16th London Turkish Film Festival
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The 16th London Turkish Film Festival is a film festival
held in London
, England
which ran from November 4 to 18, 2010. During the course of the festival seventeen feature films and two programmes of shorts were presented at the Apollo Theatre
and the Rio Cinema
.
The festival began with an opening gala at the Empire, Leicester Square, attended by Turkish Ambassador to London Ünal Çeviköz, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism official Abdurrahman Çelik, actor Şener Şen
, film and theater star Genco Erkal
and director Çağan Irmak
, at which the Golden Wings awards for Lifetime Achievement and Digiturk Digital Distribution were presented and Sleeping Princess
directed by Çağan Irmak received its world premiere.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
held in London
London
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, England
England
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which ran from November 4 to 18, 2010. During the course of the festival seventeen feature films and two programmes of shorts were presented at the Apollo Theatre
Apollo Theatre
The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. Designed by architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfield, and the fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street, its doors opened on 21 February 1901 with the American...
and the Rio Cinema
Rio Cinema
The Rio Cinema is a purpose-built, single-screen, 402 seat cinema in Dalston, London Borough of Hackney. The building dates from 1915, has a 1930s art deco facade and is English Heritage Grade II listed. It offers a mix of popular mainstream films and art house releases, selling about 70,000 -...
.
The festival began with an opening gala at the Empire, Leicester Square, attended by Turkish Ambassador to London Ünal Çeviköz, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism official Abdurrahman Çelik, actor Şener Şen
Sener Sen
Şener Şen is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in Mr...
, film and theater star Genco Erkal
Genco Erkal
Genco Erkal is a Turkish film actor. He starred in the 1983 film A Season in Hakkari, which won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* A Season in Hakkari...
and director Çağan Irmak
Cagan Irmak
Çağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak , and for the hit films Alone and My Father and My Son , for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers...
, at which the Golden Wings awards for Lifetime Achievement and Digiturk Digital Distribution were presented and Sleeping Princess
Sleeping Princess (film)
Sleeping Princess is a 2010 Turkish comedy-drama film written and directed by Çağan Irmak about a librarian whose quiet life is changed by a new neighbour and her 10-year-old daughter. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , had its world premiere on the opening night...
directed by Çağan Irmak received its world premiere.
Awards
- Golden Wings Lifetime Achievement Award: Şener ŞenSener SenŞener Şen is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in Mr...
(actor) - Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Award: HoneyHoney (2010 film)Honey is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu, the third and final installment of the "Yusuf Trilogy", which includes Egg and Milk. It premiered on 16 February 2010 in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, where it became the third Turkish film, after...
directed by Semih KaplanoğluSemih KaplanogluSemih Kaplanoğlu is a Turkish playwright, film director and producer.-Career:He graduated from the Cinema and Television Section of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Dokuz Eylül University in his hometown...
Opening Film
- Sleeping PrincessSleeping Princess (film)Sleeping Princess is a 2010 Turkish comedy-drama film written and directed by Çağan Irmak about a librarian whose quiet life is changed by a new neighbour and her 10-year-old daughter. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , had its world premiere on the opening night...
directed by Çağan IrmakCagan IrmakÇağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak , and for the hit films Alone and My Father and My Son , for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers...
Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Competition
Five Turkish films made in the preceding year were selected to compete in the festival’s feature film competition.Competition Jury
- Catharine des Forges (Independent Cinema Office director)
- Derek MalcolmDerek MalcolmDerek Malcolm is a British film critic and historian.Malcolm was educated at Eton College and Oxford University. He worked for several decades as a film critic for The Guardian, having previously been an amateur jockey and the paper's first horse racing correspondent. In 1977, he was a member of...
(film writer and critic) - Sevin OkyaySevin OkyaySevin Okyay is a Turkish literary critic, journalist, author, regular columnist and a prolific translator. Sevin had been a radio host and a teacher as well....
