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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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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Her short film “Sunflower” was selected for the 2014 PriMed, now Turkish director Nejla Demirci is using crowd-funding to complete the her new documentary, “Confrontation” (Yüzleşme). Over three years she has interviewed more than 400 women with breast cancer, many of whom agreed to talk every day to her about their illness, its treatment, their …
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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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