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LATEST UPDATES FROM EMEK CINEMA ISTANBULOur struggle to save Emek movie theater from Wall Street based financial speculation is the biggest of its kind in terms of duration, scope and intensity and already made history of world cinema theater preservation efforts!In its 3rd year with our petition, blogs, Twitter campaigns, 5 marches, countless meetings, mini protests, many short films and a song. Publicly owned Emek cinema (Labor cinema in Turkish) is the biggest, oldest and most important movie theater in Turkey as it was the center of international film festivals. The theather is not yet saved and our struggle goes on. May 11, 2012 Unfortunately, land speculating construction company Turkmall still insists on demolition. It had already announced that it could be restored and there were no technical hurdles. Unfortunately authorities still support the demolition of this publicly owned theater which will earn the construction company and other companies in the project more money. April 15, 2012 5th demonstration in just over two years against the planned demolition of Emek public cinema by big business took place in Istanbul with a march from Taksim to Beyoglu Emek cinema. Our struggle to save Emek movie theater has now entered its third year! Guest of honor of the 31. Istanbul Film Festival, famed British director Terence Davies highlighted the importance of Emek cinema and American director Whit Stillman was among Turkish moviegoers and film critics who marched in Istanbul on April 15th. March 10, 2012 Emboldened by our determination to save Emek cinema, IKSV Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation, reiterated its proposal to preserve not only Emek movie theater but the whole historical complex which houses Emek Movie Theater, before annoucing this year's 31. Istanbul Film Festival program. That would make Emek and two additional cinemas a prominent venue to support Turkish and international independant film and art house filmmaking. This project could place Istanbul in a prominent position in world cinema. There is still no official reaction yet, but some positive signs are rumored to come out from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. It is still too early to tell, meanwhile our struggle to save Emek movie theater and support for IKSV's project goes on. January 11, 2012 IKSV Istanbul Arts and Culture Foundation came out with an alternative proposal to preserve not only Emek movie theater but the whole historical complex which houses Emek Movie Theater. Unfortunately there is no official reaction to this proposal yet. January 10, 2012 After two years of intense public pressure the company who prepared the demolition project and has a contract with the goverment came out with a confession, the demolition is not a technical necessity but a choice for making more money. December 28, 2011 Turkish Association of Film Critics SIYAD, headed by its new president Tunca Arslan, is now organizing an international petition to save Emek Movie Theater. There has been a worldwide reaction among film press members against Emek movie demolition, who had themselves watched films in Emek movie theater during Istanbul Film Festival in the past. Among them FIPRESCI president Jean Roy, British film magazine Sight And Sound Editor in Chief Nick James, Madhu Eravankara from Kerala Film Festival, Prof. György Baron head of Hungarian film critics association, Rüdiger Suchsland from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung among many other film critics and professionals. A short wrap up from daily Hurriyet in English and a more complete