Turkey's “Song of My Mother” wins top award at Sarajevo Film FestAugust 25, 2014 - 13:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Erol Minta’s debut feature “Song of My Mother”, which was a Turkey-France-Germany co-production, won the top award, the Heart of Sarajevo, at the Sarajevo Film Festival, which comes with €16,000 ($21,200), Variety reported. The jury said it appreciated “the courageous simplicity, the pure cinematic language, the choice to show the daily life in a manner that makes us understand and love the characters. We are delighted that the filmmakers were capable to resist the temptation of mainstream cinema.” The film also picked up the prize for actor for Feyyaz Duman’s perf. The pic centers on a teacher, Ali, who lives with his mother, Nigar, in a Kurdish area of Istanbul. They are forced to move to a soulless suburb, where his mother pines for the Kurdish village of her youth. The Special Jury Prize went to Tinatin Kajrishvili’s “Brides,” a Georgia-France co-pro. The film received €10,000 ($13,200). The jury said the award went to the film “for its subtle cinematic approach in telling an intricate tale of separation, suffering, hope and despair. Through a quiet, cadenced narration which beautifully focuses on the smallest details, we witness love surmounting prison walls.” The film also picked up the actress award for Mari Kitia. The pic follows the attempts by a husband and wife to keep their relationship alive while he is in jail. The jury was composed of Hungarian director Bela Tarr, Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern in London, American actress Melissa Leo, Daniela Michel, founding director of Morelia Film Festival in Mexico, Rasha Salti, international programmer at Toronto Film Festival, Christoph Terhechte, head of the Forum section of the Berlinale, and Hungarian actress Orsi Toth. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |