Director: Bülent Boral
Turkey, 2025, 43’, DCP, color
Turkish with English subtitles
From Mardiros Until Now is a documentary film based on the emotional journey of a United States resident, OsepTokat, to his homeland, Bingöl, Turkey. When he arrives in the Zermek village of Kiğı in Bingöl province, OsepTokat’s first stop is the fountain built by his grandfather Mardiros Sarkisyan in the village square 1889. Then he walks around the village, searching for the house where he was born.Without success, but with the help of a couple of villagers, he locates the church in ruins. He starts following the traces of the past and his grandfather’s masterpieces. Mardiros Sarkisyan had been a famous master builder in the region. He had built a windmill in Zermek, bridges, fountains, threshers, and household tools. As the Sarkisyan family joined the exodus starting in 1915, they stayed under the refuge of Hasan Agha of the Çarsancak seigneurs and managed to return to Zermek after various stops elsewhere.
From Mardiros Until Now is a documentary film about migration, suffering, those left behind, and yearning for homeland.
The crew will attend.
Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.
Suggesting alternative models for new social and economic systems, SUPERFLEX works appear before us as energy systems, beverages, sculptures, copies, hypnosis sessions, infrastructure, paintings, plant nurseries, contracts, or specifically designed public spaces.
Selected from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection, we present the landscapes and places in Istanbul photographs, dating from the 1850s to the 1980s, together with their present-day views!
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