Turkish film makers go to Yerevan fest

Turkish film makers go to Yerevan fest
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News

This photo shows Turkish director Fatih Akın (R) holding a speech at Yerevan.

Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
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The International Golden Apricot Film Festival will celebrate its
ninth anniversary in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The festival has
supported Turkish-Armenian film projects for the last four years and
hosted internationally known Turkish directors such as Fatih Akın and
Semih KaplanoÄ?lu. This year’s festival will be held between July 8 and
15. One day before the festival the traditional blessing of the new
apricot harvest will be held in Yerevan churches. The International
Golden Apricot artistic director, Susanna Harutyunyan recently spoke
to the Hürriyet Daily News. Harutyunyan said this year a guest of
honor would be Spanish film director Victor Erice. Harutyunyan said
they would show films by five Turkish and five Armenian directors in
the festival’s Turkey-Armenia Cinema Platform section.

This year director Ã-zcan Alper, who is well known for his film
`Sonbahar’ (Autumn), and documentarist Enis Rıza will be guests of
honor from Turkey at the festival. Harutyunyan said the festival would
invite and host Turkish journalists for the first time this year.
During the festival, 150 films will be shown and they will have a
special program of Turkish films. Harutyunyan said Armenian viewers
had an interest in Turkish films and added: `Directors are always
welcome to present their films to the audience and directors from
Turkey attract quite a lot of attention from the Armenian public. A
good example was `Once Upon a Time in Anatolia’ last year.’
Harutyunyan said they were collaborating with the International
Istanbul Film Festival and the nongovernmental organization Anadolu
Kültür (Anatolian Culture) from Turkey.
June/25/2012

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress