ASHURA

AŞURA (AŞURA), 2012
Türkiye, Germany | DVD, Renkli, 22' | Turkish, Azerbaijani
Director: Köken Ergun

There are approximately 1 million Ja’fari Shiites in Turkey. Every year in the month of Muharram, the Ja’fari Community in Istanbul holds an Ashura ceremony during which they also perform a play reenacting the Karbala tragedy. The film, which also shows some emotional moments from the rehearsals, won the German Academic ExchangeProgram’s Short Film Prize at the 63^rd Berlinale.