Welcome to the 24th Boston Turkish Festivuraal: "Colors of Anatolia"
October 29 - December 15, 2019
Boston Turkish Festival, which was founded in 1996, is a unique festival which lasts more than a month and it is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. The festival theme since 2006, “Colors of Anatolia”, reflects the diversity and richness of Turkish culture, ranging from fine arts, dance, music, film to culinary arts. This year, once again, we are proud to present to you another high caliber festival. |
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019 FESTIVAL OPENING
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DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION Enjoy this rare opportunity to view films of the competition, the first of its kind organized in North America. Celebrating its 14th year, the competition has already transformed to a great tradition where Bostonians are able to explore works of the emerging filmmakers first hand.
FINALISTS AND SCREENING SCHEDULE
Special Competition Opening Night Program: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 | 7:00pm THE ANNOUNCEMENT (Anons)Winner of Venice Film Festival Special Orizzonti Jury Prize Dir. Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun |
95 min. | 2018
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EBRÛ: CONTEMPORARY MARBLING BY FERİDUN ÖZGÖREN
Artist Feridun Özgören adapts traditional ebrû to large paper sheets and uses hand-cut stencils to add Arabic, Turkish, or Persian calligraphy to his marbled compositions. His calligraphic ebrû works are on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at Arts of Islamic Cultures Gallery until April 12, 2000.
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THE NEY: CANE FLUTES IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Performer and scholar Fred Stubbs discusses the history, repertoire, and playing technique of the ney, a cane flute of classical Arabian and Turkish music that is blown obliquely across its open end. Joined by Shanteri Kamashi Baliga on ney, voice, and bendir (hand drum) Stubbs demonstrates instruments from his own collection, and a 19th-century ney belonging to the Musem of Fine Arts, Boston will be on hand for comparison. MORE...
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CLICK HERE TO REGISTERARTIFACTS FROM ANATOLIA AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTONwith Hülya Kara, MFA trained Gallery Instructor
Come and explore with us art and artifacts from Anatolia and Mesopotamia in the galleries at the MFA. We will observe various objects and look for traces of geographic, historical, and cultural connections between the civilizations that thrived in this region. MORE...
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CLICK HERE TO REGISTERCOLORS OF ANATOLIA: DANCE WORKSHOP by Ahmet Lüleci
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