Themes varied among the four student films Ankara University sent us for preselection at YIDFF 2001. "Kurdish story-tellers, traditionally important in the communities, face competition from modern print and image culture"; "Maronites on ...See moreThemes varied among the four student films Ankara University sent us for preselection at YIDFF 2001. "Kurdish story-tellers, traditionally important in the communities, face competition from modern print and image culture"; "Maronites on Cyprus Island who live on both sides of the Greek-Turkish border are undergoing generation change"; "An Australian woman and her children move to an old town in South-east Turkey to teach English"; "Residents of a riverside town are forcibly evicted for the construction of a dam." The choices of location vary and give us a look at diverse cultures within Turkey, and there seems to be an emphasis on shifting times and dying traditions. Written by
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