FILM
Boxing, dance, and Romani culture: An extraordinary film experience in Leipzig
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body.” Martha Graham
Komitas everywhere
A selection of the artworks inspired by Komitas’ works and life on the occasion of his 147th birthday…
Yerevan getting ready for the film festival
13th Golden Apricot International Film Festival will host film lovers on June 10-17 in Yerevan.
Childhood remained in a train to eternity
We talked to Özcan Alper about his movie “Memories of the Wind” and the issue of representing the disaster.
‘No depiction of catastrophe will ever make up for a 100 years of denial’
Last week, renowned Canadian film director Atom Egoyan was in Turkey for the first time. Although he had received many invitations from film festivals before, he had preferred not to come. He had legitimate reasons, fears and concerns. ‘Ararat’, the film he shot 13 years ago, had faced intense reaction and repression in Turkey; and could not be screened.
Filmmakers display solidarity against censorship of ‘Bakur’: 3 competitions and closing ceremony cancelled at Istanbul Film Festival
The Golden Tulip National and International Competitions and the National Documentary Competition, and also the closing ceremony of the 24th Istanbul Film Festival have been cancelled following the blocking of the screening of the documentary ‘Bakur’ yesterday.
‘1915’: The first film of the centennial
‘1915’, a US-produced psychological thriller about the Genocide, will be released across the USA on April 22. Co-written and co-directed by Garin Hovannisian and Alec Mouhibian, the film features Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski and Jim Piddock in its leading roles.
‘I have begun to understand what it means to be an Armenian in Turkey’
We spoke about Turks, Armenians, Turkey and the Diaspora with Arsinée Khanjian, the Canadian actress who is one of the three jury members of the international ‘Love & Change’ competition of the 14th !f International Film Festival.
Armenia retains distance to ‘The Cut’
Curiosity, interest and suspicion meet Fatih Akın as he travels to Yerevan for the premiere of his latest film ‘The Cut’ in Armenia.