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“Seeds of the Same Pomegranate”, invited to the Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival, is a documentary which focuses on memory, belonging and the feeling of cohabitation while traces the footprints of a family back in time. Director Şeyla Korkut spoke to Agos about both her film and the marks this personal journey left on her.

At the Berlin Film Festival, İlker Çatak won the festival’s top prize, the Golden Bear, with his film “Yellow Letters” while Emin Alper was awarded the Silver Bear for his film Salvation (Kurtuluş). In his speech, which sent greetings to Rojava, Gaza, Iran, and Silivri, Alper commemorated Gezi prisoners Çiğdem Mater, Tayfun Kahraman, Mine Özerden, Can Atalay, and Osman Kavala, saying, “You are not alone.” He also sent a message of “You are not alone” to Selahattin Demirtaş, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and imprisoned mayors.

Eighty-one artists, including Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton, Brian Cox, and Adam McKay, have called on Berlinale officials to take a stand against the genocide in Gaza and to express this stance openly.