Tuesday, April 10

Duygu Sağıroğlu: “Cinema is our passions.”

The screening of Endless Journey from the section “Special Screenings” took place at Pera Museum Auditorium, with the participation of the director Mehmet Güleryüz and Duygu Sağıroğlu whose artistic career of nearly 60 years inspired the film. It focuses on the life of Duygu Sağıroğlu who has made tremendous artistic contributions to Turkish cinema and thought, and who had also received a Honorory Cinema Award from the festival in 2007. Güleryüz answered the questions from the audience after the screening, and said: “We didn’t do anything. If there’s someone who’s done anything good, it’s Duygu”. Duygu Sağıroğlu also commented on his passion for cinema: “Cinema is what we live, our passions, our loves, and nothing else.”

Photo: Benek Özmez