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TURKEY / Candidate call for BIFED

The fourth Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (BIFED), will take place in Bozcaada, a Turkish town and island south of the Dardanelles, from October 11th to 15th 2017. The festival encourages films about ecology, bringing together art and the problems of the environment. Films are divided into three categories: the international documentary competition, a …

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TURKEY WORLD / Focus on MUBI

MUBI is a video-on-demand platform created 10 years ago by a young Turkish entrepreneur, Efe Çakarel. For €5.99 per month the platform makes available 30 films by well-known, unknown or forgotten film-makers – usually independent. Every day one film is added and another deleted. The target audience are cinephiles and connoisseurs. Among the films this …

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TURKEY / The government plans to ban TV programmes showing on-screen dating

The Turkish government is considering banning reality TV shows which feature dating encounters. Numan Kurtulmus, the Deputy Prime Minister, said these broadcasts were not in keeping with Turkish customs, traditions and beliefs. Despite the popularity of these broadcasts, more than 10,000 complaints were registered by the Turkish Media Authority (RTÜK) in 2016. The Turkish Directorate …

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TURKEY / Transmission of TRT World extended

The Turkish channel TRT World, broadcasting international news in English, has expanded its catchment area thanks to an agreement signed with the private telecommunications operator SES. Transmitted from the SES group’s three Astra satellite positions, TRT World (a subsidiary of TRT, the Turkish public broadcaster) has been available since January in continental Europe, the United …

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FRANCE / The 39th Douarnenez Film Festival turns towards Turkey

With last year’s festival focused on Andean cinema, this year the Douarnenez Film Festival (Brittany) will turn its lens on the people of Turkey. From August 19th to 27th 150 films will be shown to explore “Turkey’s history and the present reality” and also “to highlight the shared influences, dialogue and ways of life.” Through …

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TURKEY / The Discop Istanbul market cancelled for security reasons

The 2017 Istanbul Discop market for television programmes has been officially cancelled by its organizer Basic Lead. In a statement on the event’s website, Basic Lead, head-quartered in Los Angeles, says the decision is due to the “constant geopolitical tensions” which, at the previous market in early March, had “a very negative impact on attendance”. …

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GREECE TURKEY / Sahim Omar Kalifa makes a feature film

After four award-winning short films, the Belgian-Kurdish director Sahim Omar Kalifa began shooting his first feature film, “Zagros” in early May. For Kalifa it’s a long-standing project: in late 2013 he received the prize for best pitch when he presented the story of “Zagros” at the Arras International Film Festival, giving him funding to develop …

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