"Mercy and Justice" International Short Film Festival Opens

"Mercy and Justice" International Short Film Festival Opens

ISTANBUL, February 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --



Istanbul's Cekmekoy Municipality has launched a mercy and justice-themed international
short film contest. Its purpose is to introduce different aspects of the exemplary life of
Prophet Muhammad to help people understand him accurately. Calling on professional and
amateur contestants, the short film contest will accept contributions until April 8, 2016.



Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM3ze35m5mc 



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Contributions to a Sense of Mercy and Justice Are Intended at a Time When We Need
Peace More Than Ever



Remorselessness and injustice underlie unfortunate happenings on the face of Earth.
Absence of mercy and justice from our daily life drags the world to new disasters every
day. To make these two concepts integral parts of daily life, one needs to consider,
remember and produce works focused on them. Therefore, the contest encourages people to
consider the beautiful morals of our prophet, who adopted mercy and justice in his
lifetime, in a cinematographic language.



To contribute to humanity and its efforts with mercy and justice, short films on given
themes promoting world peace will be accepted from all geographies irrespective of
religion, language and race.



Launching it on 10th December 2015, Ahmet Poyraz, the Mayor of Cekmekoy announced that
the contest was open to all countries of the world. Faysal Soysal, President of the
Contest called on everybody to participate in the contest with their works to restore
mercy and justice all over the world.



"Mercy and Justice" International Short Film Video: 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM3ze35m5mc



Majid Majidi, Director of Children of Heaven is the Jury President Majid Majidi from
Iran, the Oscar nominated director of Children of Heaven; Osman SInav, Hasanali Yildirim,
Faysal Soysal and Mehmet Ozgur from Turkey; Sahin Sisic from Bosnia, and Rashid Masharawi
from Palestine are the jury. The Preliminary Selection Board consists of author Cihan
Aktas; Mustafa Kara, the widely applauded director of Kalandar Sogugu; movie critic
Buenyamin Yilmaz and producer Ferhat Essiz.



Contest Organized Under the Auspices of the Turkish Presidency 



Embracing all, supporting projects that exalt democratization and national, spiritual
and humanitarian values, and encouraging active participation in social life; the
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan provides support for the project under the sponsorship of
the Turkish Presidency.



TL 99.000 PRIZE FOR 20 WORKS 



Twenty short films will be awarded at the contest. Prizes include 30,000 TL for the
winner; 20,000 TL for the runner-up and 15,000 TL for the third prize. 2,000 TL of
honourable mention prizes will be awarded to each film that ranks between 4th and 20th
place.




 
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