Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds (2004)

In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.

Released Nov. 26, 2004 110 min None+

Genres: Drama, Family

Keywords: tmdb.turkey, tmdb.watermelon, imdb.cinema, imdb.boy, imdb.watermelon, imdb.childhood, imdb.childhood-fantasy + 2 more, imdb.turkey-the-country, tmdb.nuovo-cinema-paradiso

Production Companies: Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

Country: Turkey
Production Country: Turkey
Languages: Turkish