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HRANT DINK FOUNDATION HOLDS FILMS ABOUT CONSCIENCE COMPETITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 29, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - For the second year, the Hrant Dink Foundation is
asking amateur and professional filmmakers to upload short films on
'conscience.'
What is it like to be a lonely woman walking on a roadside, or to be
a physically challenged person on a "normal" street? What is it like
to be a little boy watching his father's hand rise to strike a blow?
These are some of the questions raised by Films about Conscience,
a short film project that asks anyone with a camera to "take a look
at the world through our conscience," Hurriyet Daily News reported.
According to Denca Kartun, the project coordinator at the Hrant
Dink Foundation for the Films about Conscience project, words by the
assassinated Armenian-Turkish journalist inspired the project. "The
voice of conscience has been sentenced to silence. Now, that conscience
is searching for a way out," said Dink, who was killed Jan.
19, 2007.
Films about Conscience is a competition. Everyone is invited to upload
videos of no more than five minutes to the project's website. Visitors
are encouraged to vote for their favorite entries and publish comments
on the films.
Following the Sept. 15 deadline, two separate results will be announced
Dec. 10. One film will be the people's choice and another 20 will be
selected by a jury.
Entries from both this year and last year can be viewed on the project
website. The popularity of these short films can be seen through the
increasing demand from film festivals. Last year's winners have been
screened at the Istanbul International Film Festival, the Gaziantep
Onat Kutlar Film Festival, the Dersim Human Rights Film Festival and
the Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival.
The next stop for screenings will be Ankara in September, and then New
York in November. The selected films will also be compiled for a DVD,
with the producer of the winning film awarded with a scholarship by
the Hrant Dink Foundation.
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 29, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - For the second year, the Hrant Dink Foundation is
asking amateur and professional filmmakers to upload short films on
'conscience.'
What is it like to be a lonely woman walking on a roadside, or to be
a physically challenged person on a "normal" street? What is it like
to be a little boy watching his father's hand rise to strike a blow?
These are some of the questions raised by Films about Conscience,
a short film project that asks anyone with a camera to "take a look
at the world through our conscience," Hurriyet Daily News reported.
According to Denca Kartun, the project coordinator at the Hrant
Dink Foundation for the Films about Conscience project, words by the
assassinated Armenian-Turkish journalist inspired the project. "The
voice of conscience has been sentenced to silence. Now, that conscience
is searching for a way out," said Dink, who was killed Jan.
19, 2007.
Films about Conscience is a competition. Everyone is invited to upload
videos of no more than five minutes to the project's website. Visitors
are encouraged to vote for their favorite entries and publish comments
on the films.
Following the Sept. 15 deadline, two separate results will be announced
Dec. 10. One film will be the people's choice and another 20 will be
selected by a jury.
Entries from both this year and last year can be viewed on the project
website. The popularity of these short films can be seen through the
increasing demand from film festivals. Last year's winners have been
screened at the Istanbul International Film Festival, the Gaziantep
Onat Kutlar Film Festival, the Dersim Human Rights Film Festival and
the Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival.
The next stop for screenings will be Ankara in September, and then New
York in November. The selected films will also be compiled for a DVD,
with the producer of the winning film awarded with a scholarship by
the Hrant Dink Foundation.