Conscience Films (also known as Vicdan Filmleri in Turkish, and Խղճմտանքի Ֆիլմեր in Armenian) is a
short film
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competition organized by the
Hrant Dink Foundation
Hrant Dink Foundation is an organization established following the 2007 assassination of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist, in order to "carry on Hrant’s dreams, Hrant’s struggle, Hrant’s language and Hrant’s heart". Among ...
.
["Vicdan Filmleri"http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/] The competition was founded in memory of
Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink (; Western ; 15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian intellectual, editor-in-chief of ''Agos'', journalist, and columnist. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper ''Agos'', Dink was a ...
.
According to
Dença Kartun, the project coordinator at the Hrant Dink Foundation for the Films about Conscience project, words by the
assassinated
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Assassinations are orde ...
Armenian-Turkish journalist inspired the project. "The voice of conscience has been sentenced to silence. Now, that conscience is searching for a way out," said Dink, who was killed on Jan. 19, 2007.
["Hrant Dink Foundation holds Films about Conscience competition"http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/76636/]["Dink Foundation Organizes Film Project “Calling Conscience”"http://bianet.org/english/minorities/116441-dink-foundation-organizes-film-project-calling-conscience] The participants are asked to make a short movie of at most five minutes on the topic of looking at the world through our conscience. The winning movies are determined by the votes of international jury members. Both professional and amateur filmmakers are invited to submit their short movies.
["In memory of Hrant Dink: ‘Turn your camera to your conscience’" http://www.babelmed.net/Countries/Turkey/EU_Project/index.php?c=6840&m=314&k=&l=en ]
2010 Competition
The jury in 2010 consisted of
Costa Gavras
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thril ...
,
Georges Moustaki
Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian- French singer-songwriter of Greek-Jewish origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, Fran ...
,
Harutyun Khachatryan
Harutyun Khachatryan (, ; born 9 January 1955) is an Armenian film director, script writer, director of photography, film producer, General director of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Meritorious Artist of the Republic of ...
,
İbrahim Betil,
Lale Mansur
Lale Mansur (née Yurdatapan; born 1956) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1988.
Selected filmography
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1956 births
Living people
Turkish former Sunni Muslims
Turkis ...
,
Nebahat Akkoç,
Ömer Madra,
Rakel Dink
Rakel Dink (born 1959) is a Turkish Armenian human rights activist, and head of the Hrant Dink Foundation.
She is the last member of the Armenian Varto Tribe who had settled in Cizre. She is the widow of Hrant Dink, a Turkish journalist and hum ...
,
Rela Mazali,
Serge Avedikian Serge may refer to:
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,
Serra Yılmaz
Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek.
She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bast ...
,
Vaughan Pilikian, and
Yıldırım Türker. The first edition of the project, attracted a total of 107 short films from various countries including Britain, France, Germany and USA as well as Turkey and Armenia.
[ The movies were screened at the ]Istanbul
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,["IKSV", http://film.iksv.org/en/festivaldaily/224 ] Tunceli, and Gaziantep film festivals. After those screenings, 19 of those movies elected by the jury met the audience in Yerevan, capital of Armenia. The short films were shown within the scope of Yerevan International Film Festival
The ''Golden Apricot'' Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF; ) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia. The festival was founded in 2004 with the co-operation of the "Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian A ...
in July 2011.[
]
2010 Results
The 21 best movies as determined by the jury:["2010 Results"http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?news&p=3 ]
2011 Competition
The jury for films about conscience 2011 has been appointed. The new jury consists of Arsinee Khanjian, Costa Gavras, Cüneyt Cebenoyan, Ferzan Özpetek, Hale Soygazi, Nadje Al-Ali, Rakel Dink, and Serge Avedikian. The deadline for film submission is October 15, 2011. A special DVD will include the top 20 movies selected by the jury, and the producer of the top film will be awarded with a scholarship by the Hrant Dink Foundation.["Filmmakers to turn camera on conscience" http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=filmmakers-to-turn-camera-on-conscience-2011-08-15]
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