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235 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2003. Last article published on 23/07/2025.

Ahu Öztürk • Director

Interview: Ahu Öztürk • Director

Interview

We met up with Kurdish filmmaker Ahu Öztürk, director of Dust Cloth, screened in competition at the Bergamo Film Meeting  

14/03/2016

Paula Ortiz  • Director

Interview: Paula Ortiz • Director

“Lorca’s women harbour a great deal of desire, love and hatred”

Cineuropa chatted to Paula Ortiz about her second feature film, The Bride, which is based on Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding and competing in Tallinn  

18/11/2015

Istanbul Film Festival appoints new director

Istanbul Film Festival appoints new director

Azize Tan steps down after nine years and hands the post to assistant director Kerem Ayan  

26/08/2015 | Festivals | Turkey

Tunç Davut  • Director

Interview: Tunç Davut • Director

“How you tell a story is more important than the story itself”

Entanglement by Tunç Davut had its world premiere in the Sarajevo Film Festival's official competition. Cineuropa met up with the director  

25/08/2015

Deniz Gamze Ergüven  • Director

Interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven • Director

"In film, there are no borders"

The Turkish director talks to us about the making of her first film, Mustang, the undisputed revelation of Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.  

07/06/2015

The Fish in Me: A subtly humorous and intriguing story of identity

The Fish in Me: A subtly humorous and intriguing story of identity

Ertan Velimatti Alagöz’s second film, one of the few titles to actually screen at the Istanbul Film Festival, boasts a clever script that gives plenty of room for the viewer's own conclusions  

27/04/2015 | Films | Turkey/Greece/Australia

Aktaş, Aydoğan and Coşkun win Meetings on the Bridge awards

Aktaş, Aydoğan and Coşkun win Meetings on the Bridge awards

Seven projects have won funding from the Turkish-German Co-Production Development Fund, while the Works in Progress awards were cancelled  

20/04/2015 | Industry | Turkey

Turkish film industry demands new regulations and formation of a film centre

Turkish film industry demands new regulations and formation of a film centre

More than 300 filmmakers and 30 organisations have signed the letter of demands, which was read at the Istanbul Film Festival's main venue  

16/04/2015 | Industry | Turkey

Istanbul Film Festival cancels competition programmes and closing ceremony

Istanbul Film Festival cancels competition programmes and closing ceremony

In protest at the government ban on the screening of the PKK documentary North on formal grounds, Turkish filmmakers pull their films from the festival  

14/04/2015 | Festivals | Turkey

German Films goes to Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Diyarbakir

German Films goes to Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Diyarbakir

After the 34th Istanbul FF and the 26th Ankara IFF in April, German Films organises its first German festival in Izmir in May, and Diyarbakir in the autumn  

31/03/2015 | Festivals | Germany/Turkey

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