International Istanbul Film Festival

The article is about the older festival, held in April. For the newer festival, held in February, see If Istanbul Independent Film Festival.
Istanbul International Film Festival

Festival logo as of 2008
Location Istanbul, Turkey
Founded 1982
Language International
Website www.iksv.org/film/english

The Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkish: Uluslararası İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), a non-profit organisation. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its regulations, the festival aims to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey and to promote films of quality in the Turkish cinema market.[1]

History

The Istanbul International Film Festival was first organized in 1982, within the frame of the International Istanbul Festival as a "Film Week" consisting of six films.[2] The theme of the films participating in the Festival was limited to "Arts and Cinema", to keep the event within the context of the International Istanbul Festival. In 1983 the event was realized under the title of "Istanbul Filmdays", taking place throughout the Festival within a span of a month.

Beginning from 1984, the event gained an identity as a separate activity; it was shifted to the month of April. In 1985, two competitive sections, one being national and the other international, were included in the festival program. From 1987 on, "Cinema Honorary Awards" began to be presented.

In the following years, The Istanbul International Filmdays firmly established its position and took its place among the major film festivals of the world with the large number of films shown and the quality and versatility of its program.

At the beginning of 1989 the event was recognized as "a competitive specialized festival" by International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) and was accredited. Parallel to this development, "Istanbul Filmdays" was renamed as "Istanbul International Film Festival".

Beginning from 1996, "Lifetime Achievement Awards" along with "Cinema Honorary Awards" began to be presented to international cineastes, actors and actresses.

Istanbul International Film Festival 23rd edition logo

In 2006, celebrating its 25th year, the festival created a meeting platform for Turkish and European film professionals under the title "Meetings on the Bridge", aiming to bring European film institutions with Turkish directors and producers to discuss funding possibilities. Also in 2006, Azize Tan, the then Assistant Director of the festival replaced Hülya Uçansu as director.[3][4]

In 2007, the Council of Europe, in collaboration with Eurimages, started to present the Film Award of the Council of Europe (FACE) to a film selected from the entries in the Human Rights and Cinema section of the festival. With its 28th edition in 2009, the festival began to give its Golden Tulip Award also as a result of its National Competition.[5]

Since the beginning of the Festival, a total of 2,065,000 spectators have attended the screenings of 2,330 films from 72 different countries (2005 figures). The festival boasted an audience of 170,000 in 2007, breaking its own record.[6]

Censorship

In 1988, government inspectors forced the withdrawal of 5 of 160 films that are to be screened at the festival. Jean-Jacques Beineix's Betty Blue and Vedreba (The Supplication) by Tengiz Abuladze were among these five works. Vedreba was being blocked on the grounds that it was "anti-Islamic" and cuts from the other four films were demanded because of erotic scenes. [7]

Upon the notification by the censorship board that certain films on the program were to be banned, the then president of the Golden Tulip Jury, Elia Kazan, organised a protest march with the participation of Turkish filmmakers. The Turkish Ministry of Culture subsequently issued a decree holding all international film festivals exempt from censorship.[3]

Program

The selection and programmation of the festival films are conducted by the selection committee and the advisory board. The program consists of an international competition open only to feature and animated films on art and artists or literary adaptations, a national competition, non-competitive, informative sections on specific themes which can include documentaries, shorts and feature films.

The 2008 program which includes 200 films comprises the following sections:

Awards List

These awards are presented within the context of the festival:

