The Istanbul film festival screening of a film about the Kurdistan Workers’ party was cancelled after the Turkish ministry of culture complained – and now more people will see it than ever
The screening invitation reads: “Please don’t spread the news too much. Film-makers are a bit worried about Turkish authorities hearing of the screening.” The film at the centre of all this secrecy is North (original title: Bakur), which nearly brought this year’s Istanbul film festival to a standstill, and is the source of an ongoing confrontation between the Turkish government and the country’s artists.
Made by the Turkish duo of film-maker Çayan Demirel and journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, North is a documentary set and shot in three different Kurdish camps in southern Turkey. It’s the first time a professional camera crew has been allowed inside them, and the film aims to depict a different side to...
The screening invitation reads: “Please don’t spread the news too much. Film-makers are a bit worried about Turkish authorities hearing of the screening.” The film at the centre of all this secrecy is North (original title: Bakur), which nearly brought this year’s Istanbul film festival to a standstill, and is the source of an ongoing confrontation between the Turkish government and the country’s artists.
Made by the Turkish duo of film-maker Çayan Demirel and journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, North is a documentary set and shot in three different Kurdish camps in southern Turkey. It’s the first time a professional camera crew has been allowed inside them, and the film aims to depict a different side to...
- 4/20/2015
- by Laya Maheshwari
- The Guardian - Film News
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