A rare opportunity, an interactive movie night!

Join us Saturday evening on September 7th to enjoy an evening of FILM with ÇELİK KAYALAR, Award Winning Berkeley FILMMAKER.

We will be showing two short films:

 
First film at 7pm 
“FACE” - A 16 min documentary about VALENTIN POPOV, a well-known Oakland painter, made by Çelik Kayalar, PhD.
Following the movie we will have a Q&A with Çelik, Popov and several high profile Art People of the Bay Area.
 
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Short break with complimentary wine, soft drinks, and snacks

Second Film will be shown at about 7:45 pm:

A 15 min Dramatic fictitious film “ESCAPE” Written & Directed by Çelik Kayalar
This is World Premiere for this film
Followed by Q&A with Çelik, and several of his Cast-Members.

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  • Event location: ETAC Turk Evi, 3170 De La Cruz Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 94506
  • Date and time: Saturday, September 7th -doors open at 6:30pm
  • Adult ONLY movies, please do not bring children!
  • There will be complimentary beverages, wine and cheese and popcorn.
  • No cost reservation. Donations Appreciated. 
  • Please register below and reserve your seat! 
Who is Celik Kayalar? 
 
Çelik Kayalar, PhD. has been making home-movies since the age of 10 with his brother Cemal Kayalar in Ankara where he grew up.
 
In the USA, in addition to Biochemistry, he studied Film Directing, Writing, Cinematography, Editing and Acting, mainly at the UCLA-Film Department’s Extension School (while he was a Faculty in UCLA’s Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Departments). 
Çelik completed many classes and workshops at various schools while making numerous short-films.
 
He also wrote, directed and acted in the comedic “COUCH”, a theatrical-play that had a long and successful run in San Francisco, then in Los Angeles.
 
His feature-film (105 min) was MOONLIGHT SONATA which played in 14 film-festivals and won accolades and prestigious awards during 2009-2011.
 
Many award-winning short-films followed to this day. To mention a few:
99%, CLOSING, UNMASKED, DNA, THE NEW GIRLFRIEND,  NOW IN AMERICA, THE SADIST and IMAGINE-1619.
His comedic WebSeries AGENTS TO THE MAX is currently playing on the Internet.
 
Çelik likes to cast his own students from the school he founded and owns in Berkeley: FABA, FilmActingBayArea.com.
FABA recently was chosen as the BEST Film-Acting School in California, by the organization LUXliving, in 2023.
 

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