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OZCAN ALPER: TURKEY IS LIKE AN APARTMENT BUILDING, IN WHICH ALL DOORS ARE LOCKED
arminfo
Friday, July 13, 00:09
Turkey is like an apartment building, in which all doors are locked,
film director Ozcan Alper (Turkey) said at today's press conference
in Yerevan.
Ozcan Alper has brought his latest film "Future Lasts Forever" to
IX Golden Apricot International Film Festival. The film raises the
problems of the Kurds living in Turkey. Despite this acute topic for
the Government, the film has received the following awards: Best Actor,
Best Music, Best Cinematography (Golden Boll IFF, Adana, Turkey, 2011);
Best Film, SIYAD (Turkish Film Critics Association) Awards; Best Film
(Malatia IFF, 2011); Best Director, Best Film, Best Music (Festival
on Wheels, Ankara, 2011); FIPRESCI Award (Kerala IFF, 2011); Special
Mention (Festival International de Cinema de Asia de Vesoul, 2012).
Alper thinks that Turkey resembles an apartment building with all its
doors locked. As soon as a problem arises, the door of an apartment is
simply locked. "It was in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide, in 1925
during the rebellion of Kurds, in the 1930s when Turkey was cooperating
with Nazi Germany, during the years of the World War II, when the taxes
affected first of all the national minorities, as well as during the
massacres of the 1950s", he said. In the meantime, he said that the
situation in the country has a bit changed over the past few years,
and one can raise certain issues more openly. "For instance, 15 years
ago I could not shoot the film "Future Lasts Forever", he said.
Ozcan Alper (born 1975, Hopa, Artvin, Turkey) is a Turkish director and
screenwriter of Armenian descent. He studied Physics and History of
Science at Istanbul University. He participated in cinema workshops
in Mesopotamia Culture Center and Nazim Culture House between
1996-2000. Since 1997 he has been working as assistant director and
production manager on a variety of productions. He directed short
fiction and documentaries. His feature debut, Autumn, won awards
at Locarno, Tbilisi, Sofia, Ankara IFF, as well Jury Special Prize
and FIPRESCI Prize at Yerevan Golden Apricot IFF. He has shot the
following films: Momi (2001), Voyage in the Time with a Scientist
(2004), Rhapsody and Melancholy in Tokai City (2005), Autumn (2008),
Future Lasts Forever (2011).
From: Baghdasarian
arminfo
Friday, July 13, 00:09
Turkey is like an apartment building, in which all doors are locked,
film director Ozcan Alper (Turkey) said at today's press conference
in Yerevan.
Ozcan Alper has brought his latest film "Future Lasts Forever" to
IX Golden Apricot International Film Festival. The film raises the
problems of the Kurds living in Turkey. Despite this acute topic for
the Government, the film has received the following awards: Best Actor,
Best Music, Best Cinematography (Golden Boll IFF, Adana, Turkey, 2011);
Best Film, SIYAD (Turkish Film Critics Association) Awards; Best Film
(Malatia IFF, 2011); Best Director, Best Film, Best Music (Festival
on Wheels, Ankara, 2011); FIPRESCI Award (Kerala IFF, 2011); Special
Mention (Festival International de Cinema de Asia de Vesoul, 2012).
Alper thinks that Turkey resembles an apartment building with all its
doors locked. As soon as a problem arises, the door of an apartment is
simply locked. "It was in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide, in 1925
during the rebellion of Kurds, in the 1930s when Turkey was cooperating
with Nazi Germany, during the years of the World War II, when the taxes
affected first of all the national minorities, as well as during the
massacres of the 1950s", he said. In the meantime, he said that the
situation in the country has a bit changed over the past few years,
and one can raise certain issues more openly. "For instance, 15 years
ago I could not shoot the film "Future Lasts Forever", he said.
Ozcan Alper (born 1975, Hopa, Artvin, Turkey) is a Turkish director and
screenwriter of Armenian descent. He studied Physics and History of
Science at Istanbul University. He participated in cinema workshops
in Mesopotamia Culture Center and Nazim Culture House between
1996-2000. Since 1997 he has been working as assistant director and
production manager on a variety of productions. He directed short
fiction and documentaries. His feature debut, Autumn, won awards
at Locarno, Tbilisi, Sofia, Ankara IFF, as well Jury Special Prize
and FIPRESCI Prize at Yerevan Golden Apricot IFF. He has shot the
following films: Momi (2001), Voyage in the Time with a Scientist
(2004), Rhapsody and Melancholy in Tokai City (2005), Autumn (2008),
Future Lasts Forever (2011).
From: Baghdasarian