Documentary A 2009, 85 min. Filming-Locations: Istanbul Script: Sebastian Brameshuber Director of Photography: Govinda van Maele Editing: Sebastian Brameshuber, Gökce Ince Producers: Sebastian Brameshuber, David Bohun, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Since the time of the Prophet Mohammed, faithful Muslims have heeded the muezzin’s call to prayer five times a day. A more recent phenomenon is the Turkish call to prayer contests. Each year the country’s muezzins compete, and their powerful expressivity proves that muezzins are a special kind of artists. “MUEZZIN” follows the dramatic progress of the competition and investigates the phenomenon of individuality within Islamic culture.
