07-03-2013

FESTIVALS: Istanbul 2013 Competition Announced

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    Thirteen films, including two Turkish films, will compete in the International Competition of the 32nd Istanbul Film Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts (İKSV) and running 30 March – 14 April.

    More than 200 films will be screened at the festival in 20 sections, including a new section entitled “Stories of Women.” The festival will also host the eighth edition of the industry event Meetings on the Bridge.

     

    Ten films have been selected for the National Competition. They are:

    Özür Dilerim / Forgive Me / dir. Cemil Ağacıkoğlu

    Köksüz / Nobody’s Home / dir. Deniz Akçay Katıksız

    Yozgat Blues / dir. Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun / Turkey-Germany, Arden Film, Hokus Fokus

    Saroyan Ülkesi / Saroyanland / dir. Lusin Dink, NARFILM

    Kelebeğin Rüyası / The Butterfly’s Dream / dir. Yılmaz Erdoğan, BKM FILM, Bocek Yapim

    Karnaval / dir. Can Kılcıoğlu, DELICE FILM

    Hayatboyu / Lifelong / dir. Aslı Özge, BULUT FILM

    Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi / Thou Gild'st The Even / dir. Onur Ünlü, SINEMA FILMI

    Soğuk / Cold / dir. Uğur Yücel, TMC Film

    Devir / The Cycle / dir. Derviş Zaim, MARATHON FILM

     

    The following films have been selected for the International Competition:

    What Richard Did / Lenny Abrahamson / Ireland, ELEMENT PICTURES

    Foxfire / Laurent Cantet / France-Canada, Lorette Distribution, Memento Film International, Haut et Court, The Film Farm, Foxfire Productions

    The Attack / Ziad Doueiri / Lebanon-France-Qatr-Belgium prod. – UAG [EG], 3B Productions, Canal Plus

    Camille Claudel, 1915 / Bruno Dumont / France, 3B Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Canal Plus

    Kelebeğin Rüyası / The Butterfly’s Dream / Yılmaz Erdoğan / Turkey, BKM FILM, Bocek Yapim

    Nairobi Half Life / David Tosh Gitonga / Kenya-Germany, One Fine Day Film, Ginger Ink

    Dead Europe / Tony Kravitz / Australia, Pioneer Pictures, See Saw Films, Porchlight Films, Inkas Film Production

    Boven is het stil / It's all so quiet / Nanouk Leopold / Netherlands-Germany, N279 Entertainment, Circe Films, Coin Film

    Dom s bashenkoy / House With A Turret / Eva Neymann / Ukraine, 1+1 Production

    Student / Darezhan Omirbayev / Kazakhstan, Kazakhfilm JSC

    Hayatboyu / Lifelong / Aslı Özge / Turkey, BULUT FILM, Sodamedya Interactive, Augustus Film, Razor Film Produktion GmbH, The Post Republic, Kaliber Film

    Pardé / Closed Cu rtain / Jafar Panahi & Kamboziya Partvi / Iran, Jafar Panahi Film Productions

    A Late Quartet / Yaron Zilberman / USA, Opening Night Productions, RKO Pictures, Concept Entertainment, Unison films, Spring Pictures