Zaim’s film to be screened in Cyprus

Zaim’s film to be screened in Cyprus

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Zaim’s film to be screened in Cyprus

Derviş Zaim, director of the movie, will also attend to the screening of the movie.

Derviş Zaim’s movie, Shadows and Faces (Gögeler ve Suretler), will hit the screens in Greek Cyprus tomorrow.

The movie tells the story of a young girl separated from her father, a Karagöz shadow play master, during the beginning of the conflict between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus in 1963. The film premiered in competition at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won the Turkish Film Critics Association Award. It is the third and final part of Zaim’s trilogy of films themed around traditional Turkish arts, which includes Waiting for Heaven (2006) and Dot (2008). Zaim will also attend the tomorrow’s screening. The Northern Cypriot premiere of the movie took place at the Cyprus Community Media Centre on March 5.