I am Russian journalist and environmentalist living between Moscow and Istanbul.
In Russia I have been organizing ECOCUP International Green Documentary Film Festival for past 10 years. It takes place in Moscow and then travels to the city across Russia and some of CIS-countries (Ukraine, Belorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan). I often travel to similar festivals around the world with Green Film Network. So it is easy to say that eco-doc world and all the people in it who wants to save the world from climate catastrophe have been pretty much my life. And I am so grateful for this.

Otherwise I am free-lance journalist based in Turkey because of this guy :)
https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/okancakmak

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started traveling with CS and it is the best way to travel and actually get to know the place and its people. And so many of my guests or hosts actually became a big part of my life.

Interests

• writing
• books
• festivals
• dancing
• wine
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• hiking
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

2 films that influenced me deeply, and which i've seen numerous times
Amadeus by Milos Forman
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_(film) )
and The Dreamers by Bertolucci
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreamers_(film) )

All the rest are documentaries I watch for work and do my best to show to as much people as possible :)

I am a book worm (thank you, Russian reading culture) and I read A LOT. Especially contemporary non-fiction. So in reading field I moved much more forward than in Music, where I just stuck somewhere in 80th and don't really know what happened after.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey

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