Searching for The Band (Musa AK, Hasan Basri Ozdemir) Turkey |

Searching for The Band
Musa AK, Hasan Basri Ozdemir
Turkey. 2024. 74 min

The documentary tells the story of the Eroğlu Girls’ Orchestra, which was founded in 1968 as the first girls’ orchestra in Turkey and gained great popularity by appearing on television and radio programs on TRT and in newspaper reports in the 1970s, and how it was brought together again by Cenk Eroğlu and the process of making music. It tells the story of the artists of the period, the understanding of music and art, social developments, and the characters’ past lives in a way that intertwines their present and past lives.

MUSA AK

He was born in Burdur in 1987. He completed his undergraduate education at Erciyes University, Faculty of Communication, Radio, Cinema and Television. He completed his master’s degree in the same department. He completed his doctorate in Istanbul University, Department of Radio. Television and Cinema. He made many short films and documentaries. He worked as an assistant director in many TV series and feature film. He served as a jury member.
He represented national and international film festivals. He received more than 30 awards. He is currently working as a PhD lecturer at Karabük University Safranbolu Türker İnanoğlu Faculty of Communication.

HASAN BASRI OZDEMIR

Born in 1983. In 2005, he entered Erciyes University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio, Cinema and Television. He completed his master’s degree in Erciyes University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Relations and Publicity in 2009. made many movies. He represented his country in more than 50 film festivals with the films he shot. He was a jury member at national and international film festivals. Hasan Basri Özdemir, the founder of Kayseri Film Festival, is currently working as a lecturer at Kırıkkale University, Radio and Television Programming Department.