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‘Zeynep's Eight Days' recognized in Egypt

"Zeynep'in Sekiz Günü," (Zeynep's Eight Days) has returned to Turkey with an award from the 24th Alexandria International Film Festival, organized by the Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics.

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The film's director, Cemal Şan, received the Artistic Success award at the festival, which started on Aug. 26 and is focused on Mediter-ranean movies. According to the Anatolia news agency, the award was presented to Turkish Consul General in Alexandria Bilgin Atala by Adel Labib, the governor of Alexandria, as Şan did not attend the festival. The film's production coordinator, Tekin Doğan, said they did not participate in the festival to get an award, but that they were happy about the honor nonetheless.

Doğan pointed out that that the movie was previously screened at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and that leading actress Fadik Sevin Atasoy received the Best Actress award from the Ankara International Film Festival. Doğan also noted that they had some problems with customs regulations in sending their movie to Egypt for the festival, explaining, "We barely got the movie to Egypt at the last minute."

Doğan noted that they have received many e-mails congratulating them over the movie, adding that it was appreciated by many people as representative of a new movie style. "We have applied to some other festivals, and we are awaiting responses from them."

Doğan also said that "Zeynep's Eight Days" was the first of a trilogy, adding that "Ali's Eight Days" and "Dilber's Eight Days" will follow, to premiere in November and December, respectively. "Zeynep's Eight Days was produced by Avşar Film and the cast included Fadik Sevin Atasoy, Mustafa Üstündağ, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Cengiz Sezici, Uğur Çavuşoğlu, Sinan Taymin Albayrak, Ferit Kaya, Arzutan Bayraktutan, Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Işıl Dalamanlı, Müfit Aytekin, Uğur Çınar and Cengiz Okuyucu.

06 September 2008, Saturday

TODAY'S ZAMAN  İSTANBUL

   

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