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Turkish film director makes feature film about Khojaly Genocide at his own expenses

27 October 2009 11:37 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ulkar Gasimova â€“ APA. A new feature film will be made about Khojaly tragedy and this film will be demonstrated in many countries, APA reports. Head of Turkey office of the Foundation for Promoting Ideal Reconciliation Kasim Gultekin said at the press conference that the script of the film is ready and the shooting will begin next month. Kasim Gultekin is the author of the script and director of the film. Kasim Gultekin underlined that they expect moral support from Azerbaijani government.
â€œI will give AZN 300,000 and my companion, who is Iranian by origin and lives in Canada, will give AZN 150,000. We want Azerbaijani government, Culture and Tourism Ministry to give moral support for the film. We need technical equipment, weapons, helicopter, tank. Moreover, we want our staff to be provided with lodging and food for three months. Even though Culture and Tourism Ministry does not offer us support, we will not give up,â€ he said.

Kasim Gultekin said the film will be shot in Turkey and Azerbaijan. Eight actors will play the leading roles, one of them is from Canada, one from the Netherlands, one from Switzerland, two from Azerbaijan and two from Turkey. The film director said the selection of eight leading roles is connected with the eight-pointed star on the flag of Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani actors are not known and the director said the staff will be specified during his visit.
â€œThis date is marked every year on February 26. But the next day we continue living our normal life. No one can say whether this tragedy will be marked after 40 years or not. We decided to make this film to inform the world community about this tragedy. We had talks with a Hollywood-based film company and this film company will organize demonstration of this film in Hollywood and a number of countries,â€ he said.