Crossroads Catalogue 2009
Crossroads Catalogue 2009 Crossroads Catalogue 2009
Artimages LtdCompany ProfileArtimages Ltd, founded in 1995, produces art films in a small country, which has only a short tradition inthe field of production. This means that the company operates in particularly difficult conditions. Artimageshas managed to coproduce 3 films in collaboration with Turkish Cypriot director and producer DervisZaim (Marathon Film), which promote the idea of peace and tolerance in an area suffered from nationalconflicts and fanaticism.CYPRUSPanicos ChrysanthouProducerContactName of Company: Artimages LtdAddress: P.O.Box 25314, Nicosia 1308, CyprusT: +357 26 322138M: +357 99 434923artimages@cytanet.com.cyFilmographyAkamas, 2006Mud, 2004 co-productionParallel Trips (doc), 2003Footsteps of Aphrodite (doc), 199835
TURKEYTwo Sides of the RampartsCreditsProduced by: Mesopotamia Cinema & Yapim13Director: Kazim ÖzScriptwriter: Kazim ÖzBudget: 899.000 EurosSecured Financing: 18%Kazim ÖzDirectorContactName of Company: Mesopotamia Cinema& Yapim13Address: Elmadag Cad. Harbiye Cayiri Sok. 3/2Sisli Istanbul Turkey 34373T: +90212 232 60 63, M: +90 533 354 2736kazimoz@hotmail.comSelected FilmographyThe Last Season: Shawaks (doc), 2009The Storm, 2008The Distance (doc), 2005The Photograph, 2001The Land (short), 1999SynopsisNiyazi, a traditional man in his thinking and lifestyle, lives in Diyarbakir and keeps on his profession, saddling, whichis now almost extinct. He is also an extraordinary dengbej (a traditional Kurdish vocal musician) who sometimessings for his visitors. Niyazi’s son, Hasan, is an apprentice at the shop. He does not attend school and is a hip-hopmusic and dance fanatic. Whenever he escapes from the saddling shop, Hasan hangs out with his group of hiphoppers,dancing around the historical ramparts of the old Diyarbakir. The ramparts, in fact, are the hangout placefor Qırıxs, who are a socially isolated group of men, unique to Diyarbakir. They often have platonic love affairs, drinkand smoke around the ramparts, talking about their loves. Niyazi hates his son’s hip-hop music and dance andHasan cannot stand his father’s old-fashioned dengbej songs. And the Qırıxs despise both of them. The projectdeals with the generational conflict between Niyazi and Hasan through the duel of two musical genres, hip-hopand dengbej tradition, against a backdrop of a historical yet changing Kurdish city.Director’s StatementTradition and change are the two symbiotic phenomena that have been in clash with each other throughoutthe history of humanity. As societies develop and evolve, cultural values emerge. In time, the new way of lifebecomes a cultural value and turns into tradition itself. At times, the clash between tradition and novelty provesto be very interesting, especially when individuals representing each side of the conflict do not communicatewell with each other, although they are both bearers of entertaining stories. This project revolves around sucha conflict, which we can also call “generation clash.” The film treats both the traditional Diyarbakir within the ramparts,embodied by the father, and the new Diyarbakir expanding outside of the ramparts, embodied by theson. Of course, we cannot take side in this conflict because any manifestation of culture is valuable. In this project,the music will be central to the narrative. Traditional dengbej music and hip-hop music will be juxtaposedand the film will end with a synthesis of both.36
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- Page 31 and 32: JORDANTaraj’oCreditsDirector: Haz
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Artimages LtdCompany ProfileArtimages Ltd, founded in 1995, produces art films in a small country, which has only a short tradition inthe field of production. This means that the company operates in particularly difficult conditions. Artimageshas managed to coproduce 3 films in collaboration with Turkish Cypriot director and producer DervisZaim (Marathon Film), which promote the idea of peace and tolerance in an area suffered from nationalconflicts and fanaticism.CYPRUSPanicos ChrysanthouProducerContactName of Company: Artimages LtdAddress: P.O.Box 25314, Nicosia 1308, CyprusT: +357 26 322138M: +357 99 434923artimages@cytanet.com.cyFilmographyAkamas, 2006Mud, 2004 co-productionParallel Trips (doc), 2003Footsteps of Aphrodite (doc), 199835
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