Turkish film wins award in Romania
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Anatolian Agency
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Kasım 12, 2008 00:00
ISTANBUL-Turkish director Necati Sönmez’s documentary has won the Honorable Mention Award at DocumFest 2008, an international documentary film festival in Romania. His film, "İbret olsun Diye" (To Make an Example), competed against 28 films in the Creative Documentary category.
The documentary humanely tackles the issue of capital punishment through its enforcement in Turkey. While wandering through two deserted prisons where many executions were carried out, it also tries to relive the convicts’ very last moments. On behalf of the hundreds who have died in the gallows, it asks this question: Why did we kill all these people?
The film also won the Best Documentary Golden Karagöz Award in the International Silk Road Film Festival last year and the Second Prize at the Ankara International Film Festival earlier this year. It has been shown at the world’s renowned festivals and it will be screened during the 1001 Documentary Film Festival that starts tomorrow in Istanbul.
The film also won the Best Documentary Golden Karagöz Award in the International Silk Road Film Festival last year and the Second Prize at the Ankara International Film Festival earlier this year. It has been shown at the world’s renowned festivals and it will be screened during the 1001 Documentary Film Festival that starts tomorrow in Istanbul.