Müezzin
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Müezzin is a 2008 Austrian-Turkish documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 directed by Sebastian Brameshuber about the annual Turkish competition for the best muezzin
Muezzin
A muezzin , or muzim, is the chosen person at a mosque who leads the call to prayer at Friday services and the five daily times for prayer from one of the mosque's minarets; in most modern mosques, electronic amplification aids the muezzin in his task.The professional muezzin is chosen for his...

. The film was selected for the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival
29th International Istanbul Film Festival
The 29th International Istanbul Film Festival was a film festival held in Istanbul, Turkey, which ran from April 3 to 18, 2010. More than 200 films were screened in 23 categories at seven movie theatres including Atlas, Rüya, Beyoğlu, Sinepop, Pera Museum theaters in Beyoğlu, the Kadıköy theater...

 and 16th London Turkish Film Festival
16th London Turkish Film Festival
The 16th London Turkish Film Festival is a film festival held in London, England which ran from November 4 to 18, 2010. During the course of the festival seventeen feature films and two programmes of shorts were presented at the Apollo Theatre and the Rio Cinema.The festival began with an opening...

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Festival screenings

  • 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 3-11, 2009)
  • 15th Sarajevo International Film Festival (August 12-20, 2009)
  • 29th International Istanbul Film Festival
    29th International Istanbul Film Festival
    The 29th International Istanbul Film Festival was a film festival held in Istanbul, Turkey, which ran from April 3 to 18, 2010. More than 200 films were screened in 23 categories at seven movie theatres including Atlas, Rüya, Beyoğlu, Sinepop, Pera Museum theaters in Beyoğlu, the Kadıköy theater...

     (April 3-18, 2010)
  • 12th Buenos Aires International Film Festival (April 7-18, 2010)
  • 16th London Turkish Film Festival
    16th London Turkish Film Festival
    The 16th London Turkish Film Festival is a film festival held in London, England which ran from November 4 to 18, 2010. During the course of the festival seventeen feature films and two programmes of shorts were presented at the Apollo Theatre and the Rio Cinema.The festival began with an opening...

    (November 4-18, 2010)
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