Meetings on the Bridge: 2012: New Turkish film projects get boost
Meetings On The Bridge, organized within the scope of the İstanbul Film Festival, brings together producers, directors, scriptwriters and representatives of organizations so as to continue providing opportunities for initial international presentations of new feature films, as well as setting the stage for co-productions.
Film Development Workshop which is held from 11-12 April this year has selected 12 titles. The owners of the selected projects will conduct one-to-one meetings with European producers, distributors and representatives of institutions and organizations including Eurimages, ARTE, Berlinale, Binger Lab, Cinelink, Cinemart, Torino Film Lab and Fortissimo Films.
Five films have been selected this year by the Meetings On The Bridge consultative committee and will participate in the Works in Progress workshop at their offline montage stages. At the end of the workshop, the film to be selected by the international jury consisting of 3 members will be presented with the 1000volt Post Production Award.
Open to feature films from Turkey which have completed at least 50% of their shooting stage or which are at their post-production stage, the Work in Progress workshop will be starting this year, again within the framework of Meetings On The Bridge. During the workshop aimed at supporting film projects from Turkey at the production stage, producers will find the chance to make the initial international presentations of their films.
Turkish-German Coproductions
It has been decided that 7 projects selected from among the 13 applications forwarded to the Turkish-German Co-Productions Development Fund, established through the cooperation of 2011 İstanbul Film Festival-Meetings On The Bridge Platform, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Funds, to receive support. The projects to be supported will be announced during the Meetings On The Bridge award reception. This fund with a total budget of 150,000 Euros, established by the above-mentioned three institutions which are pioneers in their fields with the purpose of increasing cultural cooperation between the two countries and supporting co-productions, is open to all Turkish-German co-productions not started to be shot yet.
Turkish-Dutch Coproduction Meetings
Within the scope of the 400th Anniversary of the establishment of Turkish-Dutch diplomatic relations, the Turkish-Dutch Co-Production Meetings and Panels will be organized through the cooperation of İstanbul Film Festival MeetingsOnTheBridge and Netherlands Film Festival - Holland Film Meetings. These meetings aiming at bringing together film industry professionals from the two countries so as to pave the way for co-productions will be held in İstanbul in April and in Utrecht in September.
Topics including co-productions, international festivals and funds, new media and distribution channels were taken up during the Meetings On The Bridge workshops by expert professionals and cinema professionals, and proposals for solutions were discussed. The program for the workshops which will be open to all film makers and cinema fans is to be announced in the month of March.
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Work in Progress: Selected films
Cennetten Kovulmak / Fall From Eden directed by Ferit Karahan, Producers : Ferit Karahan, Serdar Temel
Devir / The Circle / directed by Derviş Zaim, Producer: Derviş Zaim
Evdeki Yabancılar / Strangers in the House / directed by: Dilek Keser, Ulaş Güneş Kacargil Producer: Özkan Yılmaz
Kumun Tadı / Sea Burners /directed by : Melisa Önel, Producers: Yamaç Okur, Melisa Önel
Sev Beni / Sense of Sex directed by Maryna Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er, Producers: Olena Yeshova, Mehmet Bahadır Er
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INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS (2002-2011)
- 2011: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan wins Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival
- 2011: Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz (Our Grand Despair) by Seyfi Teoman was in competition at Berlin Film Festival
- 2010: Çoğunluk (Majority) by Seren Yüce wins Lion of the Future at Venice Film Festival
- 2010: Bal (Honey) by Semih Kaplanoğlu wins Golden Bear in Berlin Film Festival
- 2009: Pandora'nın Kutusu (Pandora's Box), Yeşim Ustaoğlu wins Golden Shell-Best Film and Best Actress Awards at San Sebastian Film Festival
- 2009: Uzak İhtimal (Wrong Rosary) by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun wins Tiger Award at Rotterdam Film Festival
- 2008: Üç Maymun (Three Monkeys) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan wins Best Director at Cannes Film Festival
- 2008: Gitmek (My Marlon and Brando) by Hüseyin Karabey wins Best New Narrative Filmmaker Award at Tribeca Film Festival
- 2006: İklimler (Climates) by NuriBilge Ceylan wins FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival
- 2002: Uzak (Distant) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan wins Grand Prix and Best Actor Prize at Cannes Film Festival
News archive for the 2012 Meetings on The Bridge:
FNE at Istanbul FF 2012: Istanbul Film Festival Prize winners
ISTANBUL: Two Turkish films dominated the National Competition at this year’s 31st Istanbul Film Festival. Beyond the Hill directed by Emin Alper won the Golden Tulip for best film, best actress, best screenplay as well as the international film critic’s FIPRESCI award for best film in the National Competition.
FNE at Istanbul Film Festival 2012: Programme highlights best of new Turkish films
ISTANBUL: Audiences and foreign guests at the 31 Istanbul International Film Festival now underway have the chance to see the latest in new Turkish films in the National Competition with 12 new titles including director Umit Unal's The Pomegranate and Zeki Demirkubuz's new Inside.
Press releases:
Award Winners of the Meeting On The Bridge of 31st Istanbul Film Festival Announced
The Meetings On The Bridge Platform within the scope of the Istanbul Film Festival organised for the seventh time this year, has continued to offer opportunities for initial international presentations of new feature film projects, bringing together producers, directors, script writers and organisation representatives from Europe and Turkey, this year as well.
Meetings on the Bridge in its 7th Year
Meetings on the Bridge in its 7th Year; Film Development and Work in Progress Workshops, Funds for Co-Productions, Panels and Meetings
