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SYUZANNE KHARDALIAN'S FILM MOVES TURKISH AUDIENCE
Tert.am
16.03.12
Grandma's Tattoo's, a movie by Swedish-Armenian film-maker Syuzanne
Khardalyan, is said to have deeply touched Turkish spectators.
Some of them decided to share their impressions on Facebook after
watching the film in Istanbul on March 15.
"Suzanne Khardalian's film screened in Istanbul huge hall was full
of people who wanted to watch the film... We waited protest nothing
happened. After screening everybody was tearful, silent and look
at each other faces... I felt myself guilty, I felt myself dirty,"
on viewer said on on the social networking sight.
The film was screened at the city's French Cultural Center in the
frameworks of the international women's festival Filmor.
"The screening was a success. You know it would only be one screening
at 19:00, but there were so many people that they put an extra
screening at 20:00 too. The place was full in both screeningFethiye
Cetin (Hrant Dink family's lawyer), well known academics, in short
"celebrities" of the Turkish oppositionist community was there. 80% of
the audience were women," reads a post a Turkish intellectual activist.
Before submitting her film to the Turkish public's judgement,
Khardalian expressed hope it would serve as a platform for a dialogue.
"It is actually an invitation to deal with our deep-rooted taboos,
taboos that have crippled us, both Armenians and Turks," she had said.
"When making this film, I understood after long deliberation and
reflection that I had to be in this. Although the film is about my
grandma, it is as much about myself. It is about my reality today."
The film will be also screened in the towns of Canakkale , Hakkari.
Tert.am
16.03.12
Grandma's Tattoo's, a movie by Swedish-Armenian film-maker Syuzanne
Khardalyan, is said to have deeply touched Turkish spectators.
Some of them decided to share their impressions on Facebook after
watching the film in Istanbul on March 15.
"Suzanne Khardalian's film screened in Istanbul huge hall was full
of people who wanted to watch the film... We waited protest nothing
happened. After screening everybody was tearful, silent and look
at each other faces... I felt myself guilty, I felt myself dirty,"
on viewer said on on the social networking sight.
The film was screened at the city's French Cultural Center in the
frameworks of the international women's festival Filmor.
"The screening was a success. You know it would only be one screening
at 19:00, but there were so many people that they put an extra
screening at 20:00 too. The place was full in both screeningFethiye
Cetin (Hrant Dink family's lawyer), well known academics, in short
"celebrities" of the Turkish oppositionist community was there. 80% of
the audience were women," reads a post a Turkish intellectual activist.
Before submitting her film to the Turkish public's judgement,
Khardalian expressed hope it would serve as a platform for a dialogue.
"It is actually an invitation to deal with our deep-rooted taboos,
taboos that have crippled us, both Armenians and Turks," she had said.
"When making this film, I understood after long deliberation and
reflection that I had to be in this. Although the film is about my
grandma, it is as much about myself. It is about my reality today."
The film will be also screened in the towns of Canakkale , Hakkari.