accessdate=2010-02-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080652/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-187182-emerging-directors-dominate-golden-orange-competition.html|archivedate=2014-04-29}}</ref><ref name="TDN04">{{cite web |title=Golden Orange wraps ups with few surprises |first= |last= |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=antalya-2009-10-18 |work=Turkish Daily News |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}</ref> * 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival (November 12–22, 2009)<ref name="TZ06">{{cite web |title='Black Dogs Barking' to get Denver showing |first= |last= |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-191801-aqua-aquablack-chartreuse-chartreusedogs-barking-to-get-denver-showing.html |work=Today's Zaman |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival (November 14–22, 2009)<ref name="BISRFF01">{{cite web |title=Kara Köpekler Havlarken / Black Dogs Barking |url=http://ipekyolufilmfest.com/webeng/habduy.aspx?id=90&tip=FILM2 |work=BISRFF |accessdate=2010-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713054038/http://ipekyolufilmfest.com/webeng/habduy.aspx?id=90&tip=FILM2 |archive-date=2011-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="TZ02">{{cite web|title=10 titles vying for prizes at Bursa's Silk Road festival|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-191436-10-titles-vying-for-prizes-at-bursas-silk-road-festival.html|work=Today's Zaman|accessdate=2010-02-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031105846/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-191436-10-titles-vying-for-prizes-at-bursas-silk-road-festival.html|archivedate=2009-10-31}}</ref> * 11th New York Turkish Film Festival (December 2–5, 2009)<ref name="TZ03">{{cite web |title=11th Turkish Movies Festival to begin in New York |first= |last= |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-194371-11th-turkish-movies-festival-to-begin-in-new-york.html |work=Today's Zaman |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="TZ07">{{cite web |title=Six Turkish titles at New York Turkish film fest |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-194204-six-turkish-titles-at-new-york-turkish-film-fest.html |work=Today's Zaman |accessdate=2010-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202114750/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-194204-six-turkish-titles-at-new-york-turkish-film-fest.html |archivedate=2009-12-02 }}</ref> * 21st Ankara International Film Festival (March 11–21, 2010)<ref name="AIFF01">{{cite web |title=Kara Köpekler Havlarken / Black Dogs Barking |url=http://www.filmfestankara.org.tr/en/festival/film/21/212/Black-Dogs-Barking |work=AIFF |accessdate=2010-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716161455/http://www.filmfestankara.org.tr/en/festival/film/21/212/Black-Dogs-Barking# |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="TZ09">{{cite web|title=Award winners running at Ankara film festival |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-199845-award-winners-running-at-ankara-film-festival.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104235329/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-199845-award-winners-running-at-ankara-film-festival.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-04 |work=Today's Zaman |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}</ref> * 21st Munich Turkish Film Days (March 21–29, 2010)<ref name="TDN03">{{cite web |title=Turkish films days in Munich |first= |last= |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=0317191401440-2010-03-18 |work=Turkish Daily News |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}</ref>
==Reception==
===Reviews=== Emrah Güler, writing in ''Turkish Daily News'', states that the film "delves into a recurring theme in Turkish cinema for the last couple of years, the existential angst faced by second-generation men whose families have migrated to Istanbul in the hopes of better lives," and recommends it to those "who are curious about the hype surrounding Turkish cinema's answer to Martin Scorsese and Guy Ritchie," but not to those "who are bored by the recurring theme."<ref name="TDN01" />
=== Accolades === * 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 10–17, 2009) - Best Supporting Actor: Volga Sorgu (Won)<ref name="TDN04" /> * 21st Ankara International Film Festival (March 11–21, 2010)<ref name="TZA1">{{cite web|title=Köprüdekiler' receives best movie award at Ankara Film Festival |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-205011-112-koprudekiler-receives-best-movie-award-at-ankara-film-festival.html |work=Today's Zaman |accessdate=2010-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428033645/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-205011-112-koprudekiler-receives-best-movie-award-at-ankara-film-festival.html |archivedate=2014-04-28 }}</ref><ref name="TDNA1">{{cite web |title=Winners presented with awards at Ankara Film Festival |first= |last= |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=0321225954696-2010-03-22 |work=Turkish Daily News |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}</ref> ** Best Supporting Actor: Volga Sorgu (Won) ** Cinema Writers Association Best Film Award (Won)
== See also == * 2009 in film * Turkish films of 2009
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20100324013652/http://www.karakirmizifilm.com:80/tur/index.html}} * {{IMDb title|1399198|Kara köpekler havlarken}}
Category:2009 films Category:2009 drama films Category:Films set in Turkey Category:Turkish drama films Category:2009 Turkish-language films Category:2000s Turkish films Category:Films directed by Maryna Er Gorbach Category:Turkish-language drama films