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    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
    [email protected]

    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
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