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　　Here are the memories of Tiantan Award. Today, we will take you to last April when G?khan Tiryaki, a Turkish Cinematographer, shared his experience about shooting the Wild Pear Tree. As one of the nominated works of the Tiantan Award of the 9th Beijing International Film Festival, the film is perceived as a semi-autobiography of the Turkish filmmaking master—Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and depicts a young Turkish man’s confusion and struggle between ideal and reality.

　　G?khan Tiryaki has worked closely with director Nuri Bilge Ceylan in five works starting with the Climates produced in 2006. He is able to follow Ceylan’s consistent realist cinematography and present poetic and romantic imagery by unique means, and helps the director win awards at international film festivals, such as the Award for Best Director of the Cannes Film Festival 2008 for the Three Monkeys, the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival 2011 for the Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, and the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival 2014 for the Winter Sleep.

　　He shared with us his understanding of cinematics at the salon, and emphasized the biggest challenge of the subject was interpretation of “humanity” because “the reaction of humanity against various cases is worth our in-depth thinking”.

　　And he was very honored to work with Ceylan again, “Ceylan is not only a director but also a sociologist. I think his works’ exploration about humanity, soul and virtues is very impressive, stunning and exciting” .

　　Sinan, the leading role of the film, is an ambitious young writer. He went back to his hometown after graduation, and plans to raise money to publish his collection of novels. However, he becomes increasingly annoyed and anxious because of tedious family relations and closed surrounding environment. The film focuses on depiction of Sinan’s daily life and subtle relationship, and reveals young people’s yearning for quick proof of their own value and powerlessness against reality. More impressively, it not only portrays a young individual’s distress, but widens the perspective via Sinan’s experience to present a small town of various people struggling between ideal and reality.

　　The Wild Pear Tree embodies Ceylan’s consistent poetic and free-flowing cinematography as well as excellent script and performance. Despite its length of over three hours, the film is not boring at all. Instead, it makes cinematography enthusiasts like you ruminate about it long after its end.