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.[1][2][3]
 Festival Logo | |
| Location | London, England |
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| Awards | Golden Wings |
| Festival date | November 4–18, 2010 |
| Website | http://www.ltff.org.uk/index.php |
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 (Turkish: Prensesin Uykusu) directed by Çağan Irmak received its world premiere.[4][5]
Awards edit
- Golden Wings Lifetime Achievement Award: Şener Şen (actor)
- Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Award: Honey (Turkish: Bal) directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
Programmes edit
Opening Film edit
- Sleeping Princess (Turkish: Prensesin Uykusu) directed by Çağan Irmak[6]
Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Competition edit
Five Turkish films made in the preceding year were selected to compete in the festival’s feature film competition.
Competition Jury edit
- Catharine des Forges (Independent Cinema Office director)
- Derek Malcolm (film writer and critic)
- Sevin Okyay (Turkish film critic, writer and translator)
- Louis Savy (Sci-Fi-London festival programmer and director)
Films in Competition edit
- Cosmos (Turkish: Kosmos) directed by Reha Erdem[7]
- The Crossing (Turkish: Kavşak) directed by Selim Demirdelen[8]
- Honey (Turkish: Bal) directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu[9]
- In Darkness (Turkish: Karanlıktakiler) directed by Çağan Irmak[10]
- Majority (Turkish: Çogunluk) directed by Seren Yüce[11]
Out of Competition Showings edit
- Based Down South (German: Wir Sitzen im Süden) directed by Martina Priessner[12]
- Black and White (Turkish: Siyah Beyaz) directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu[13]
- Dark Cloud (Turkish: Bahtı Kara) directed by Theron Patterson[14]
- Loose Cannons (Italian: Mine Vaganti) directed by Ferzan Özpetek[15]
- Müezzin directed by Sebastian Brameshuber[16]
- Not Worth A Fig (Turkish: İncir Çekirdeği) directed by Selda Çiçek[17]
- Resurrecting: The Street Walker directed by Özgür Uyanık[18]
- Tales From Kars (Turkish: Kars Öyküleri) directed by Özcan Alper, Ülkü Oktay, Emre Akay, Ahu Öztürk & Zehra Derya Koç[19]
- Turquoise (Turkish: Turkuaz) directed by Kadir Balcı[20]
"Yusuf Trilogy" by Semih Kaplanoğlu edit
- Egg (Turkish: Yumurta) directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu[21]
- Milk (Turkish: Süt) directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu[22]
See also edit
External links edit
- Official website for the festival
References edit
- ^ "British capital to host Turkish film festival in November". Cumhuriyet. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Irmak's new film to open London Turkish film fest". Today's Zaman. 27 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Turkish cinema to take over London for two weeks". Hürriyet Daily News. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- ^ "16th London Turkish film festival kicks off on Sunday". Cumhuriyet. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "16th Turkish Film Festival kicks off in London". Hürriyet Daily News. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Sleeping Princess / Prensesin Uykusu". LTFF. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Cosmos / Kosmos". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "The Crossing / Kavsak". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Honey / Bal". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "In Darkness / Karanlıktakiler". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "The Majority / Çogunluk". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Based Down South / Wir Sitzen Im Süden Yedek Memleket". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Black & White / Siyah Beyaz". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Dark Cloud / Bahtı Kara". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Loose Cannons / Mine Vaganti". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Muezzin / Müezzin". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Not Worth A Fig / İncir Çekirdeği". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Resurrecting: The Street Walker". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Tales From Kars / Kars Öyküleri". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Turquoise / Turkuaz". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Egg / Yumurta". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Milk / Süt". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.