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"Nearby Yet Far Away - The Isle of Burgaz Film at the Ottoman Bank Museum
 Under the theme "Time, Place and Life Stories", the Museum is showing Turkish filmmaker Nedim Hazar's Yakın Ada Uzak Ada Burgazada/Nearby Yet Far Away - the Isle of Burgaz, on Thursday, March 15, at 7:00 p.m.Following the screening, theater critic, businessman and Burgaz resident Robert Schild will conduct a discussion entitled "Burgazada - A Living Ethonographic Museum"
The documentary describes the peaceful, tranquil and harmonious life shared by the near 20 diverse ethnic and religious communities that replaced the Greeks on the isle of Burgaz from the 1960s on. In 1974, when distinguished actor Cüneyt Türel came to London on a scholarship, he, by chance, checked into a hotel run by a Greek Cypriot. Since this was at the time of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Turks were not welcome in the hotel and the receptionist asked him to reconsider his accomodation choice. For financial reasons, Türel decided he would stay in that hotel anyway. Some time later, there was a knock at his door. Too frightened to open, he asked who it was; the answer came back in perfect Turkish, "I am Emilios Yorgos Eden from Burgaz." This was to be the start of the near 30-year friendship between Eden and Türel.
The Museum's film program is prepared in collaboration with the Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) and offers a film, complemented by a discussion, on a different theme every week. Screenings are held free of charge. Please call (0212) 334 22 70 to make reservations.
"Nearby Yet Faraway - the Isle of Burgaz"
Director: Nedim Hazar / Turkey / 60 mins. / 2005
Discussion: "Burgazada- A Living Ethhographic Museum" Robert Schild
(theater critic, businessman, Burgaz resident) |
Dr. Robert Schild
Of Austrian origin, Schild was born in Istanbul in 1950. After completing his studies first in the German High School - Istanbul and then in the Faculty of Management at Istanbul University, he obtained his Ph.D. in International Marketing from the University of Linz in Austria. He then returned to Turkey where he held executive posts in a number of companies. From 1971 to 1972, his writings appeared in the newspapers Yeni Gazete and Cumhuriyet, and from 2000 on, in the newspaper supplements Cumhuriyet Kitap, Radikal Kitap, Radikal 2, Milliyet Sanat, as well as in TÜSİAD's magazine Görüş, and in the History Foundation's publication İstanbul. His books Değinmeler and Aşkenazlar were published in 2000, and Sandverwehte Wege in 2001. Since 1997, he has been contributing theater reviews and cultural essays to the newspaper Şalom, and since 2003, has been writing critiques for the magazine Tiyatro... Tiyatro... Schild, who is married with two children, currently engages in the export and import trade of iron and steel products from his office in Istanbul. |
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Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) started out as a civil platform and began its structuring process following the National Conference held in March 1997. Today it continues its activities as an association with professional status, certified by the Ministry of Culture. Starting with Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir and Izmir, BSB is in contact with documentary filmmakers throughout Turkey. Convinced that civil culture is crucial in designing better social futures and filling the blanks of collective social memory, the Documentary Filmmakers Association considers these functions complementary to the creative aspect of documentary filmmaking. BSB creates and promotes screening spaces other than television, organizes and participates in film festivals all over Turkey and offers film screenings with discussions, especially in universities. |
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