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The First Paris Kurdish Film Festival KurdishCinema.com / April 16, 2007 Devrim Kilic - Melbourne The First Paris Kurdish Film Festival will be held between 23- 30 October in 2007 at the Film Library Latin Quarter in Paris, France. Organized by Collective of the Scenario Writers and Kurdish Artists (CCAK) in France, Paris Kurdish Film Festival aims at supporting and promoting the Kurdish Cinema while endeavouring to create an address for young directors. The festival intends to promote the Kurdish culture and cinema to the Parisians by providing varied Kurdish feature and short films, documentaries as well as some animations. The aim of the Paris Kurdish Film Festival is to support and promote Kurdish cinematographic creation. Also it seeks to show the desire of Kurdish directors and scenario writers by presenting their artistic work in order to create an environment for them to establish a dialogue with the audiences. It is said that the festival will be a meeting place where directors, produces, scenario writers, actors/actress can exchange their thoughts and with the audiences. Kurdish Cinema lacks financial support
many talents but it lacks technical and financial means. The committee said that because there are not enough financial supports of Kurdish cinema, Kurdish directors have to carry their works under difficult conditions: “In addition to the financial problem Kurdish directors also undergoes political pressures. For instance Yilmaz Guney’s film Yol could not get exhibition permission in Turkey but won the Palm D’or at Cannes Film Festival in 1982. The director, Yilmaz Güney, pleaded guilty and got 100 years prison sentences by a Turkish court after he fled to France.” Paris Kurdish Film Festival will be a showcase for short, feature and documentary films of Kurdish directors. It is said that the festival will reflect the richness of Kurdish culture by revealing different aspects of Kurds through screening of varied films. The First Paris Kurdish Film Festival will show the films of famous Kurdish directors, such as Bahman Ghobadi, Hiner Saleem, Ahmet Zirek, Suyip Adlig, Mansur Tural, Kazim Oz, Berivan Binevsa, Ozay Sahin, Yuksel Yavuz, Jalal Jonroy, Mano Khalil, Nizamettin Aric and Sahin Gok. The list is not limited with these names and it is expected more directors will contribute the festivals with their films. Young directors are invited The festival will pay special attention to the work of young directors by devoting a significant amount of time for the screening of their films. The festival committee said it will be a great opportunity for young directors to present their work at the critical eye of the spectators. During the 7 days festival several conferences, debates, and meetings will take place and many guests, journalists, writers, directors and actors will attend to those activities. Also it is planned that Kurdish traditional music concerts and Kurdish food will be offered to the audiences in partnership with professionals from the Kurdish Associations established in Paris. CCAK aims to promote Kurdish Cinema The festival is organized by Collective of the Scenario Writers and Kurdish Artists (CCAK) which was established in 2006. The CCAK intends to create a space for artistic exchanges between the Kurdish artists, and to provide support for its members. Also CCAK aims to promote the Kurdish artists in their artistic work by supporting and developing different artistic and cultural projects, especially film projects, about Kurds including the Kurdish Diaspora in Europe. The 10 current members of CCAK consist of cinema students in cinema, lawyers and different personalities who are gathered around the same passionate idea, namely Kurdish Cinema. The director of Paris Kurdish Film Festival is Ali Gul Donmez who, at the same time, is the president of the CCAK. Emine Akbucak and Yasemin Bahca are the two other festival committee members. Ali Gul Donmez can be contacted on 06 14 22 97 52 and his e-mail address is: alikaosis40@hotmail.com To obtain more info about the festival please visit: www.festivalcinemakurde.fr |
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