Article 301 (short film)

Plot: A Turkish nationalist Zeki Abaz (Slim Khezri) targets a Turkish-Armenian Journalist Kegham Hakobian (David Light), after giving a speech at UCLA on Armenian Genocide of 1915. Zeki confronts Kegham for Violating the Notorious law "Article 301". A story inspired by the assassination of Hrant Dink in Jan. 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey.

ARTICLE 301 (short film, 2007)
Written, Produced, and Directed: Matthew Van, Barry Taft
Director of Photography: Steven Garcia
Starring: Slim Khezri, David Light, Johnathan Engel
Music: Greg Hosharian (*additional music by LAILA)


Article 301 (Turkish Penal Code), a controversial article of the Turkish Penal Code making it illegal to insult Turkey, the Turkish ethnicity, or Turkish government institutions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_301_(Turkish_Penal_Code)
Hrant Dink (Armenian: Հրանդ Տինք), a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columnist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrant_Dink

"ARTICLE 301" (with Slim Khezri & David Light) *UPDATE

ARTICLE 301 is finally finished and already on it's way to the first public showing, the movie has entered 6 festivals.

*Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival Riverside International Film Festival
8 Annual from April 11, 2008 to April 20, 2008

*Liberty Film Festival Screening Series
1 Annual from July 01, 2008 to July 01, 2008

*Artivist Film Festival
5 Annual from October 02, 2008 to October 05, 2008

*2008 SF Shorts: San Francisco International Festival of Short Films
3 Annual from August 06, 2008 to August 09, 2008

*Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
14 Annual from August 21, 2008 to August 27, 2008

more NEWS on the way!