list of worldwide opposition against demolition in Turkish at SIYAD (you may use an online translation tool for rough translation) Nil Kural from Milliyet newspaper has been writing articles about international significance of Emek movie theather. December 24, 2011 Big jubilant crowds braving cold wind and occasional snow, in the biggest rally against the demolition in two years, thousands marched against the demolition of Emek Movie theater and saving it from big business. It was a festive atmosphere to the music of drums. Cinema lovers, film critics association SIYAD Members, people from different opposition groups, people against speculative investment capital which destroys cultural and historic values of Istanbul. Emek means labor in Turkish, so it was art versus money, labor against capital. Some prominent Turkish artists, Golden Bear award winning director Semih Kaplanoglu, actors Tarik Akan, Rutkay Aziz, Memet Ali Alabora, Meltem Cumbul and Mert Firat were among the attendees. December 11, 2011 #emeksinemasiyikilmasin and #emeknobeti has become Trending Tweet in Turkey. December 10, 2011 Top Turkish film critic Attila Dorsay, honorary president of SIYAD, has written in his weekly column that he will quit journalism if Emek goes. December 7, 2011 SIYAD Turkish Association of Film Critics wowed to stand againt the Emek Demolition project. December 1, 2011 The court lifted ban against demolition, against the court appointed expert advice, thereby making the project which involves demolition possible. October 12, 2010 Dr. Fuat Ulus, author of articles on cinema therapy called on for support for Emek Movie Palace. May 29, 2010 Dario Bonazelli of Venice Film Festival has signed our petition. May 28, 2010 Roberto Ellero, the director of Circuito Cinema in Venice, Italy has signed. June 6, 2010 Italian actor Lorenzo Acquaviva has signed. May 4, 2010 Efe Cakarel, CEO of The Auteurs an online cinema featuring top classic, art house and independant films has signed our petition! May 3, 2010 One the most influential French film critics, Jean-Michel Frodon, who was the editor of Cahiers de Cinema and the top film critic of the leading French newspaper Le Monde, has signed our petition! "Although we may all wish otherwise, Goldman Sachs is not the only company in the distinguished "Masters of the Universe" industry. All big American investment and banking companies can bend laws or defy nature. But nowadays they can also do time travel..." Mehmet Kurtkaya More below |
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The below petition is the translation of the Turkish version where you can find the list of
Turkish people who have supported the petition. Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, High Council of Preservation of Natural and Cultural Entities We, film and film festival lovers and those who would like to preserve the cultural heritage of Emek movie palace which enjoys a priviledged place in the history of Turkish cinema are against the closing and demolition of Emek movie palace. The ultimate solution for Emek movie palace would be to preserve and transform it into Emek movie theater and Film center where the best works of Turkish and foreign films shown on World festivals are introduced to the audiences, where Turkish and foreign directors participate in film showings and panels, specific weeks are dedicated to upcoming Turkish directors, filmmaking students and talented short filmmakers, in short a future matching its glorious past to become Emek movie theater and Film Center. Best regards, Jean-Michel FRODON, Film Critic, FRANCE Roberto Ellero, Circuito Cinema Director Venice, ITALY Dario