Second Turkish Film Festival in Armenia

From March 25–27, the second Turkish Film Festival will take place in Yerevan. As told to Tert.am by festival director Georgy Vanyan, 77 films were received from Ankara, Istanbul, Adana, Diyarbakir, Izmir and other Turkish cities and regions for “23.5” (as the festival is called).

Some of the films in the line-up are those made by Turkish filmmakers living in other countries. The festival jury chose 10 films for the competition program.

The results of the first Turkish Film Festival in Armenia (which took place in March 2009) will be announced at the festival’s opening ceremony, which will take place at the American University of Armenia Business Center.

Welcome speeches and opening remarks will be made by British Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia Charles Lonsdale, bilingual weekly Agos editor and Hrant Dink Foundation representative Aris Nalci, and 7 journalists from key publications in Turkey, who will write about the festival in Armenia for the Turkish public.

The festival is realized with the help of the Caucasus Center for Peace-Making Initiatives in Yerevan and supported by the British Embassy in Armenia within the framework of the “A Step Toward Dialogue: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey” initiative.