Arthur Sukiasyan; Artur Sukiasyan from Yerevan was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited İstanbul for his documentary film about the story of the seized Camp Armen (Tuzla Armenian Children’s Camp) and the children who grew up there. “My reflections and envisioning in the course of filming, helped me to experience a unique journey […]
Devrim Akkaya from İstanbul was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited Yerevan to attend the screening her documentary film Diyar at the Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival and to meet film directors and producers in Armenia. “Borders might be strong enough to keep people apart, but they are not strong enough to keep apart our […]
Emine Yıldırım from İstanbul was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited Yerevan for the screening of her film The Impeccables at the Regional Feature Film Competition of the Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival and for networking with filmmakers and cultural actors in Armenia. “My visit helped me build professional relationships with Armenian filmmakers and paved […]
Adrineh Gregorian from Yerevan, was supported with the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Istanbul, for meeting with organisations and artists to develop projects, deliver workshops and expand her network in the field of cinematography. “My plan was to meet organizations and artists to develop some of my projects and expand my network in Istanbul. In […]
Ferzan Özyaşar from Hatay (Antakya), Çağdaş Yazıcı and Eylem Şen from Izmir, were supported with Armenia-Turkey travel grant for her visit to Yerevan for making a film about Armenians of the Musadağ. Ferzan Ozyasar “Due to the subject of our project, we had the chance to be with families who are from Musadağ and to […]
Belgin Cengiz from Istanbul, was supported with the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan, to work on her documentary film about the Orphans and Orphanages of 1915. “The weak relations between Armenia and Turkey are a huge loss for both countries. Because being from Armenia means, being from Van, Diyarbakır, Dersim, Istanbul, Yozgat, Tokat… The border between […]
Tahir Ün from Izmir, director and curator of Videoart. Ist International Video Program, was supported with Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan for making a conceptual art project and screening two video selections in collaboration with Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory (Art Commune). “As long as we can share the same sky.“
Sabri Umut Bozyıl from Istanbul, was supported with the travel grant to visit the border village Bagaran, for meeting with villagers and making contacts to find the cast for his fiction movie taking place in Bagaran village.