MeyArt – Erdogan proposed to move the grave of Ahmet Kayan to Turkey
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they want the grave of late singer Ahmet Kaya located in Paris, the capital of France, to be moved to Turkey. Erdogan about 21 years ago in France He said that the deceased artist’s family was contacted, but they did not receive a positive response.
“If the family wants, we will take action. Ahmet Kaya is a man of these lands,” he said Erdogan stressed.
Turkey the press reports that Erdogan made a similar statement before the 2019 election. Note that next year in Turkey the president elections will be held. The fact that Erdogan made both statements about Ahmet Kaya before the elections drew attention. The head of the country Ilham Aliyev About ensuring the activities of the Film Agency decree signed. By decree “Azerbaijan The Charter of the Film Agency of the Republic” was approved.
It was noted that the statutory fund of the Film Agency 100,000 (one hundred thousand) manats and is formed at the expense of the state budget.
A number of tasks have been set before the agency:
to take measures to increase the investment attractiveness of the film industry;
Azerbaijan take actions related to the integration of cinematography into world cinematography;
to support the production process, screening, promotion and participation in international film festivals of films made on the basis of state order and support. And other such responsibilities are assigned.
The maintenance and operation of the agency will be carried out at the expense of the state budget and other sources not prohibited by law.
The Ministry of Culture commented on the allegations regarding the non-awarding of awards to the winners of the “Support for full-length feature film projects – 2022” competition, which we mentioned in our previous editions. Although the Ministry did not specify the exact date in its statement to the local media, it said that the awards will be presented to their owners soon.
At the end of 2021, the Ministry of Culture announced the “Support for feature film projects – 2022” competition with a budget of 300,000 manats. Although 8 months have passed, the funds allocated to the projects have not yet reached their owners.
Baku The winners of the International Short Film Festival have been announced. Awards were presented in various categories. However, the winners of the 13th International Short Film Festival were not awarded a prize money. The amount of the prize money is 5 thousand manats. Fehruz Shamiyev, the founder and head of the festival, connected this with financial problems:
“The founder of the festival is the Center for Young Cinematographers. Every year, we set a 5,000 manat cash prize for the festival from our own budget – from the money we earned from various projects or from commercial work. This year, our budget did not allow us to announce a cash prize at the festival.”
The feature-documentary film “Creators” by director Shamil Aliyev was included in the long list of candidates for the “Oscar” award of the 95th American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Movie Azerbaijan dedicated to the memory of two outstanding representatives of architecture, Sadikh Dadashov and Mikayil Huseynov.
The film was ordered by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan and “Salname” film studio20It was taken in
It should be noted that the 95th “Oscar” award ceremony is planned to be held on March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.