Ilker Akyol

Ilker Akyol

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The Muse 2014 (8.2)

Legend has it that if a human man falls in love with a mermaid she will grow legs; legs that will, if she so desires, carry her far, far away from the very man she cast her watery spell upon... But what becomes of the human man, when her spell remains but she is gone? Edward Dunstan (Ben Whishaw) is a photographer and filmmaker obsessed by his muse (Kristen McMenamy). Blinded by his all-consuming passion and perfectionism, he was unable to see her as she was and so, she has left him. All that remains are his photographs and film of her that he has running on a loop. Only now does he understand what she endured. There is nothing left for him but to become both artist and muse…
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Linus 2007

During a typical morning in New York's East Village, two strangers are changed after a chance encounter. Linus, a street musician, is an East Village staple who serenades passersby with his most prized possession every morning, his trumpet. When Kyle, a young man from Harlem, neglectfully knocks over Linus' trumpet, his slight becomes an act that leaves both of these strangers changed forever.
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Babette 2007

Babette is a woman in dire straits. An unemployed illegal immigrant from France, she must make a desperate choice when threatened with an eviction from her landlord. This choice leads to an encounter with Amir, a detached and lonely young Muslim American, that ends with devastating results for them both.