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Demand for old recordings increases
ADANA - New Turkish films and TV series on television are using old songs and it is increasing people’s interest in the old recordings. Reports from antique dealers say the albums of well-known, dead Turkish artists like Zeki Müren, Ayla Dikmen, and Hafız Burhan are searched for the most.
Kurdish cinema brings new breath to world film sector
ISTANBUL - Kurdish filmmakers living in various parts of the world have produced and recently released the first Kurdish cinema resource book. ’Kurdish cinema draws interest to its different themes during a period when Hollywood is reaching a dead end. There is an interest in an unknown society and culture,’ says documentary maker Müjde Aslan.
Honoring Kemal Sunal on 9th anniversary of his death
ISTANBUL - Friends and family gathered Friday to celebrate the most famous underdog in Turkish cinema, Kemal Sunal. Here’s a look at Sunal and his larger than life screen persona Şaban, the simple and awkward underdog in the face of changing middle class sensibilities
A hot ’Turkey Season’ in France
The "Turkey Season" launched following a joint press conference by French and Turkish culture ministers in Paris last Tuesday has made a literally hot start. Both the weather and the atmosphere were extremely hot, and so was the attention French people paid to the event. You may say, "What’s the weather above 30 degrees Celsius in Paris got to do with ’Turkey Season?'"
Turn my wine into Ayran!
A gorgeous woman and a man with gray in his temples clink glasses as the sun sets. She looks straight into his eyes and murmurs something soft, her eyes gleaming with unpronounced hints of promise. She looks across the Bosphorus, her suntanned shoulder gently touching that of the man.
Future’s directors film the ’others’ in Edirne
ISTANBUL - A project titled 'International Youth Filmmaking,' which was initiated last year by the US Consulate General in Istanbul and provided education for students from six Turkish cities on filmmaking, yields its results. Students in Edirne, who took classes as part of the project, have made a film featuring the life of Roma citizens in their city.
Syrians here in Mardin to take part in film fest
MARDİN - Award-winning writer Khaled Khalifa, director Ossama Mohammad and festival organizer Orwa Nyrabia arrived in Mardin at the weekend and brought 12 students from Syria with them to participate in the SineMardin International Film Festival that focuses on bringing together Arab cinema and Turkish audiences this year.
Director Nuri Kino: What was done to me created me
MARDİN - A Syriac man, whose life story is like a film, is a part of this year's Sinemardin Film Festival in the southeastern Mardin. Well-known journalist and director Nuri Kino, who was born in Midyat but raised in Sweden, says, 'I have seen many red carpets in my life, but I have never been this emotional and happy to participate in a film festival.'
Alcohol sales rule leaves a sour taste
ANKARA - Producers and experts raise their concerns over a possible hidden agenda of the government while changing the regulations on sales of alcohol and tobacco products to put an indirect ban on alcohol consumption in line with the government’s perceived conservatism.
SineMardin film fest to hit the east
ISTANBUL - Organized for the fourth time, SineMardin Film Festival, which is organized in the southeastern city of Mardin, will be an international experience for the first time this year. Starting Saturday, the festival will host internationally acclaimed filmmakers and screenwriters from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine throughout the week.
Film telling of struggle between two languages gains appreciation
ISTANBUL - 'İki Dil Bir Bavul' (On the Way to School) was one of the most admired films at the Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival. The two directors have shot many documentaries over the years but they say this was their most successful. The documentary-like film's characters are from the real world. A young teacher who comes from Denizli tries to teach Turkish, instead of primary school classes, to Kurdish children who do not even speak a word of Turkish.
Actress aims to build a bridge between Turkey and Chile
ISTANBUL - Chile is a long way from Turkey but exchange programs of various sorts can help bridge some of that geographical gap. One of those programs culminates in two prominent Chilean films, Machuca and B-Happy, which are showing at the Pera Museum. Starting with Pera was very useful and from there it will grow, according to young and attractive Chilean actress Manuela Martelli, who stars in one of the films.
177 films from around world to liven Mediterranean town in June
ISTANBUL - The Mediterranean town of Adana will be livened by the annual Golden Boll Film Festival from June 8-13. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the festival will bring 177 films from all around the world to the silver screen, and 12 Turkish films will compete for the festival's grand prize
Dance wind blows in Istanbul at international festival
ISTANBUL - Starting from today, Istanbul will be hosting a multi-disciplinary artistic event, including dance, performance, film screening, video installations, for one month: the iDANS International Contemporary Dance and Performance Festival. The festival is the first of its kind in Turkey.
A story of Hasankeyf’s abandonment, defeat
ISTANBUL - ’Benim ve Roz’un Sonbaharı’ (Roz’s and My Autumn) is based on a story of a journalist who publishes a local newspaper with the support of a few acquaintances to save Hasankeyf, a 10,000 year old settlement, from being flooded to accommodate a dam that is being planned in the area.
Four new faces in Turk movie scene
ISTANBUL - Seyfi Teoman, Özcan Alper, Hüseyin Karabey and İnan Temelkuran... Take a look at these four newcomers to Turkish cinema and you'll see why we can't wait to watch their new films. These award-winning directors bring a breath of fresh air to the country's film industry and have already secured themselves a respected place within it