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The 15th International Doc Film Festival 1001 in Instanbul
The International Festival 1001 is, and has been since it was started, a meeting point and a platform of expression for directors from around the world who have seen political changes occur, especially in theMiddle EastandAfrica, and who convey these through the media, from the point of view of documentary filmmaking. Since its first edition, the Festival has received hundreds of films from around the world. It creates an atmosphere that allows different societies to get to know and understand one another through the documentaries and international language of film. Of the some 400 documentaries received this year, 120 have been shortlisted to be screened during the festival. These have been chosen by taking into account not only the strength of the styles used but also the human values transmitted, the defense of different cultures, the supporting values that contribute to the future of men, and the presentation of different views. The shortlisted films will now be evaluated during the festival by industry professionals, including academics, directors and actors. During five days, documentaries fromSpain,Iran,GermanyandGreececan be seen for free at different locations throughoutIstanbul. The documentaries will be divided by color according to their theme. Black will feature stories about war, violence, social depression and people who have lived and suffered these experiences; red will show working conditions and the situation of workers in the global order; orange will present current stories from around the world; yellow will taken on history through cinema; blue will explain the common stories of extraordinary people and extraordinary stories of ordinary people; purple will present stories of women in different spheres of everyday life...
International Poetry Festival in Istanbul
Poetry has arrived in Istanbul and, I must add, this is the best time for poetry in this part of the world because this magical city has been carrying out the biggest poetry festival in Turkey. However, this festival has crossed frontiers and has become an international event of the highest level, with the presence of poets from around the world, which makes it an attractive poetic event of international prestige. This will be the seventh edition of the festival, which will go on for four days this year due to the huge success that it´s had in the past, not only in terms of audience but also participation. Forty poets who attended the first edition of the festival, a number which has risen to around 60 today, from famous award-winning poets to young poets who are starting to get published and want to be part of this poetry festival. This way, the literary wealth that can be listened from the words of the writers themselves is huge, considering that during these four days you can get to know a considerable number of contemporary poets of all ages, nationalities, styles and fame levels. However, above all, you can enjoy poetry, an ever-fascinating discovery for the lovers of this beautiful art. Regarding the poets that will be part of this new edition of the festival, the whole information package has not yet been disclosed. However, taking the past editions as a precedent and the fact that this year it will be four days instead of two dedicated to poetry in Istanbul, there will surely be some welcome surprises for all...
Leonard Cohen in concert
On the 19th of September, the Canadian musician and singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen will be performing live at the Ülker Sport Arena in Istanbul, with his best songs to give the summer a good send-off. Leonard Norman Cohen was born in Montréal in 1934 in a Jewish family, spending his childhood between Montréal and Westount. Singer, songwriter, poet and novelist, at a young age he knew that he wanted to become involved in music, creating a country band in his teenage years called Buckskin Boys. In the early 50s, Cohen entered McGill University in Montréal and the University of Columbia in New York City. During those years he released his first poems called Let Us Compare Mythologies, under the edition of McGill Poetry Series. In the early 60s, he settled in Hydra, Greece, and published Flowers for Hitler in 1964 and the novels The Favourite Game a year earlier and Beaitiful Losers in 1966. At the time of this latest publication, he went to live once again in the United States and began to participate in folk music festivals and to compose music. The first album by Leonard Cohen appeared in 1967 under the name of Songs of Leonard Cohen, with a cover of Suzanne, a song that the famous American singer Judy Collins 1977 saw the appearance of Death of a Ladies Man, with a very different style than the one Cohen had showed until then. Two years later he releaed Recent Songs, now with a more classic sound and more similar to his other records. In the 80s, he released two albums: Various Positions (1984), which contains the famous Hallelujah, which Columbia refused to release in the United States,...
