Bosphorus Movie Pageant targets Özcan Alper

WALL – Bosphorus Movie Pageant, which was held for the tenth time this yr, ended with a ceremony held at Atatürk Cultural Middle (AKM). Director Özcan Alper, who received the “Greatest Director” award together with his movie “Darkish Night time” within the nationwide function movie class, devoted the award to TTB President Şebnem Korur Fincancı.

‘Sadly, he was uncovered to the lynching marketing campaign for saying peace’

Özcan Alper gave the next statements in his award speech: “I could not have written this movie with out Murat Uyurkulak. The movie is a narrative of evil, a lynching story. However we did not attempt to look solely at present. One yr in the past we truly sat in a room on this geography, however after all on the planet, however after all on this geography first. We tried to grasp the difficulty of evil. How can folks be the bulk in such an evil in such a scenario. However sadly, these evils don’t finish. For instance, in the previous few weeks. We knew these establishments very properly in our youth. “Perhaps I used to be uncovered to the least quantity of violence, however I do know particularly from my buddies and at the moment there have been a number of establishments we went to with our buddies who had been tortured or once we had been searching for justice. One in all them is Turkey, in a rustic like Turkey, with out separating any political beliefs or something. There was a basis just like the Rights Basis, there was the Human Rights Affiliation of Turkey, and in these establishments there was a Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a girl who all the time says peace and by no means struggle, was sadly subjected to a lynching marketing campaign simply because she stated peace once more. I hope it is going to be the final. I hope he will get out of jail quickly. I dedicate this award to him.”

BURAK HAKTANIR MADE A TARGET, FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT MADE A STATEMENT

Burak Haktanır, who was among the many invitees, focused Alper after the speech with the phrases, “That girl slandered the TAF. All PKK pages have been supporting her for days.”

In a press release after the occasions, the competition administration stated, “Political references and slogans are condemned, stating that the precedence is movies and artists.”

The next statements had been used within the assertion concentrating on director Özcan Alper, who is thought for his works within the area of cinema within the nationwide and worldwide enviornment and who has many awards:

“Because the Bosphorus Movie Pageant, our precedence is to offer monetary and ethical assist to younger and proficient filmmakers and to offer new alternatives. With this motivation, we have now labored for ten years to be a participatory competition with out making any discrimination or marginalizing anybody.

The affect of the undesirable occasions and the unapproved political discourses on the tenth Bosphorus Movie Pageant Closing Night time and Award Ceremony brought on this system, movies and awards we created on account of a one-year lengthy research to not be mentioned or mentioned.

As a competition that all the time prioritizes artists and movies, we condemn the political references and slogans of the winners at our award ceremony, and we want our cultural and inventive life to rise on a wholesome foundation.”

Kadıköy Cinema, one of many hosts of the competition, reacted by saying, “We’ll announce to all stakeholders of the cinema business that we’ll not be internet hosting the Bosphorus Movie Pageant within the coming years.” (CULTURE ART SERVICE)