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TURKISH DIRECTOR HACI ORMAN 'S FILM BOYCOTTED IN ISTANBUL, BUT TO BE SCREENED AT GOLDEN APRICOT FILM FESTIVAL IN YEREVAN

20:12 14/07/2015 Â" CULTURE

'Homo Politicus', a short film by Turkish director Haci Orman, will
be screened out of competition at Golden Apricot 12th International
Film Festival being held in Yerevan.

The film depicts the events during the Armenian Genocide committed in
the Ottoman Empire in 1915. It tells the story of German Protestant
missionary Johannes Lepsius who attempted to draw the attention of the
international community to Armenian massacres in Western Armenia. J.

Lepsius wrote the book "Bericht uber die Lage des armenischen Volkes
in der Turkei", in which he condemned the Armenian Genocide.

Speaking at a press conference in Yerevan, Haci Orman said he is
glad to participate in the Golden Apricot Festival. The director said
it is his first film and he was motivated by a desire to tell other
people about the events that took place a hundred years ago. "I am
going to address political problems again in my new works. I have long
been engaged in opposition political activity and I am not afraid of
pressure,' he noted.

According to H. Orman, the film was expected to be demonstrated at
Istanbul Festival but Turkish film directors boycotted it so 'Homo
Politicus' will be screened for the first time at Golden Apricot
Film Festival.

http://www.panorama....15/07/14/film1/
 

 

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TURKISH FILM DIRECTOR PRESENTS MEETING OF ENVER PASHA AND JOHANNES LEPSIUS IN GENOCIDE MOVIE

14:49, 14 July, 2015

YEREVAN, JULY 14, ARMENPRESS: The plan of the Armenian Genocide is a
well-planned and studied fact. The Turkish film director Haci Orman
told about it during the meeting with the journalists on July 14. He
brought with him to Armenia his first work, the short film "Homo
Politicus", telling about the Armenian Genocide. It is included in
the program of the 12th Yerevan International Film Festival Golden
Apricot, devoted to the Armenian Genocide.

"I am very happy to participate in the 12th Yerevan International Film
Festival Golden Apricot. This is my first movie. We presented the film
project to the Armenian-Turkish cinema platform for the first time",
-said Haci Orman, Armenpress reports.

According to the Turkish film director, the film tells about the
meeting of Enver Pasha and Johannes Lepsius.

For 10 years after he quit his study in the university, he served
as the chairman of the executive board of BEKSAV (Science Education
Aesthetic Culture Art Research Foundation) and chief editor of Sanat
ve Hayat (Art and Life) Magazine, at the same time. For two times he
was arrested, put in and got out of jail for the political reasons.

Together with Ragip Zarakolu, he contributed in preparation of numerous
books. His short film "Homo Politicus", which is about the Armenian
Genocide, is his debut as a filmmaker.

http://armenpress.am...cide-movie.html