Armenia, Turkey to present first joint film

ArmInfo. Armenia and Turkey will present their first joint film.  The corresponding agreement was signed by producers Ani Galstyan (Armenia) and Ela Alyamac (Turkey) during the film market of the Cannes Film Festival in the pavilion of the Pan-Armenian Federation of Film Producers (PFFP). 

As reported by the American publication Variety, the directors and  screenwriters of the film   "Hello" (Ela Alyamac and Aren Perdeci),  called it a bold and unprecedented act of cultural cooperation and  new mutual understanding. It was noted that the film is an  autobiography of the world-famous Turkish photographer of Armenian  descent Ara Guler, who passed away in 2018. The directors, who are  also of Armenian descent, according to the publication, developed a  close relationship with Guler a year before his death, which helped  them turn his life story into a script for a film with the working  title "Hello." While the film will focus on various aspects of his  career and exotic travels, it is essentially a three-day trip of the  photographer with his father to the Armenian village where he was  born.  In an earlier interview with the publication, the directors,  ref erring to a conversation with Guler, said that it was his  father's return home that was the greatest journey of his life. The  film will be produced by the Turkish film company Kara Kedi Film and  the Armenian Enso Films.