Mixed Kebab

CREDITS Original title: Mixed Kebab Director: Guy Lee Thys Cast: Cem Akkanat, Simon Van Buyten, Gamze Tazim, Karlijn Sileghem, Lukas De Wolf Original screenplay: Guy Lee Thys Photography: Björn Charpentier Editing: Marc Wouters Sound: Henk Rabau Sound design: Eilam Hoffman, Gareth Llewellyn Music: Buscemi, Michelino Bisceglia Art director: Yvan Vanfleteren, Guy Lee Thys Costumes: Vanessa Evrard Make-up: Alexandra Kourline FORMAT Original version: Dutch, Turkish Running time: 98’ Format: HD, DCP (2K / 4K) 1:2.35 - Dolby Digital - Colour Year of production: 2012

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PRODUCTION Production company: Fact & Fiction Flemish producer: Guy Lee Thys Co-producers: één (VRT), Mollywood / Galaxy Studios Supported by / in cooperation with: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), the Belgian Federal Governement’s Tax Shelter, Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) INFO Fact & Fiction Guy Lee Thys Britselei 72 2000 Antwerp Belgium/EU M +32 479 39 51 18 guy@guyleethys.be

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Ibrahim “Bram” Aydin is a Belgian-born Turk, who, at 27, should really be getting married, according to his traditional parents.What Bram’s parents don’t realize is that he is much more interested in getting close to the cute, blonde Kevin, who works at the local chip shop. Finally, Bram’s parents lay down the law: He must travel to Turkey and meet with his 18-year-old cousin Elif , who he will marry. Although Bram bows to their wishes, he cannot resist taking Kevin with him on his trip. In the meantime, rumours swirl around their multi-cultural Antwerp neighbourhood about Bram’s “inclinations”.

Complicating the situation further is Bram’s streetwise brother Furkan, who joins a group of Islamic fundamentalists, finds out about Bram’s relationship with Kevin and plots to expose them – or possibly do worse.

Mixed Kebab is a film about a young man caught not just between two worlds but four: traditional and modern, gay and straight

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR / PRODUCER Guy Lee Thys

In 1981, Belgian screenwriter, director and producer Guy Lee Thys launched Fact & Fiction, an Antwerp-based production company focusing on moderate budget feature-length fiction and documentary. Guy Lee directed The Pencil Murders (1982), Cruel Horizon (1989), Kassablanka (2002) and Suspect (2005) and was involved as a screenwriter for Erik Van Looy’s Shades in 1999, starring Mickey Rourke.

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