Yapım Tarihi - 2023
Süresi - 00:40:00
Format - Uzun Belgesel, Renkli, Türkçe
Yönetmen - Nazlı Berivan Ak
Yapımcı - Nazlı Berivan Ak
Prodüksiyon - Nazlı Berivan Ak
Senaryo - Nazlı Berivan Ak
Müzik - Ekin Eti, Ertan Şahin
Seslendiren, Sunucu - Nazlı Berivan Ak
Görüntü Yönetmeni - Abdullah Tarık Karagöz
Okuma kültürünü değiştirip dönüştüren, okur eğilimlerini birebir gözlemleyen,
önerdiği kitaplarla, düzenlediği sohbet, imza günü ve atölyelerle Anadolu’da
gönüllü bir misyon yüklenen Tarsus Antik Sahaf Kitabevi kurucusu İsmail Kün,
önemli bir bağımsız kitapçı örneği. Hayata kitaplarla tutunan Kün’ün kitabevini
kurma ve yaşatma hikayesini odağına alan belgesel, Türkiye yayıncılığının son
otuz yılda yaşadığı büyük dönüşümü, tüm paydaşlarıyla sektörü, değişen okur
profilini, kitapların dağıtım, yayılım ve satışlarını da ele alarak bu
toprakların entelektüel izini sürüyor. Şehir kültürü bağlamında kitapçıyı
tartışan belgesel, soyu tükenmekte olan, tehlike altındaki bir gruba ağıt değil,
bağımsız kitapçının kendiliğinden üstlendiği önemli misyonun altını çizme
hedefinde bir hafıza tazeleme çalışması, gelecek günler için ortak düşünce
deneyi. Kitapçı, bağımsız okurluğun, yayıncılığın ve kitapçılığın ilişkisini
tartışma hedefinde bir görsel saha çalışması.
İsmail Kün, the founder of Tarsus Antik Sahaf Bookstore, is an important
example of an independent bookstore, which changes and transforms the reading
culture, observes the reader tendencies, and undertakes a voluntary mission in
Anatolia with the books he recommends, the talks, book signings and workshops
he organizes. Focusing on the story of Kün, who clings to life with books, to
establish and keep his bookstore alive, the documentary traces the intellectual
traces of this land by addressing the great transformation of Turkish publishing
in the last thirty years, the sector with all its stakeholders, the changing
reader profile, and the sales of books. The documentary, which includes the
views of the parties that make up the publishing ecosystem, is not a lament for
an endangered or endangered group, but a memory refresher study, a collective
thought experiment for the coming days, aiming to highlight the important
mission undertaken by the independent bookstore itself. The Bookstore is a
visual fieldwork that aims to discuss the relationship between independent
reading, publishing, and bookselling.
Founded by İsmail Kün, Tarsus Antik Sahaf Bookstore is one of the bookstores
that changes and transforms the reading culture and assumes a great mission in
the city of Tarsus which is a historic city in south-central Turkey, with a
history of 6,000 years. İsmail is an independent bookseller in this city and he
recommends books to his customers in his store and via his social media accounts.
By organizing events with authors, he shapes the reading culture of the city.
This documentary focuses on the story of Kün as he works to keep alive Antik
Sahaf Bookstore. In the documentary, the audience will learn about the life of
İsmail Kün and the idea behind independent bookstores. The Bookseller is a
visual thought experiment about being an independent bookseller. I owe my
background as a reader, publisher and writer to indie bookstores, and I have
been working on the issue of indie bookstores for many years. I think İsmail
Kün’s bookstore which is in Mersin, Tarsus, known as the city of Saint Paulus in
south-central Turkey, is a very good example of independent bookstores with its
promoting reading culture, creating new readers from all ages as well as giving
a place for people to socialize using books and reading. It’s a cultural island
and a bridge. I wanted to share this unique example as a documentary with the
audience as it represents the culture of independent bookstores in Turkey.
İsmail Kün’s bookstore is a good answer for people who ask, “Why would I buy a
book from a bookstore if I can buy the same book for a much lower price via
internet?” He shows that we should buy books from independent bookstores because
they don’t only sell books but also sell their knowledge about books, they let
us meet with writers and books we haven’t encountered before, trigger our
curiosity about new titles, and give us new notions of reading and sharing. By
buying a book from an independent bookstore, you get to become a member of a
“secret, special, emotional club”. I’ve been working on the issue for many years,
had interviews with many different independent bookstores from all over Turkey
for newspapers and magazines, wrote the very first report about independent
bookstores in Turkey and found out that they always had the very similar
problems. So, taking İsmail’s bookstore as an example and discussing it with all
aspects (fixed price, whether the independent bookstores’ time to die has come
or not, the romantic and nostalgic approach to bookstores and how or if we
should change it, the new generation and their relationship with bookstores,
solidarity between bookstore owners, and the need for an association in Turkey
for them) leads the audience to question the problems all bookstores face. I am
an editor myself, so I will tell his story with the best way I know: Filming
like editing a book. I made a documentary about Antik Sahaf Kitabevi and his
owner İsmail Kün because I believe the only chance to read, publish and share
independently is for independent bookstores to be vivid and strong. I made this
documentary for an independent future.
