Film

Forever Thirty-Three

2024 · 1h 50m · Documentary · Drama

Forever Thirty-Three refers to the first original encyclopedia written and completed about the 1500-year journey of Islamic culture and civilization in the Islamic geography. The story follows two fictional characters: Niyaz and Ekmel. Niyaz is a young academic who graduated from the faculty of theology, and Ekmel is a teacher in his sixties at a university. The two characters’ paths cross in the Encyclopedia of Islam by the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation. The remarkable story of one of the most significant cultural movements in Turkiye’s history has been brought to life with a collective memory spanning 33 years...

Hüseyin Soysalan

Ekmel

Birhan Tut

Niyaz

Kübra Tüzgün

Sacide

Mehmet Beyazıt Uzgaş

Tailor Yakup

Barçın Çalış

Erol

Mert Asker

Baki

İsmail Düvenci

Ömer Hodja / The Old Author

İlhan Görmek

Tomb Keeper

Mustafa Karaoğlu

Mullah Kasım

Muttalip Müjdeci

Article Author

Alper Banko

Inspector

Reyhan Nur Çalıkoğlu

Female Researcher

Koray Kuru

Salih

İnci Cevher Uzgaş

Salih's Wife

Abdullah Kurt

Subscriber #1

Zeki Ocak

Subscriber #2 (Mr. Yavuz)

• Murat PayDirector
• Selman KiliçaslanWriter
• Halil KardaşProducer
• Betül DemirExecutive Producer
• Sedat ŞahinDirector of Photography
• Sabri Eren ÖztürkEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

December 13, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

Turkish

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Documentary, Drama