The 35th Istanbul International Film Festival ended with an awards ceremony on April 17th. In the National Competition most of the awards went to just two films: Ahu Öztürk’s “Dust Cloth”, about two Kurdish cleaning ladies in Istanbul, won the Golden Tulip for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and the Cineuropa Award. Mustafa Kara’s …
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To mark the 35th Istanbul Film Festival – the IKSV – which takes place from April 7th to 17th, the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund will inaugurate a new award designed to spotlight Euro-Mediterranean women directors. The Audentia Award will be given to one of the 15 films pre-selected from all categories and all films …
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From March 12th to 20th Istanbul hosts the 14th Filmmor Women’s Film Festival: this year’s theme “Solidarity between women keeps women alive”. This political event, featuring films from national and international women directors, wants to encourage and increase the presence of women in film and other media. 70 films from 30 countries were selected from …
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On November 15th Türksat removed 13 radio and television channels from its satellite package, all of which had been condemned by the private operator Digitürk in late October because of their “litigious content”. The channels in question are all owned by the Samanyolu Media Group (Samanyolu Haber, Mehtap TV, Ebru TV). In October Türksat, a …
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In mid-October, Turkey played host to the crew filming the National Geographic Channel’s new documentary series “The Story of God” “which traces Man’s quest to understand the divine”. Sequences were filmed in the Neolithic town of Çatal Höyük in the province of Konya. American actor Morgan Freeman, who is presenting the series and producing with …
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On Wednesday October 28th, only four days before the Turkish parliamentary elections, violent clashes erupted in and around the premises of two private television channels in Istanbul. In the early morning police raided the headquarters of Kanaltürk, and in the afternoon Bugün TV, taking over the control rooms and stopping transmission. The takeover follows the …
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On July 13th the beIN Media Group, a subsidiary of Al Jazeera, bought the pay-TV platform Digiturk, until now 53% owned by Cukurova Holding and 47% by Providence Equity Partners. The transaction, for an undisclosed amount, will only be effective after obtaining permits from the local competition authorities. Sources: cbnews.fr, lesechos.fr et broadbandtvnews.com
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