An unknown world behind a prayer. Since the time of the Prophet Mohammed, faithful Muslims have heeded the muezzin's call to prayer five times a day. A more recent phenomenon is the Turkish call to prayer contests. Each year the country's muezzins compete, and their powerful expressivity proves that muezzins are a special kind of artists. The dramatic progress of the competition and the phenomenon of individuality within Islamic culture.
Screenplay: Sebastian Brameshuber
Cinematography: Govinda Van Maele
Editing: Sebastian Brameshuber, Gökce Ince
Sound: Marco Zinz
Prizes and selections:
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009, Sarajevo International Film Festival 2009, Istanbul International Film Festival 2010, SANFIC International Film Festival Santiago de Chile 2010, Aljazeera Documentary International Film Festival 2010, Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg 2010
Production:
KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production
(www.kgp.co.at)
Distribution:
Cinephil
(Tel Aviv, T +972 3 5664129; info@cinephil.co.il; www.cinephil.co.il)
Casa del Cinema (Sala Kodak) - 11.00, 17 Nov
Casa del Cinema (Sala Kodak) - 18.00, 20 Nov
