Bursa hosted the second of the Korkut Ata Turkish World Movie Pageant, the primary of which was held in Istanbul final yr. The pageant was attended by 157 producers, administrators, actors and 34 press members from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, in addition to 10 autonomous areas. Simply as many filmmakers and press members from Turkey have been in Bursa, the Cultural Capital of the Turkish World, for the pageant. On the pageant on 1-5 November, 52 movies from taking part nations met with the viewers.
“Turkish World Cinema” was additionally mentioned on the pageant, which introduced collectively filmmakers from the Turkic Republics. Nasreddin Hodja was the shock of the assembly, the place it was mentioned how nations with completely different states however the identical roots may produce joint tasks in cinema. Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director of Hollywood productions “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”, “Night time Watch” and “Wished” motion pictures starring celebrities similar to Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, stated that the brand new undertaking he’s engaged on is Nasreddin Hodja.
The director, who carried out a puppet play with “Hodja Nasreddin” for the primary time within the historical past of the Moscow Individuals’s Theater, introduced that he began engaged on transferring this character, who is thought and beloved within the Turkic republics, to the cinema with a 100-minute animated movie. Bekmambetov continued his phrases as follows: “I needed to inform the story of this clever, proficient, mystical and paradoxical character who has turned every part the wrong way up for years. As a result of Nasreddin Hodja is somebody who doesn’t divide individuals, unites them, and serves human values; plus it is enjoyable. Whereas describing the legendary hero of Jap civilization, we’re additionally describing many issues and aspirations of our time, from freedom to like and human rights. Nasreddin Hodja is a reputation that lives past the ages.”
Bekmambetov, who will inform about Nasreddin Hodja, who we all know was born in Eskişehir Sivrihisar within the thirteenth century and died in Konya Akşehir, and who’s believed by Central Asian Turks to be from Uzbekistan, Bukhara, from the eyes of his donkey, stated: We will flip it right into a collection in partnership with the taking part nations. Each nation can inform its personal Nasreddin Hodja.” The Kazakh director designed Nasreddin Hodja, who has all the time been drawn as an previous man in our nation, as a bearded however younger man as he would add like to the work.
The pageant shall be held in Shusha in 2023
The Korkut Ata Turkish World Movie Pageant, hosted by the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism, is migrating like its image, the crane chicken.
The primary of the pageant was in Istanbul, the second was held in Bursa.
Deputy Minister of Tradition and Tourism Ahmet Misbah Demircan, who has been main the pageant on behalf of the Minister of Tradition and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy for 2 years, stated, “The journey of Korkut Ata Turkish World Movie Pageant in historic cities will proceed after Istanbul and Bursa. Subsequent yr, the pageant shall be hosted by Azerbaijan in Shusha, the cultural capital of Azerbaijan, which was liberated from the occupation of Armenia after 28 years.” Demircan, as a ministry, additionally in 2023
He introduced that they’ve began preparations for the Balkan Movie Pageant, which shall be attended by 11 nations.
‘Superb visitors’
I had mini-interviews with a few of the actors who got here to the Korkut Ata Turkish World Movie Pageant from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – some in Turkish and a few by translators. Turana Hüseynli, a younger Azerbaijani actress who speaks Turkish very properly, expressed what involves thoughts when the phrase “Turkey” is talked about: “Once I consider Turkey, I consider brotherhood, friendship and blood ties. I’m an individual who has visited Turkey rather a lot since my childhood and loves Turkey very a lot. In my childhood, we participated within the 23 April Nationwide Sovereignty and Kids’s Day, and in my youth, the 19 Might Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports activities Day ceremonies, and we carried out our nationwide dances. I come and go to Istanbul fairly often. I do know Antalya, I got here to Bursa for the primary time.”
Along with the movies of Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, “The Dream of the Butterfly”, “7. The Turkish singers listened to by Hüseynli, who loves productions similar to “Miracle within the Ward” and watches many Turkish TV collection from “Aşkı Memnu” to “Yaprak Dökümü”, are as follows:
“I take heed to Sezen Aksu and Ajda Pekkan. I like Tarkan. I’ve additionally heard from the youthful technology, Yalın, Hadise, Ebru Gündeş and Manga.”
Stating that he beloved and revered Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as a result of he improved himself and appeared earlier than the viewers differently every time, the actor stated, “It could be a miracle for me if I had the possibility to play with him in a undertaking.”
The younger actress additionally stated the next about the truth that the pageant shall be held in her nation subsequent yr: “I hope the pageant shall be in our nation subsequent yr, in Baku and Shusha. We’re good visitors. We’re ready for you all. Hospitality is excellent at us, we welcome you very properly.”
Meerim Atantaeve: I want to play with Burak Özçivit and Fahriye Evcen
Since Kyrgyzstan actress Meerim Atantaeve doesn’t communicate Turkish, I communicated along with her by a translator.
Explaining that he visited Turkey continuously and that he noticed Bursa for the primary time after Istanbul and Ankara, the actor stated that “The Magnificent Century” was the very first thing that got here to thoughts when “Turkish TV collection” was talked about.
Once I requested who of the Turkish actors he favored, Atantaeve replied:
“I actually like Burak Özçivit and Fahriye Evcen. I comply with them intently. I want to play with each of them in a pleasant undertaking. There are different Turkish actors that I like and admire, however Burak Özçivit and Fahriye Evcen have a distinct place for me.”
Usmanov’s favourite Turkish TV collection
Competing with the documentary “Human” on the Korkut Ata Turkish World Movie Pageant in Bursa, Uzbekistani director, screenwriter and producer Furkat Usmanov, among the many Turkish productions he has watched to this point, “Rise of Empires: Ottoman”, which tells the epic story of Fatih Sultan Mehmet, in all points. He stated that he discovered it very profitable and that he favored Tuba Büyüküstün, the lead actor of the collection.
WORD OF THE DAY
“The sheep spend their lives afraid of the wolf, however it’s the shepherd who eats it in the long run.” (Thomas Hobbes)
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