With the wide
spread of technology, every individual now has their own standard of living. People
are now watching a lot of regional movies. German, Turkish, Iranian, Lebanese are
some of the languages which have started to reach a globally accepted platform
in the film industry. They usually have suspense-packed movie with many twists
and turns. In this generation films are not only providing people with entertainment
or pleasure but it is also teaching them how to live their lives. With the
technological advancements in this era, we cannot imagine our lives without
movies.
Film festivals and
film markets have become a medium for independent filmmakers to showcase their
work globally.
Zeki Demirkubuz, a
Turkish filmmaker, director and producer of the film “Ember” talks about the
complexity of life through his film. It’s about a family where the man gets
arrested and the wife has to support herself and her child (who needs a surgery). She starts working
as a tailor but is eventually helped by her husband’s biggest enemy and
ex-boss. The story takes a twist when the husband returns back and finds out
that his ex-boss had helped his family.
Expressing his
views on the interesting movie plot, Zeki Demirkubuz says, “The movie is all
about human nature. It is how the mind reacts in certain situations and how
humans tend to go with it. The story is what actual people face and how they
deal with it in in their personal lives”.
He also talks about
how the audience keeps expecting different angles for a movie because they want
new stories. There is an uncertainty in what people think about the movie and
how they judge the directors. Being independent filmmakers is very difficult because
you have to go hand in hand with the big mainstream film makers otherwise the
work done by independent film makers goes unnoticed.
He believes that
the old tradition of people just watching what is shown to them is changed and
in today’s time people want quality over quantity.
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Ember - (L-R) producer and director Zeki Demirkubuz |
On the other hand The French movie “Visiting ours” deals
with the sensitive issue of the life of women in Paris. The movie directed by
Rachida Brakni with the problems women have to face to meet their loved ones
who have been imprisoned.
The movie is about the women who go to meet their loved
ones in the outskirts of Paris to meet the men of the family. While visiting
them they have to go through a lot of security check and immigration and they
are abused by the police officers.
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Cast of Visiting Ours - (L-R) Samira Brahmia and Zita Hanrot and translator - Najjar |
Talking about their
debut acting experience, Zita Hanrot and Samira Brahmia said that this is based
on the true issues faced by women. “The topic being a sensitive issue made us
believe in ourselves and it relates to the horrible lives of the people. Since
not many men in the western world go to prison to meet their families, the
women take charge of this matter. They are allowed to meet the prisoners once a
month depending on their punishment”.
Reported by Sharmila Srikrishna
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