IN HOMELAND AFTER 70 YEARS
During World War ll, on 14 November 1944, General Secretary of USSR ordered the deportation of 86,000 people from their homeland, Ahıska region of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. People were embarked into freight cars and deported to Central Asia.
For the first time after 70 years from deportation, 89 years old Mert Ali Aliyev, living in Kyrgyzstan, goes to visit his homeland in hopes of seeing his village and visit his father's tomb...
This documentary recorded his journey to the past and memories of deportees.
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Cenk DemirkıranDirector
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Cenk DemirkiranProducer
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Mert Ali ALIYEVKey Cast
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Pinar AKCAY DEMIRKIRANAssistant Director
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:48 minutes 14 seconds
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Completion Date:November 7, 2015
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Production Budget:15,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Kyrgyzstan
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Country of Filming:Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey
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Language:Georgian, Russian, Turkish
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Shooting Format:HD
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Bishkek-Kyrgyzstan
November 8, 2015
Kyrgyz Premiere -
6th Malatya International Film FestivalMalatya
Turkey
November 9, 2015
Turkish Festival Premiere -
Special ScreeningOsh
Kyrgyzstan
November 21, 2015 -
Bursa-Turkey
January 10, 2016
Turkish Premiere -
Special ScreeningAnkara
Turkey
March 15, 2016 -
8th Montreal Turkish Film FestivalMontreal
Canada
May 15, 2016
North American Premiere
Cenk Demirkiran was born in 1976, Van, Turkey. He had worked for several radio and television channels since 1993. After he gradauated from Istanbul University Faculty of Communication, Radio TV Cinema Department in 1998, he studied French at Charles de Gaulle University in Lille, France. He received his MA degree in Journalism and PhD degree in Radio TV Cinema at Istanbul University. He worked at Maltepe University Faculty of Fine Arts, as Head of Film Department. He worked for Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas Universtiy in Kyrgyzstan between 2013-2016, as an associate professor. He has three published books and 23 films.
I am interested in recording the reality. So, making documentary film gives me this opportunity. My film, “In Homeland After 70 Years” has given to me the opportunity to record an old exiled man’s journey to his past.Thanks to this journey I documented his and other exiled people’s memories, empty villages, a city in the tales of grandparents etc. This film is not only about an old man’s story, is about a people’s longing for their homeland.