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Istanbul Film Festival
File:Istanbulfilmfestlogo 2008ss.jpg
File:40th Istanbul Film Festival.jpg
40th edition poster
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Founded1982
Most recent2024
Hosted byIstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
LanguageInternational
Websitefilm.iksv.org/en
Current: 43rd Istanbul Film Festival
44th
42nd

The Istanbul Film Festival (Turkish: İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. 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] The 40th edition of the festival was held from April 1 to June 29, 2021, in hybrid format.[2]

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.[3] 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.

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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.[4][5] 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. The Council of Europe and later Eurimages support for this award was discontinued in 2020.[6] With its 28th edition in 2009, the festival began to give its Golden Tulip Award also as a result of its National Competition.[7] The festival dropped the "international" from its title in 2011.[8] Azize Tan was replaced by the assistant director of the festival, Kerem Ayan, in 2015.[9] In 2016, the festival changed the theme of the international competition to "new perspectives in cinema."[3] 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.[10]

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 Plea) 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.[11] 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.[4]

Program

The selection and programming of the festival films is 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:

  • International Competition
  • Turkish Cinema 2007-8
    • National Competition
    • Out of Competition
    • Documentaries
  • Festival Awards Screenings
  • Special Screening: Turkish Classics Revisited
  • Human Rights in Cinema
  • Galas
  • Challenging the Years
  • From the World of Festivals
  • Young Masters
  • Documentary Time with NTV
  • American Independents
  • Mined Zone
  • Midnight Madness
  • Woman is Her Name
  • From the Caucasus to the Mediterranean
    • Medscreen Arab Film Promotion
  • Kids' Menu
  • The World of Animation: Alexander Petrov
  • '68 and its Heritage
  • Marc Caro: Lost in Illusions
  • In Memoriam
  • Nokia Nseries Short Film Competition

Awards list

These awards are presented within the context of the festival:

  • Golden Tulip (for the best film in the international competition)
  • Golden Tulip (Best Film in the National Competition as of 2010, formerly Best Turkish Film of the Year)[8]
  • Best Turkish Director of the Year
  • Special Prize of the Jury (in memory of Onat Kutlar)
  • Best Actor and Best Actress (national competition)
  • FIPRESCI Prize (national -in memory of Onat Kutlar- and international competitions)
  • Human Rights in Cinema Award (previously FACE--Film Award of the Council of Europe, discontinued as of 2021)[8]
  • People's Choice Award (discontinued as of 2016)[8]

Golden Tulip winners

Year Film Director Nationality
1985 1984 Michael Radford File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
File:Flag of India.svg India
1986 Yesterday Radosław Piwowarski File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
1987 Guard Me, My Talisman (Khrani menya, moj talisman) Roman Balayan File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
1988 Travelling Avant Jean-Charles Tacchella File:Flag of France.svg France
1989 A Film with No Name (Za Sada Bez Dobrog Naslova) Srdjan Karanovic File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
1990 Pomegranate and Cane (Nar O Nay) Saeed Ebrahimifar File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
1991 Farendj Sabine Prenczina File:Flag of France.svg France
1992 Life on a String (Bian Zou Bian Chang) Chen Kaige File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1993 Manila Paloma Blanca Daniele Segre File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1994 The Blue Exile (Mavi Sürgün) Erden Kıral File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
1995 The Silences of the Palace (Saimt el Qusur) Moufida Tlatli File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
1996 Little Sister (Zusje) Robert Jan Westdijk File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1997 The King of Masks (Bian Lian) Wu Tian-ming File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1998 Ayneh (The Mirror) Jafar Panahi File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
1999 El Viento se Llevó lo Qué (Gone with the Wind) Alejandro Agresti File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
2000 Clouds of May (Mayıs Sıkıntısı) Nuri Bilge Ceylan File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
2001 No Place to Go (Die Unberührbare) Oskar Roehler File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2002 Magonia Ineke Smits File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2003 Suddenly (Tan de repente) Diego Lerman File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
2004 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Bu San) Tsai Ming-liang File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
2005 La Femme de Gilles Frédéric Fonteyne File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Café Lumière Hou Hsiao-hsien File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
2006 A Cock and Bull Story Michael Winterbottom File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
2007 Reprise Joachim Trier File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
2008 Egg (Yumurta) Semih Kaplanoğlu File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
2009 Tony Manero Pablo Larraín File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
2010 The Misfortunates Felix Van Groeningen File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
2011 Microphone[12] Ahmad Abdalla File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2012 The Loneliest Planet Julia Loktev File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2013 What Richard Did Lenny Abrahamson File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
2014 Blind Eskil Vogt File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
2015 Cancelled
2016 Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas Rodrigo Plá File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
2017 The Ornithologist João Pedro Rodrigues File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
2018 Western Valeska Grisebach File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2019 House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae / 벌새) Kim Bora File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
2020 Atlantis (Atlantyda / Атлантида)[13][14][15] Valentyn Vasyanovych File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
2021 Madalena[16][17][18] Madiano Marcheti File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
2022 Vortex Gaspar Noé File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
2023 World War III (Jang-e jahani sevom / جنگ جهانی سوم)[19] Houman Seyyedi File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
2024 Forever-Forever (Nazavzhdy-Nazavzhdy / Назавжди-Назавжди)[20] Anna Buryachkova File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

Other awards

National Competition[21][22]

