23rd–30th APRIL
festival scr double–bill
eening

G.o.R.A. and A.R.o.G.
sUn 3Rd MAY
5.45PM
Sci-fi spoof at its very best – that’s on embodying an over-the-top sexual
G.o.R.A
a par with Galaxy Quest! Join us for identity that C3PO merely hinted at!
Director: Omer
Faruk Sorak
an evening of brilliantly funny film.
Arif’s ability to think on his feet, plus
Runtime: 127mins
Year: 2004
Reportedly the highest-budgeted a fan’s knowledge of Hollywood
Format: Digibeta
Turkish films ever made, G.O.R.A. sci-fi epics, allows him to save the
source: bKM online
and A.R.o.G. tell the tale of Arif, a alien planet, win Logar’s beautiful
used-carpet salesman (stand-up daughter Ceku, and return to Earth A.R.o.G
comedian Cem Yilmaz), who travels with her to live happily ever after.
Director: Cem
Yilmaz
to far-off worlds, and back in time.
In the sequel, A.R.O.G., Logar is
Runtime: 127mins
The movies are full of references to
plotting revenge and tricks Arif who
Year: 2008
movies from the sci-fi canon (Star
is transported 1,000,000 years into the
Format: 35mm
Wars, The Fifth Element, Jurassic Source: Fida Film
past, where he must civilise the locals
Park, The Matrix), and Yilmaz has an Country: Turkey
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in order to rewrite history and get
irresistible flair for playing the mock-
Language: Turkish/
home to Ceku. English subtitles)
heroic con-man whose chutzpah
See www.eastendfilmfestival.com for the full programme keeps the films lively and amusing.
These movies are wickedly funny
and full of affection for classic
Q&A
In G.O.R.A, when Arif is not hustling
science fiction films – don’t miss out
carpets or scamming tourists, he
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on seeing them on the big screen in
fakes UFO photos, however, on
this old-fashioned double bill.
we ARe deLIGHted
this trip, Arif is abducted by a real
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Ufo and transported to the planet
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G.o.R.A, which is ruled by the
YILMAz wILL be
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Send an email to: galatickets
@
eastendfilmfestival.com
evil Logar. The film is a stranger to IntRodUce tHe
political correctness: a midget in red
scReenInG
latex sporadically warns of imminent
disaster, while the ‘216 Robot’ is a
gay android that downloads the
latest in intergalactic dance steps,
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