The productions set to vie within the Red Crescent International Amity Short Film Festival have been introduced on Tuesday.
The theme of the fifth version has been devoted to the esteemed artist Neşet Ertaş.
The particulars concerning the occasion have been introduced by the president of the Red Crescent and honorary president of the competition Kerem Kınık, competition President Faysal Soysal, competition normal artwork director Mehmet Lutfi Şen and jury member, actor Hande Soral.
“We are all making an attempt to do one thing so as to add worth to Ertaş’s humanitarian character and to guard his legacy. Therefore, it opens a window in artwork, making it common. Art makes us really feel that completely different realities can exist, to rethink, empathize and see the facets of the human being that we might not even consider,” Kınık stated.
Stating they’ve a workforce that has been working onerous for six months, Soysal stated: “I wish to thank my teammates. We wish to commemorate amity with our artists who blended it in Anatolian lands and delivered it to the world in common varieties. On this event, we goal to eternize the reminiscence of Neşet Ertaş, who took over the legacy of Turkish-Muslim mystic and thinker Hacı Bektaş Veli, reflecting it via the love of humanity.”
Festival normal artwork director Mehmet Lutfi Şen added: “The festival was born from the leaven of amity rooted in Anatolia, this concept brought us together with the Red Crescent in the first place. There is an incredible leaven of friendship in Anatolia, but this trend is getting worn out and humanity is not going to a better place. Developing technology has evolved into a vortex that will bring humanity’s self-destruction. For this reason, we continue to dedicate our festival to prominent poets and intellectuals of Anatolia every year.”
Honorary awards might be given to legendary artists of Yeşilçam cinema Ayla Algan and Yusuf Sezgin as a part of the occasion.
