A documentary and cinematic essay, the Innocence of Memories by British director Grant Gee is a mediation on the critically acclaimed novel The Museum of Innocence by Nobel prize-winner Orhan Pamuk. Through a story written by the author himself, the Innocence of Memories explores the book’s central themes – love passion, memory, obsession – and takes the audience on a journey into the unseen parts of Istanbul by night. An atmospheric film on the relationship between reality and fiction, as well as an indirect appraisal of the city that defined Pamuk’s oeuvre.
Innocence of Memories
Innocence of Memories
58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Grant Gee
- Script: inspired by the novel "The Museum of Innocence" by Orhan Pamuk.
- Cinematography: Grant Gee
- Editing: Jerry Chater
- Sound: Jerry Chater
- Music: Leyland Kirby
- Actors: Pandora Colin, Mehmet Ergen,Ara Güler
- Producers: Janine Marmot, Keith Griffiths
- Executive producer: Beatrice Bordone Bulgari, Marta Donzelli, Lizzie Francke, Amy Gardner, Teresa Gilchrist, Gregorio Paonessa, Keith Potter, Luciano Rigolini
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy
- Production Year: 2015
- Duration: 97΄
- Contact: The Match Factory
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Documentary in Literature – Master of Art FF 2016, Bulgaria
Grant Gee
Grant Gee is a filmmaker based in Brighton, England. He has made films about anarchists, rock groups, rock climbers and writers. His 1997 film Meeting People is Easy about Radiohead was nominated for a Grammy. He also directed the iconic music video for the group’s song No Surprises. His 2012 film Patience (After Sebald), about W. G. Sebald’s unclassifiable masterpiece The Rings of Saturn, premiered at the New York Film Festival and enjoyed successful theatrical runs in both the UK and US.
Filmography
1997 Meeting People is Easy
2008 Joy Division
2012 Patience (After Sebald)
2015 Innocence of Memories
