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Erden Kıral (10 April 1942 – 17 July 2022) was a Turkish film director and screenwriter.[1] He directed 12 films from 1978 on.^{[citation needed]} His 1979 film, The Canal, was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival,[2] and his 1983 film, A Season in Hakkari, was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize.[3] Five years later, his film, Hunting Time, was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] He was of Georgian descent through his mother.[5]

Erden Kıral
Born	(1942-04-10)10 April 1942 Kocaeli, Gölcük, Turkey
Died	17 July 2022(2022-07-17) (aged 80) Kumluca, Antalya, Turkey
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1978–2022
Spouse	Tezer Özlü ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1981)​
Children	1

Selected filmography

• The Canal (1979)
• On Fertile Lands (Turkish: Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde; 1980)
• A Season in Hakkari (1983)
• Hunting Time (1988)
• The Blue Exile (1993)

References

External links

• Erden Kıral at IMDb

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