Friday, April 27, 2007

Aşkın Film Festival Coming to Konya

Today's Zaman -Istanbul, Turkey

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Konya is preparing to host the second International Aşkın Film Festival May 11-20.

The festival's program will focus on Sufi poet and saint Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, respected for his ideals of tolerance and love. The Turkish cinema section of the festival will include Derviş Zaim's "Cenneti Beklerken" (Waiting for Heaven), Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Uzak" (Distant) and Reha Erdem's "Beş Vakit" (Times and Winds).

The world cinema section will screen such films as the Turkish-Italian joint venture "Derviş" (Dervish) directed by Italian director Alberto Rondalli, "Ölü Adam" (Dead Man) by American Jim Jarmusch, "Büyük Yolculuk" (Le Grand Voyage) by French director of Moroccan origin Ismael Ferroukhi, "Kahraman" (Hero) by Yimou Zhang of China, "Kurban" (The Sacrifice) by Andrei Tarkovsky and "Dönüş" (The Return) by Andrei Zvyagintsev.

In addition a selection of five movies by prominent Iranian directors such as Mohsen Makhmal-baf, Majid Majidi and Kamal Tabrizi will be screened during the festival. Open discussions are also included in the festival, with the participation of Turkish and foreign guests.

[picture: Konya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konya]

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Friday, April 27, 2007

Aşkın Film Festival Coming to Konya
Today's Zaman -Istanbul, Turkey

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Konya is preparing to host the second International Aşkın Film Festival May 11-20.

The festival's program will focus on Sufi poet and saint Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, respected for his ideals of tolerance and love. The Turkish cinema section of the festival will include Derviş Zaim's "Cenneti Beklerken" (Waiting for Heaven), Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Uzak" (Distant) and Reha Erdem's "Beş Vakit" (Times and Winds).

The world cinema section will screen such films as the Turkish-Italian joint venture "Derviş" (Dervish) directed by Italian director Alberto Rondalli, "Ölü Adam" (Dead Man) by American Jim Jarmusch, "Büyük Yolculuk" (Le Grand Voyage) by French director of Moroccan origin Ismael Ferroukhi, "Kahraman" (Hero) by Yimou Zhang of China, "Kurban" (The Sacrifice) by Andrei Tarkovsky and "Dönüş" (The Return) by Andrei Zvyagintsev.

In addition a selection of five movies by prominent Iranian directors such as Mohsen Makhmal-baf, Majid Majidi and Kamal Tabrizi will be screened during the festival. Open discussions are also included in the festival, with the participation of Turkish and foreign guests.

[picture: Konya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konya]

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