Letter for Tomorrow, A  Turkey
2007, 47min.
Script/Dir.: Hakan Aytekin, Dir. of Phot.: Turhan Yavuz, Compos.: Gabriel Aydin, Edit.: Erdinc Dincer
Today about 6,700 languages are spoken in the world. If the predictions of the specialists become true; approximately 5000 languages will be wiped out in the next century from their historical place. This danger is also valid for “Syriac” one of the three oldest languages spoken in the world. It is rooted from North of Mesopotamia and South Eastern Anatolia. A Letter For Tomorrow, emphasizing the historical background of the “Syriac” language and the calligraphy tradition of this culture by introducing a priest, Gabriel Aktas, one of the calligraphers in the South Eastern of Turkey. Giving some sections from daily life of the Syriac society, the film reflects the importance for catching on the native language in terms of culture. The film establishes parallels with the life cycle of the Syriac language and the birth-death notion, the basic dynamics of the life and the culture.
Production Company
Social Democracy Foundation
Awards
2nd International Golden Bunch (Golden Grapes FF, Cyprus, 2008); Professional Category “ First Prize“
| Aytekin, Hakan  Hakan Aytekin (born 1961, Ankara, Turkey)
He completed his undergraduate degree in A.U. Technical School of Press and Broadcast and graduated from Marmara University Social Sciences Institute Communication Sciences Division. He has many productions as a screenwriter and director in documentary film field, which he had started with Suha Arın in his school years. He won national and international awards in this field. Beside the scenarios he has written in fictional movie field, he also has two books Stones and Dreams (Taşlar ve Düşler) The Longing Wind (Hasret Rüzgarı) and articles, stories, essays, which were published in various magazines. Currently he is working as a lecturer in Maltepe University Communication Faculty and as head of department in Maltepe University Technical School of Radio and Television Broadcasting.
Filmography
Signature of Movement: Earthquake (1988), Behind the Snowy Mountains (1989), Living Shadows (1989), Golden City: Istanbul (Associative Dir. with Suha Arın, 1996), Between Two Worlds (6 Episodes - Associative Dir. with Hasan Özgen, 1999-2000), On the Edge of Discovery (2 episodes, 2000), Light is Looking for Its Voice (2001), "No Way!" They said... (2002), Me, Vedat Günyol (Associative Dir. with Turhan Yavuz, 2003), A Letter for Tomorrow (2007).
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