Forever Thirty-Three is about the first original encyclopedia on the 15-century journey of Islamic culture and civilization to be compiled and completed in the Islamic geography. The story unfolds through two fictional characters: Niyaz and Ekmel. Niyaz is a young academic who graduated from the faculty of theology, while Ekmel is a university professor in his sixties. The paths of the two characters cross at the Encyclopedia of Islam of the Religious Foundation of Turkey. A striking story spanning 33 years of one of the greatest cultural movements in the history of the Turkish Republic, realized with a collective memory…
Feature Documentary Film - 110' - 2022 - Turkey - Turkish & English
Murat Pay
Selman Kılıçarslan
Halil Kardaş
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Republic of Turkey Directorate of Communications
Centre for Islamıc Studies
TRT
Film Code Production
Betül Demir
Emrah Göçen
Hüseyin Soysalan, Birhan Tut, Kübra Tüzgün, Mehmet Beyazıt Uzgaş, Barçın Çalış, Mert Asker, İsmail Düvenci, İlhan Görmek, Mustafa Karaoğlu, Muttalip Müjdeci, Alper Banko, Reyhan Nur Çalıkoğlu, Koray Kuru, İnic Cevher Uzgaş, Abdullah Kurt, Zeki Ocak, Doğukan Töngel , Ahmet Akif Baştürk, Bulut Güneş, Emre Çoşkun, Veysel Tekneci, Hamit Zengin, Serhat Arslaner, Samet Aydemir, İrfan Sarıca
Sedat Şahin
Sabri Eren Öztürk
Natalie Yeres
Serkan Yıldırım
Orhan Koçalan
Soner Koç
Ali Saran, Salih Demirtaş
Emre Kurt
Doğa Güneykaya
Adil Tanış
Suzan Yavuz
Yunus Sağdıç
Filiz Çelik
2023 - 29.Sarajevo Film Festival - World Premiere
2023 - Korkut Ata Film Festival Jury Special Award
2023 - Turkish Writers’ Union 2023 Writers - Ideas and Artists Awards - TV Documentary Award
