TURKISH-ARMENIAN MOVIE PREMIERE HELD IN ANKARA
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24.12.2009 11:35
Ankara’s Buyulu Fener Theater was the venue for an evening hosted
by the Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council (TABDC), the
Armenian Marketing Association and the United States Embassy in Turkey
on Tuesday.
The reason for the event was the premiere of a new film, "Aras
KıyılarÄ 1;nda," or "On the Banks of the Aras," a joint venture
involving all the institutions and organizations mentioned above as
well as the US Embassy in Armenia.
Co-directed by Gevorg Nazaryan and Serdar Dinler, and based on a
story written by Dinler and Aram Navasardyan, the movie’s two major
characters are Tamer (played by Sabina Muradyan) and Aras (played by
Bulut Onguner), with Tamer living in Armenia and Aras in Turkey.
Tamer’s work brings her into contact with Aras, and the two begin an
Internet-based exchange of viewpoints about their countries, their
history as well as the present.
The river Aras is used both as a symbol of today’s border separating
Armenia from Turkey and a manifestation of its people’s common heritage
and future.
The film leaves its end open, allowing for speculation about whether
one day Tamer will be able to meet Aras. Filmed on location and using
the magnificent countryside as its background, the movie does not
point fingers and does not try to put blame on any one side. It is
much more than a movie about a potential future romance – it is a film
that creates awareness about two countries living side by side with
a closed border separating them from each other, Today’s Zaman reports.