Aydin Erel

Cape Cod over Istanbul (2010 - 2011)
Documentary by 8. Sanat/AYDIN EREL Director/Producer “Cape Cod Over Istanbul” is a 54-minute-long aviation documentary shot HD format. The primary topic of this documentary film is the social and political implications behind an historical non-stop long distance world record on flight made during the Golden Age of Flight. The film has partly in Turkish and English interviews, but it has dubbed and subtitled in Turkish and English languages for the market. The golden age of aviation coincided with the Great Depression. Although the depression had tremendously negative effect on global economy, two fearless American aviators emerged to take back the long-distance record from France. The pilot Russell Norton Boardman was once a cowboy, motorcyclist and a stunt pilot for Hollywood movies. The co-pilot John Lewis Polando was an aircraft mechanic with more than 10 years of aeronautical experience; together they found a way to fulfil a lifelong dream. Their Bellanca monoplane” Cape Cod “was literally a flying bomb with the take-off weight consumed two-thirds fuel it trundled down Floyd Bennett airfield in the early morning of July 28, 1931.Boardman and Polando loaded 16 copies of the New York Times on board. These were to be parachuted over various cities as a mean of communicating with the world. They had never flown outside the United States before. Their objective was to fly from New York to Istanbul. It was to be the longest distance ever flown in history. They were unreported from land or sea for two nights and a day. What they lacked in equipment such as battery, radio, parachutes or navigation lights was compensated with plenty of determination and steely courage. This documentary film based on unrevealed archives both in the USA and Turkey combined with interesting interviews. The researched part only took over 4 years. The film completed in two years.

Tales not for adults (1997)
Video by Aydin Erel (Documentary) Director A little boy sees the distraction of Environmental in the world with sorrow. The film was made for Habitat meeting in Istanbul. It's regarded a distinctive film in Bodrum International Environmental Film Festival

Roads of Passion Action ⋄ Drama The feature film project of the adventures life of a young woman who works as a heavy vehicle driver in Turkey. Film's script is in English and we're in pre-production stage at the moment our intention to have co-producer partner the film will be shot in Turkey and Germany.