  Emir Kusturica reminds Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu about the Armenian Genocide  October 11, 2010 - 20:14 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - World famous Serbian director Emir Kusturica reminded Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu about the Armenian Genocide, after the latter expressed discontent over Kusturica’s pro-Serbian views. According to Hurriyet, Kaplanoglu announced that he had withdrawn his film Bal (Honey), from the festival, where it was originally scheduled for a gala screening on Monday October 11 out of competition. Kaplanoglu and the members of Bal’s cast and crew, in a statement issued Thursday, said they will not be attending any of the events during this year’s festival, as Antalya Foundation for Culture and Art (AKSAV) did not backtrack from its plans to have Kusturica on the jury for the international competition. “If Kaplanoglu is so sensitive to genocides, why wouldn’t he speak of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated in World War I years? That would be an addition to his sensitivity to the crimes against humanity,” Kusturica responded, strongly condemning crimes against humanity.  Top stories The Jubilee Cannes Film Festival honored the legendary French director, the 89-year-old Alain Resnais. Brad Pitt doesn’t want his new film, the crime tale Killing Them Softly, to be viewed as an attack on President Obama According to the wiretapped conversations, Seki obtained the drugs from Sinan Yüksel, who is among 19 suspects. “The Master" features a sure-to-be-controversial look at the origins of a religion that sounds a whole lot like Scientology.   |  Latest news Megaupload founder demands his servers back  Kim Dotcom demanded access to the data stored on his computers and hard drives that were confiscated during the raid.Microsoft sets record with new data-sorting technique "Improving big-data performance has a wide range of implications across a huge number of businesses," said Jeremy Elson.Hurricane Bud gains strength in Pacific Bud's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 90 mph with some more strengthening expected during the day.Gun battle leaves 2 dead, 7 wounded in Beirut The security official said the spark for the shootout was a personal dispute between at least one of the men and a woman. |
