FNE at Istanbul IFF 2011: New projects score development funding
ISTANBUL: Development funding for a number of new feature film projects was announced at the Istanbul IFF (http://film.iksv.org/trrnfor ) Meetings on the Bridge industry event last night. The new Turkish…
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits
The documentary film Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits, makes its world premiere at the Istanbul Film Festival as the final screening in the National Competition.
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Our Grand Despair
Seyfi Teoman's Our Grand Despair, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, received both the Best Film award and the Film Critics' Choice award at the Turkey/German Film Festival in…
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Press
Press had its world premiere at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in October 2010, and was released in Turkish cinemas on 18 March 2011. The film received the Special…
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Hair
Hair had its world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival in August 2010, with the Turkish premiere following in October at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where…
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Toll Booth
Toll Booth is the debut film by director Tolga Karacelik. It received the Best First Film, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography awards at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in…
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF 2011: White as Snow
White as Snow, the feature film directing debut of Selim Gunes, competes in the national competition at Istanbul after receiving awards at two previous Turkish festivals. It received the Best…
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF2011: Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round directed by Ilksen Basarir screens in the Istanbul national film competition following its theatrical release in Turkey on 1 April 2011. The film had its world premiere at the…
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: Zephyr
Zephyr screens in the Turkish national film competition after making its world premiere at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival in September.
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: The Plane Tree
After several months of pre-production, The Plane Tree began filming on 17 July 2010 for a period of nine weeks.
FESTIVALS: FNE at Istanbul IFF: 72nd Ward
Made on a budget of 1 million Turkish lira, 72nd Ward which opened in Turkish cinemas on 4 March 2011 has already earned 2 million Turkish lira at the box…
Turkey Expands Meetings on the Bridge
ISTANBUL: European producers and filmmakers attending the 30th Istanbul film festival (2-17 April 2011, www.iksv.org/film) will find an expanded Meetings on the Bridge platform for coproductions. Building upon the success…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul Announces Competition Films
ISTANBUL: Twelve films will compete in the Golden Tulip international competition at the 30th anniversary edition of the Istanbul Film Festival (film.iksv.org), 2-14 April 2011. An additional 14 films will…
FESTIVALS: Istanbul Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary
ISTANBUL: The 30th anniversary edition of the Istanbul Film Festival (film.idvs.org) runs 2-17 April 2011 with a line-up of 230 films in 21 sections. With 150,000 visitors in 2010, the…
Five Minarets Tops Turkish 2010 Box Office
In 2010, Turkish films continued to dominate the national box office in Turkey, claiming 186 Million Turkish Liras of a total 357 million TL in box income, once more staying…
PRODUCTION: Scapegoat goes into Postproduction
ISTANBUL: Scapegoat, a slapstick comedy expected to rival the success of the 2009 Turkish box office hit Recep Ivedik (4.5 million admissions), is completing postproduction. A $1 million production by…
WINNER OF THE FESTIVAL ON WHEELS: ILLEGAL
The winning films of the 16th Festival on Wheels have been announced. Of the nine titles which competed in the Festival, Olivier Masset-Depasse's Illegal took the Golden Bull Award. The…
Turkey Approves Media Foreign Ownership Bill
The Turkish Parliament has approved a bill that will allow an increase in foreign ownership of Turkish TV and radio. Foreign investment will now cap at 50%, doubling the previous…
FESTIVALS: Festival on Wheels Announces Turkish Schedule
The 16th Festival on Wheels, organized by the Ankara Cinema Association in association with the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism, the Governorship of Artvin, the Municipality of Artvin and…
Turkish Producer Wins Prix Eurimages
Turkish producer Zeynep Özbatur, head of Zeyno Film Production in Istanbul, Turkey, will receive the Prix Eurimages (www.coe.int/Eurimages) fourth European Coproduction Award.