Golden Tulip Winners

Year Film Director Nationality
1985 1984 Michael Radford  United Kingdom
 India
1986 Yesterday Radoslaw Piwowarski  Poland
1987 Guard Me, My Talisman (Khrani menya, moj talisman) Roman Balayan  Soviet Union
1988 Travelling Avant Jean-Charles Tacchella  France
1989 A Film with No Name (Za Sada Bez Dobrog Naslova) Srdjan Karanovic  Serbia
1990 Pomegranate and Cane (Nar O Nay) Saeed Ebrahimifar  Iran
1991 Farendj Sabine Prenczina  France
1992 Life on a String (Bian Zou Bian Chang) Chen Kaige  China
1993 Manila Paloma Blanca Daniele Segre  Italy
1994 The Blue Exile (Mavi Sürgün) Erden Kıral  Turkey
1995 The Silences of the Palace (Saimt el Qusur) Moufida Tlatli  Tunisia
1996 Little Sister (Zusje) Robert Jan Westdijk  Netherlands
1997 The King of Masks (Bian Lian) Wu Tian-ming  China
1998 Ayneh (The Mirror) Jafar Panahi  Iran
1999 El Viento se Llevó lo Qué (Gone with the Wind) Alejandro Agresti  Argentina
2000 Clouds of May (Mayıs Sıkıntısı) Nuri Bilge Ceylan  Turkey
2001 No Place to Go (Die Unberührbare) Oskar Roehler  Germany
2002 Magonia Ineke Smits  Netherlands
2003 Suddenly (Tan de repente) Diego Lerman  Argentina
2004 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Bu San) Tsai Ming-liang  Taiwan
2005 La Femme de Gilles Frédéric Fonteyne  Belgium
Café Lumière Hou Hsiao-hsien  Taiwan
2006 A Cock and Bull Story Michael Winterbottom  United Kingdom
2007 Reprise Joachim Trier  Norway
2008 Egg (Yumurta) Semih Kaplanoğlu  Turkey
2009 Tony Manero Pablo Larraín  Chile
2010 The Misfortunates Felix Van Groeningen  Belgium
2011 Microphone Ahmad Abdalla  Egypt
2012 The Loneliest Planet Julia Loktev  Russia
 United States
2013 What Richard Did Lenny Abrahamson  Ireland
2014 Blind Eskil Vogt  Norway

Other Awards

National Competition[8][9]

Year Film Director
2009 Men on the Bridge (Köprüdekiler) Aslı Özge
2008 Summer Book (Tatil Kitabı) Seyfi Teoman
2007 İklimler (Climates) Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2006 Beş Vakit (Times and Winds) Reha Erdem
2005 Anlat İstanbul (Istanbul Tales) Ümit Ünal, Kudret Sabancı, Selim Demirdelen, Yücel Yolcu, Ömür Atay
2004 Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak
(Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds)		 Ahmet Uluçay
2003 Uzak (Distant) Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2002 9 Ümit Ünal
2001 Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar (Offside)
Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away From Home)		 Serdar Akar
Semih Kaplanoğlu
2000 Mayıs Sıkıntısı (Clouds of May) Nuri Bilge Ceylan
1999 Güneşe Yolculuk (Journey to the Sun) Yeşim Ustaoğlu
1998 Masumiyet (Innocence) Zeki Demirkubuz
1997 Akrebin Yolculuğu (Journey of the Clock-hand)" Ömer Kavur
1996 80.Adım (The 80th Step) Tomris Giritlioğlu
1995 İz (Traces) Yeşim Ustaoğlu
1994 Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi (An Autumn Story) Yavuz Özkan
1993 İki Kadın (Two Women) Yavuz Özkan
1992 Gizli Yüz (Secret Face) Ömer Kavur
1991 Camdan Kalp (A Heart of Galss) Fehmi Yaşar
1990 Karartma Geceleri (Blackout Nights) Yusuf Kurçenli
1989 Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar) Tunç Başaran
1988 Biri ve Diğerleri (One and the Others) Tunç Başaran
1987 Anayurt Oteli (Motherland Hotel) Ömer Kavur
1986 Züğürt Ağa (the Agha)
Amansız Yol (Desperate Road)
Adı Vasfiye (Her Name Is Vasfiye) 		Nesli Çölgeçen
Ömer Kavur
Atıf Yılmaz
1985 Bir Yudum Sevgi (A Sip of Love) Atıf Yılmaz

Famous visitors

Famous visitors since 1982 include:[3][10]

Actors and actresses
Directors

References

  1. ↑ Istanbul Film Festival regulations, retrieved December 15, 2007
  2. ↑ Istanbul Film Festival history, retrieved December 15, 2007
  3. 1 2 3 (eds.) Pinhas, Yusuf; Omaç, Nuray (2006). Anlar/Moments. 2. İstanbul: IKSV. ISBN 975-7363-53-7.
  4. ↑ Bayrak, Kerem (2006-04-19). "A Silver Year for Istanbul International Film Festival". indieWire. Retrieved 2008-04-05. Archived April 26, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "28th International Istanbul Film Festival Press Release 28. Uluslararası İstanbul Film Festivali - Genel Bülten (Turkish)" (Microsoft Word Document). İKSV. 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  6. ↑ "27th International İstanbul Film Festival introduced through press conference". İKSV. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  7. ↑ "Istanbul Film Festival In Censorship Dispute". The New York Times. 1988-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  8. ↑ Istanbul Film Festival awards, retrieved 2007-12-15
  9. ↑ Awards of the 28th International Istanbul Film Festival, retrieved 2009-07-23
  10. ↑ (ed.) Pinhas, Yusuf (2009). Anlar/Moments. İstanbul: IKSV.

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