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Forever Thirty-Three

20240.0 / 10110 min

Documentary

Overview

Forever Thirty-Three refers to the first original encyclopedia written and completed about the 1500-year journey of Islamic culture and civilization in the Islamic geography. The story follows two fictional characters: Niyaz and Ekmel. Niyaz is a young academic who graduated from the faculty of theology, and Ekmel is a teacher in his sixties at a university. The two characters’ paths cross in the Encyclopedia of Islam by the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation. The remarkable story of one of the most significant cultural movements in Turkiye’s history has been brought to life with a collective memory spanning 33 years...

Cast

Hüseyin Soysalan

Ekmel

Birhan Tut

Niyaz

Kübra Tüzgün

Mehmet Beyazıt Uzgaş

Barçın Çalış

Mert Asker

İsmail Düvenci

İlhan Görmek

Mustafa Karaoğlu

Muttalip Müjdeci

Alper Banko

Reyhan Nur Çalikoglu

Koray Kuru

İnci Cevher Uzgaş

Abdullah Kurt

Zeki Ocak

Crew

Murat Pay

Director

Selman Kiliçaslan

Writer

Sedat Şahin

Director of Photography

Natali Yeres

Production Designer

Sabri Eren Öztürk

Editor

Ali Saran

Music

Orhan Koçalan

Sound Recordist

Soner Koç

Sound Designer

Taha Birinci

Colorist

Serkan Yıldırım

Assistant Director

Emre Kurt

Gaffer

Hasan Akbal

Key Grip

Doğa Güneykaya

Costumer

Adil Taniş

Hairdresser

Suzan Yavuz

Makeup Artist

Emrah Göçen

Line Producer

Betül Demir

Executive Producer

Halil Kardaş

Producer

Filiz Çelik

Casting Director