Year Film Director
1985 Bir Yudum Sevgi (A Sip of Love) Atıf Yılmaz
1986 Züğürt Ağa (the Agha)
Amansız Yol (Desperate Road)
Adı Vasfiye (Her Name Is Vasfiye)		 Nesli Çölgeçen
Ömer Kavur
Atıf Yılmaz
1987 Anayurt Oteli (Motherland Hotel) Ömer Kavur
1988 Biri ve Diğerleri (One and the Others) Tunç Başaran
1989 Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar) Tunç Başaran
1990 Karartma Geceleri (Blackout Nights) Yusuf Kurçenli
1991 Camdan Kalp (A Heart of Glass) Fehmi Yaşar
1992 Gizli Yüz (Secret Face) Ömer Kavur
1993 İki Kadın (Two Women) Yavuz Özkan
1994 Bir Sonbahar Hikâyesi (An Autumn Story) Yavuz Özkan
1995 İz (Traces) Yeşim Ustaoğlu
1996 80. Adım (The 80th Step) Tomris Giritlioğlu
1997 Akrebin Yolculuğu (Journey of the Clock-hand) Ömer Kavur
1998 Masumiyet (Innocence) Zeki Demirkubuz
1999 Güneşe Yolculuk (Journey to the Sun) Yeşim Ustaoğlu
2000 Mayıs Sıkıntısı (Clouds of May) Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2001 Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar (Offside)
Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away From Home)		 Serdar Akar
Semih Kaplanoğlu
2002 9 Ümit Ünal
2003 Uzak (Distant) Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2004 Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak
(Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds)		 Ahmet Uluçay
2005 Anlat İstanbul (Istanbul Tales) Ümit Ünal, Kudret Sabancı, Selim Demirdelen, Yücel Yolcu, Ömür Atay
2006 Beş Vakit (Times and Winds) Reha Erdem
2007 İklimler (Climates) Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2008 Summer Book (Tatil Kitabı) Seyfi Teoman
2009 Men on the Bridge (Köprüdekiler) Aslı Özge
2010 Vavien Yağmur Taylan, Durul Taylan
2011 Saç (Hair) Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
2012 Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill) Emin Alper
2013 Thou Gild'st The Even (Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi) Onur Ünlü
2014 Ben O Değilim (I Am Not Him) Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
2015 Cancelled
2016 Toz Bezi (Dust Cloth) Ahu Öztürk
2017 Sarı Sıcak (Yellow Heat) Fikret Reyhan
2018 Borç (Debt) Vuslat Saraçoğlu
2019 Kız Kardeşler (A Tale of Three Sisters) Emin Alper
2020 Aşk, Büyü, vs (Love, Spells and All That)[23] Ümit Ünal
2021 Beni Sevenler Listesi (The List of Those Who Love Me)[17] Emre Erdoğdu
2022 Klondike[24] Maryna Er Gorbach
2023 Kör Noktada (In the Blind Spot / Im toten Winkel)[25] Ayşe Polat
2024 Yurt (Dormitory)[26] Nehir Tuna

Notable visitors

Notable visitors who attended the festival since 1982 include:[4][27]

Actors and actresses
Directors

References

  1. ↑ Istanbul Film Festival regulations Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved December 15, 2007
  2. ↑ "40th International Istanbul Film Festival". Salom (in 한국어). April 1, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Istanbul Film Festival history Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved December 15, 2007
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pinhas, Yusuf; Omaç, Nuray, eds. (2006). Anlar/Moments. 2. İstanbul: IKSV. ISBN 975-7363-53-7.
  5. ↑ Bayrak, Kerem (April 19, 2006). "A Silver Year for Istanbul International Film Festival". indieWire. Archived from the original on April 26, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Co-operation with Film Festivals and Markets".
  7. ↑ "Festival, Yeni Rüya ile dönüyor". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Festival Ödülleri". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  9. ↑ "FESTIVALS: Istanbul Film Festival Appoints New Director - FilmNewEurope.com".
  10. ↑ "27th International İstanbul Film Festival introduced through press conference". İKSV. 2008. Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Istanbul Film Festival In Censorship Dispute". The New York Times. April 4, 1988. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
  12. ↑ "30th Istanbul Film Festival". International Istanbul Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  13. ↑ 39. İstanbul Film Festivali. film.iksv.org/tr/. 2020
  14. ↑ Atlantis. film.iksv.org/tr/. 2020
  15. ↑ Ukrainian movie wins top honor at Istanbul Film Fest. aa.com.tr/en/. 21.10.2020
  16. ↑ "Istanbul Film Festival presents awards". Hürriyet Daily News. July 16, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "The awards of the 40th Istanbul Film Festival". Istanbul Film Festival. İKSV. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  18. ↑ "MADALENA: O CRIME DA TRANSFOBIA NUMA ESTÉTICA SUFOCANTE E ILUMINADORA". C7nema. September 15, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  19. ↑ "42. İstanbul Film Festivali". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  20. ↑ "43. İstanbul Film Festivali". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  21. ↑ Istanbul Film Festival awards Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2007-12-15
  22. ↑ Awards of the 28th International Istanbul Film Festival Archived 2009-07-07 at the Portuguese Web Archive, retrieved 2009-07-23
  23. ↑ "39th Istanbul Film Festival". Istanbul Film Festival. İKSV. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  24. ↑ "41. İstanbul Film Festivali". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  25. ↑ "42. İstanbul Film Festivali". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  26. ↑ "43. İstanbul Film Festivali". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  27. ↑ Pinhas, Yusuf, ed. (2009). Anlar/Moments. İstanbul: IKSV.
  28. ↑ "Koji YAKUSHO Başkonsolos resmi konutunu ziyaret etti". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  29. ↑ "Behind the Scenes at the IKSV 38th Istanbul Film Festival: Daily #11". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  30. ↑ https://www.wim-wenders.com/wim-wenders-receives-the-cinema-honorary-award-at-the-istanbul-film-festival/
  31. ↑ ""Gaspar Noe" İstanbul'a Geldi, Sosyal Medya Karıştı". beyazperde.com. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

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