Star Wars: A New Hope, the very first movie in the famed series, from 1977, got special big-screen showings in Istanbul to mark May 4, the “May the Fourth Be With You” annual event. Some 4,000 people ...

Writer and director Gürcan Keltek discussed religion, sound and music, and his next projects before his first fiction feature had its world premiere in the Locarno Film Festival's competition lineup.

In Istanbul, April is the loveliest month. With the last of winter behind them, locals can indulge in numerous entertainments that herald the arrival of spring. The International Istanbul Film ...

With 'Palestine 36,' Annemarie Jacir brings the 1936 Palestinian revolt vividly to life, offering a rare on-screen history ...

The 22nd annual Istanbul Film Festival, held April 12-27, came to a close on Saturday night with rapturous praise for a local offering: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s new film, “Uzak” (Distant), which swept most ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Palestinian artists have boycotted the ongoing Istanbul Film Festival after organisers ignored calls to drop an Israeli government sponsor. The call to drop Art Israel, an offshoot ...

A panel on cinema and festivals was held Thursday as part of the 6th international Bosphorus Film Festival in Istanbul. The festival is organized with the support of the Turkish Culture and Tourism ...

A production of 2023, the 17-minute animation will be screened in the Documentary Time section of the festival, ISNA reported. Created using puppets made from newspaper clippings, it is about a ...

Director Hooman Seyyedi received the award during the closing ceremony that took place at Soho House in Istanbul. The award was presented by Ilkay Yildirim Akalin, director of Eczacibasi Group ...

One hundred years after the Battle of Gallipoli, a new Hollywood film starring and directed by Russell Crowe is poised to generate new interest in a region in Turkey where one of the darkest campaigns ...

The 30th Istanbul film festival kicked off here Friday evening with an opening ceremony including some of Turkish and European renowned icons of cinema. The festival will air over 230 films from ...

14/04/2015 - 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 At a press conference on 13 April, ...