On Friday, April 16, AMC Studio 30 Theaters was the home of an unforgettable and meaningful night. As part of WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Esrefpasalilar was watched by a privilaged audience at a packed theater. Esrefpasalilar is about the story of a bunch of gangsters, known as “Esrefpasalilar”, influenced and transformed by the teachings of a preacher who has just been appointed to a neighborhood. Esrefpasalilar gives important messages to everyone and once again reminds us about good character traits such kindness, benevolence, advice and tolerance in a world of conflict and problems.
After the movie, interviews conducted on some audience and the general feeling was pretty positive about the movie. One spectator said it was a special experience to watch a Turkish movie, while another one stated that he was impressed by the unique plot of the film and he would actually be willing to visit Turkey at the earliest convenience. The audience, after so much laughter and weeping, was in ecstatic mood at the end of the night.
As the movie goes, “those gangsters used to cut ears, but now they gave their ears to the preacher.”
Start time: Friday April 16, 2010 at 7:00 PM - Central Time End time: Friday April 16, 2010 at 9:00 PM - Central Time Where: AMC Studio 30 Theaters on Dunvale, 2949 Dunvale off Westheimer, Houston, TX 77063
Category: Festivals and Fairs
The 42nd Annual WorldFest Film Festival showcases an independent film competition for emerging cinematic talents. This year Turkish director Hudaverdi Yavuz`s film `Esrefpasalilar` will be competing in the festival, it will be featured on April 16th at AMC Studio Theaters on Dunvale. Turkish cinema is in its golden era, with several successful productions playing in movie theaters.
Houston hosted the Fourth Annual Turkish Language Olympiad on Saturday April 3, 2010 at Hobby center. Over 6,0000 students who are taking Turkish lessons at universities, public schools, and branches of Raindrop Turkish House in 14 cities of Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas, Louisiana, and Arkansas participated in the first round of eliminations. In order to encourage Turkish language training, Raindrop has been organizing Turkish Language Olympiads since 2007. Houston hosted 600 finalists from these six states who competed in 8 categories including Turkish language competition, singing, poetry, talent, Turkish cuisine contest, picture and figure, folklore, and state exhibition contests. The finalists will be the candidates to represent the "Lone Star State" in Turkey among the representatives of 115 countries. FOX TV news anchors Mike Barajas and Sibila Vargas appearance in traditional Turkish customs was one of the surprises of the night. Besides more than 2,500 spectators, political, academic, cultural notables as well as Nevzat Pakdil, Vice Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and congressman from Justice and Development Party representing the city of Kahramanmaras, Mustafa Kabakci, Congressman from Justice and Development Party representing the city of Konya, Mehmet Emin Ekmen, Congressman from Justice and Development Party representing the city of Batman, Haydar Kemal Kurt, Congressman from Justice and Development Party representing the city of Isparta,
Yilmaz Tunc, Congressman from Justice and Development Party representing the city of Bartin, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, US Congressman Al Green, Consul General of Turkey Akil Oktem, and Harris County Judge Ed Emmett attended the event.
As Raindrop
Turkish House, we cordially invite you to the 4th Annual Statewide
Turkish Olympiad Texas Finals which will be held at Hobby Center - Sarofim Hall
on Saturday April 3, 2010.
Students
will compete in total 8 categories ranging from Turkish language contests,
singing contests, poetry contests, talent contests, stand contests, art
contests and folk dance competitions to Turkish Cuisine contest.
DateSaturday, April 3,
2010
Time
12:00 pm - 04:00 pm : Stands are open to visit
04:30
pm - 7:00 pm : Competition and Award Ceremony (Sarofim Hall)
Location
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Sarofim Hall in Houston 800
Bagby Street, Ste. 300, Houston, TX 77002
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