Bonazelli, Venice Film Festival, ITALY Joshua Oppenheimer, Filmmaker, UK Lorenzo Acquaviva, Actor, ITALY Dennis Overeem,Writer, THE NETHERLANDS Miryanna van Reeden, Actress, THE NETHERLANDS Beertje van Beers, Writer, THE NETHERLANDS Efe Cakarel, CEO, TURKEY Thomas Stini, Architect, AUSTRIA Christian Delwiche, BELGIUM Stelios A. Mavridis, Lawyer, GREECE Jean-Luc Albaina, Export Manager, FRANCE Laurence Cornet, Journalist, FRANCE Patricia Davitt Maughan, Research Librarian, USA Jenny Lipow, Retired, USA Vahid Sadeghi, Filmmaker, IRAN Dimitris Bampas, Film Critic, GREECE Christopher Zollo, Library Assistant, USA Benedict Roberts, Finance Director, UK Marie-Michele Martinet, Writer Journalist, FRANCE Francesca De Vita, Architect, ITALY Sheila Ross, Artist, CANADA/USA Mustafa Atakay, E-commerce/Vice-president, USA Santiago Pagés, Architect, SWITZERLAND/ARGENTINE Helen Lee, Filmmaker, CANADA/KOREA Ozlem Pinar Onur, E-commerce/COO, USA Michael Lance Barrett, Marketing Consultant, USA Sheenagh Pietrobruno, Professor, CANADA/TURKEY Lucie Tunkrova, Professor, CZECH REPUBLIC/TURKEY John Toohey, Teacher, AUSTRALIA Marie-Louise Xavier, Teacher, AUSTRALIA Dimitri Vouliouris, Professor, CANADA Tina Trinks, Student, GERMANY John Rink, University Professor, UK Stephen O'Hanlon, Lawyer, UK André Girard, Journalist-photographer, SWITZERLAND Marianne Kienholz, Building designer, SWITZERLAND Rui Mota, Architecture Student, PORTUGAL Svetlana Petko, Hotel Administrator, RUSSIAN FEDERATION Carla Arton, Media Archivist, USA Stephen Parr, San Francisco Media Archive Director, USA Dimitris Kerkinos, Film Programmer (Thessaloniki IFF), GREECE Stratos Kersanidis, Film critic - journalist, GREECE Franca Farina, Film archivist, ITALY Juan Carlos Otano, Writer, SPAIN Martin Mariott, Writer, USA Peter Delin, Media Librarian, GERMANY Shannon Bridget Murphy Damien Aubanton, Video filmmaker, FRANCE Dimitris Haritos, Film Critic, GREECE Raouf Boukhris, ImportExport Clerk, FRANCE/TUNISIA Martin Koerber, Film Curator Deutsche Kinemathek, GERMANY Andrea Viale, Researcher, ITALY Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Film curator and author, FRANCE/CANADA Ronald Grant, Director of London The Cinema Museum, UK Kalliopi Poutouroglou, Film Critic, GREECE Stergios Niziris, Director, GREECE Jacob Hellström, Cinema Worker, SWEDEN Mamoglou Chryssoula, Photographer, GREECE Christopher White, Drama Teacher and Writer, UK Zeynep Moroglu, Ekonomist/Baker, TURKEY Domna Iordanidou, Teacher-Archivist, GREECE Gunnar Köhne, Journalist, GERMANY Ursula Jost, Economist, UK Inka Gürtler, Film curator Kinemathek Karlsruhe, GERMANY Alfred Meyer, Director Kinemathek Karlsruhe, GERMANY Stephan Baumann, Architectural Photographer, GERMANY Jessica Maxwell,M.A. Student in Intl. Performance Research,USA Claire Young, Teacher, UK Ruth Pojman, Deputy, AUSTRIA Arlene K. Witt, Independent Film Researcher, USA Ranjit Sandhu, Union Employee, USA Richard Modiano, editor Poetix, USA Kymberly Tuttle, Actress, USA Dirk Förstner, Preservation&Restoration M.A.Student,GERMANY Maria Anna Bierwirth, Conservator for heritage GERMANY Stefanie Pfeifer, Photograph conservator, GERMANY Anna Jüster, Restaurator, GERMANY Marion A. Müller, Film conservator & publisher, GERMANY Alexandra Jeberien, Lecturer preventive conservation, GERMANY Lara Kreuzburg, Conservator of Photographs, GERMANY Jessica Jantc, Student/Fotorestaurator(BA), GERMANY Molly Creel, Media Archivist, USA Andrea Krämer, Student, GERMANY Manuel Leh, Film/Video Laboratory Technician, GERMANY Luc CHAPUT, Film critic (Fipresci member) CANADA Adrienne Cardwell, Artist/Archivist, USA Astrid Wolfig, Artist Assistant, AUSTRIA