Rakel Dink's mournful voice is set to echo out from an animated film titled “Hiçbir Karanlık Unutturamaz” (No darkness will cause us to forget).
In recent years Hüseyin Karabey has been mentioned often with successful films. Now he has adapted into animation the funeral day of assassinated Agos Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink, during which millions of people rushed to the streets.
Visual artist Aksel Zeydan Göz provided support to Karabey in adapting the animation film to the screen. It is a nine-minute, black-and-white short film in which a letter written by Dink’s wife Rakel Dink saddens viewers while painful faces of Rakel Dink and her children sometimes appear and disappear in black-and-white strips.
Karabey explained why he had chosen the animation technique. “In recent years, the documentary film genre has pushed the limits of reality. I have seen that animation was also included in documentary. This interesting technique made me excited and I decided to make this film with the animation technique. I hope this film will raise awareness among young generations. I hope that I can make it happen, because they don’t know about the pain of this land. History will repeat itself if we forget it or make it forgotten.”
Göz, who adapted the film to the silver screen using the animation technique, said: “This film, which we have made for the historical letter written by Rakel Dink, will give important messages to viewers in the future. We have tried to show the atmosphere of the funeral day in black-and-white.”
The film “Hiçbir Karanlık Unutturamaz” will be screened as part of the 30th International Istanbul Film Festival that will begin on April 2 and continue until April 17. Later, the film will meet viewers in Switzerland, Europe and the U.S, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
