DFI will screen documentary as part of Qatar Turkey event

Date

9/9/2015 4:16:08 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

DOHA: Doha Film Institute (DFI) will screen the documentary ‘Secret World of Magnificent Century’ on September 15 at the Katara Opera House as part of the Qatar-Turkey 2015 Year of Culture celebrations.

The behind-the-scenes documentary is about one of Turkish television’s most opulent productions ‘Magnificent Century’ an elaborate period drama that re-imagines Turkey’s imperial past.

The event presented by Qatar Museums the DFI and the Dogus Group serves as a curtain raiser to launch the ‘Harem Al Sultan: The Exhibition’ on the following day. The documentary takes viewers behind the making of the popular series that has gripped viewers worldwide since its premiere in 2011. It screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Halit Ergen who plays Sultan Suleiman.

Directed by Yamur and Durul Taylan the programme is aired in more than 54 countries and reaches more than 200 million viewers. A soap opera set in the court of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent the programme has been breaking Turkish television records and has captured the hearts of viewers from Turkey the Arab world and beyond. Sultan Süleyman who reigned from 1520 to 1566 is known in Turkey as the Lawmaker renowned for his innovative legal code for the opulence of his court and for expanding the Ottoman Empire from Transylvania to the Persian Gulf. The plot of “Magnificent Century” depicts intrigues at the court of Sultan Süleyman.

The special screening will be followed by the opening of the “Harem Al Sultan - Magnificent Century: The Exhibition - Special Edition” on September 16 at the Qatar Museums Gallery. The celebrated exhibition from September 17 to December 12 will leave Turkey for the first time as part of Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture activities since its world premiere in Istanbul last year.

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