"Five O'Clock Tea Meetings" Begin with Reis Çelik

The first of the "Five O'Clock Tea Meetings" organized by Bahçeşehir University has been held. The first guest of the program, launched with the slogan "The Taste of a Glass of Brewed Tea Lingers on the Palate, the Joy of Conversation in the Heart," was award-winning director Reis Çelik. Cinema was discussed at the event, attended by BAU students, academics and members of the press.

 

Reis Çelik, director of the films "Işıklar Sönmesin," "Hoşçakal Yarın" and "Lal Gece," which won the "Crystal Bear" award at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, met with Bahçeşehir University students. At the meeting, moderated by Bahçeşehir University Head of the Department of Sociology Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Narlı, Reis Çelik described his view of cinema with episodes from his life.

 

"I MEASURED THE BREATH OF 1,500 PEOPLE"
 

Saying, "I carry the issues that need to be discussed in the world I see, within the community of which I am an individual. Art is a reaction mechanism. I am in favor of confrontation, and I have built my cinema on society confronting its own realities," Çelik described the happiness he felt at the award ceremony in Berlin with the words: " I measured the breath of 1,500 people." At the end of the event, Çelik answered questions.

 

The Five O'Clock Tea events will continue to be held monthly.