(Turkish film critic, writer and translator) - Louis Savy (Sci-Fi-LondonSci-Fi-LondonSCI-FI-LONDON , is a UK based film festival, dedicated to the science fiction and fantasy genres, which began in 2002.-About the Festival:...
festival programmer and director)
Films in Competition
- CosmosCosmos (film)Cosmos is a 2010 Turkish-Bulgarian drama film, written and directed by Reha Erdem, starring Sermet Yeşil as a thief and a miracle-worker who is welcomed into a tiny, snowbound border village after resuscitating a half-drowned boy who...
directed by Reha ErdemReha ErdemReha Erdem is an award-winning Turkish film director and screenwriter.-Biography:He attended Galatasaray High School and he studied history at Boğaziçi University before leaving to study film in 1983. He obtained a B.A. in Cinema Studies and an M.A... - The CrossingThe Crossing (2010 film)The Crossing is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Selim Demirdelen, which is about a devoted family man who comes home from work oneda to find his house deserted...
directed by Selim Demirdelen - HoneyHoney (2010 film)Honey is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu, the third and final installment of the "Yusuf Trilogy", which includes Egg and Milk. It premiered on 16 February 2010 in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, where it became the third Turkish film, after...
directed by Semih KaplanoğluSemih KaplanogluSemih Kaplanoğlu is a Turkish playwright, film director and producer.-Career:He graduated from the Cinema and Television Section of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Dokuz Eylül University in his hometown... - In Darkness directed by Çağan IrmakCagan IrmakÇağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya and Asmalı Konak , and for the hit films Alone and My Father and My Son , for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers...
- MajorityMajority (film)Majority is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Seren Yüce, which tells the story of a middle class young man rebelling against his father's brutish authority while seeking a rough romance with a woman of ethnic minority...
directed by Seren Yüce
Out of Competition Showings
- Based Down SouthBased Down SouthBased Down South is a 2010 German-Turkish documentary film written and directed by Martina Priessner about four Turks born in Germany but who now live in Istanbul...
directed by Martina Priessner - Black and WhiteBlack and White (2010 film)Black and White is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu which tells the stories of a group of regulars at a famous bar in Ankara, and was described by the director as being a film "about loneliness, growing old, friendship, solidarity, and that special bond you feel for Ankara."...
directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu - Dark Cloud directed by Theron Patterson
- Loose CannonsLoose CannonsLoose Cannons is a 1990 comedy film, written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, and Bob Clark, who also directed the film. The film is about a hard-nosed cop who is teamed up with a detective with multiple-personality disorder to uncover a long-lost Nazi sex tape, featuring Adolf...
directed by Ferzan ÖzpetekFerzan ÖzpetekFerzan Özpetek is an Italian-Turkish film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.- Biography :Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. When he was a young student in 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome... - MüezzinMüezzinMüezzin is a 2008 Austrian-Turkish documentary film directed by Sebastian Brameshuber about the annual Turkish competition for the best muezzin...
directed by Sebastian Brameshuber - Not Worth A FigNot Worth a FigNot Worth a Fig is a 2009 Turkish drama film written and directed by Selda Çiçek based on a true story about a woman unhappily married to her late sister's husband...
directed by Selda Çiçek - Resurrecting: The Street WalkerResurrecting: The Street WalkerResurrecting: The Street Walker is a 2009 British horror film written and directed by Özgür Uyanık about an ambitious young filmmaker who discovers an abandoned and incomplete horror movie from the 1980s and decides to finish it...
directed by Özgür UyanıkOzgur UyanikÖzgür Uyanık is a film director.First as an executive and then heading the development department at Scala Productions Limited , Özgür helped shepherd a twelve-strong slate of films and successfully saw in to production the likes of Last Orders , Black and White... - Tales From Kars directed by Özcan Alper, Ülkü Oktay, Emre Akay, Ahu Öztürk & Zehra Derya Koç
- TurquoiseTurquoise (film)Turquoise is a 2010 Belgian-Turkish drama film written and directed by Kadir Balcı about the identity crisis experienced by three Turkish brothers who return back to the Belgian city of Ghent after they bury their father in Istanbul...
directed by Kadir Balcı
"Yusuf Triology" by Semih Kaplanoğlu
- Egg directed by Semih KaplanoğluSemih KaplanogluSemih Kaplanoğlu is a Turkish playwright, film director and producer.-Career:He graduated from the Cinema and Television Section of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Dokuz Eylül University in his hometown...
- MilkMilk (film)Milk is a 2008 American biographical film on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors...
directed by Semih KaplanoğluSemih KaplanogluSemih Kaplanoğlu is a Turkish playwright, film director and producer.-Career:He graduated from the Cinema and Television Section of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Dokuz Eylül University in his hometown...