Christina Reichsthaler, Video artist/Graphic designer, AUSTRIA Maxi Zimmermann, Conservator of Film&Photographs, GERMANY Holly Loose, Singer, Author, GERMANY/TURKEY Kyriakos Tritos, Data analyst executive, GREECE Francesco De Biasio, Researcher, ITALY Paolo Cusenza, Photographer, ITALY M. Bruna Zolin, Professor, ITALY Irene Garbato, Architect, ITALY Lorenzo Colovini, Engineer and cinéphile, ITALY Elena Piasentin, Cinema Worker, ITALY Irene De Piccoli, Student, ITALY Simone Salari, Student, ITALY N. Fagian, Manager, ITALY Caterina Vettore, Student, ITALY Noemi Bertazzo, Architect, ITALY Ivo Makuc, translator, SLOVENIA Roberto Pallottini, Urban planner, ITALY Chiara Caradonna Westermann, Student, GERMANY Arianna Cola, Architect, ITALY Alessandra Pajaro, ITALY Roberto Zemignan, Teacher-Film Critic, ITALY Paolo Pistellato, civil servant, ITALY Kate Pourshariati, Film Archivist Penn Museum, USA Simona Benatti, Purchaser, ITALY Linda Torresin, Student, ITALY Salvatore Russo, Public health doctor, ITALY Maristella J Kelsey, Urban Planner, USA Gregorio Garlanda, Retired, ITALY Antonio Liguori, Judge, ITALY Luisa Zobele, Translator, ITALY Leonardo Isacchi, Student, ITALY Flora Manzonetto, Retired and cinéphile, ITALY Francesca Emili, Psychologist, ITALY Anila Shehaj, Student, ALBANIA Giulia Grotto, Student, ITALY Frederick Jenkins, Student, GERMANY Elena Grimaldo, Psychologist, ITALY Ray Edmondson, Archivist, AUSTRALIA Enrico Fontanari, Urban Planner, ITALY Sebastian Tennant, Web application programmer, UK Stefano Polizzi, Professor, ITALY Jeanne Swadosh, Archivist, USA Nina Fiocco, Student, ITALY Serena Granziera, Medical Doctor, ITALY Catherine Pinguet, Writer, FRANCE Alisa Lebow, Filmmaker and Film Scholar, UK Tina Bastajian, Media Artist/Researcher, NETHERLANDS Josetxo Cerdán, Art director of PdV Int. 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Film Festival, SPAIN Nevenka Koprivsek, Director of Mladi levi festival, SLOVENIA Gali Gold, Doctor, UK Michel Bourse, University Professor, FRANCE/TURKEY Didier Laroche, Architect, TURKEY Jerry Keating, Retired Manager, USA Helene Dubreucq, Concierge, TURKEY Volker Ziegler, Architect, Professor, FRANCE Mariarosy Calleri, Film writer and director, ITALY Greg Grimaldi, Teacher, UK/TURKEY Eda Ulus, PhD Student and Teacher, UK Refik Culpan, Prof. Dr. Management, USA Anna Ludwig, Architect, UK Alison Snyder, Architect/Professor, USA Francesco Pasta, Student, ITALY Ali Türünz, PhD student/ Czech Republic Antti Selkokari, Film critic and journalist, FINLAND Ugo Nocera, Architect, FRANCE Danny Post, journalist, HOLLAND Margriet Brouwer, Marketing Adviser, THE NETHERLANDS Evelien Tomaszewski, Fashion Editor, THE NETHERLANDS Ian van der putten, TV host, THE NETHERLANDS Mariken Heijwegen,Teacher, THE NETHERLANDS Marlon Zwier, Graphic designer, Netherlands Inge Steketee, marketer for a Dutch magazine,THE NETHERLANDS Diva Mayday, Performer, THE NETHERLANDS Marijn Hoogendam, Magazine editor, THE NETHERLANDS José Luis MARTINEZ, lawyer and traveler, Mexico Anne Broekman, Freelance journalist THE NETHERLANDS Yvonne van Nielen,Designer, THE NETHERLANDS Claudia Straatmans, Editor in Chief,THE NETHERLANDS Derek Tigges, Entrepreneur, THE NETHERLANDS Linda Korsten, Travelwriter, THE NETHERLANDS Jill Waas, Filmjournalist, THE NETHERLANDS Sioe-Sin Khoe, Graphic Designer, THE NETHERLANDS Marjo de Bruin, Photo editor, THE NETHERLANDS Moira Valeri, Architect, ITALY Igor Guinau, Copywriter, THE NETHERLANDS Reinder van Wier, Bartender, THE NETHERLANDS Amin Farzanefar, Filmjournalist, GERMANY Ashley Cleek, Journalist, USA The petition has ended! |
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