15/03/2010

With Bridges Europe – Turkey, European Film Promotion (EFP) will be launching a new programme at the 29th Istanbul International Film Festival (April 3-18).

From April 12-14, the festival, in close cooperation with EFP, will highlight and present 10 current European and 12 Turkish productions of up-and-coming directors.

Besides raising public awareness of the selected films in this year's European Capital of Culture, the idea is to facilitate and improve the films' distribution beyond their borders. Key European distributors will be invited to Istanbul to see the latest in Turkish fare, while the Turkish industry will have the chance to watch new European cinema with festival audiences. There will also be special industry screenings for invited professionals.

European films include Jacob Bitsch’s Camping (Denmark), Jacek Borcuch’s All That I Love [+see also:
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film profile] (Poland), Urszula Antoniak’s Nothing Personal [+see also:
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interview: Urszula Antoniak
interview: Urszula Antoniak
film profile] (Netherlands/Ireland), Giorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth [+see also:
film review
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interview: Yorgos Lanthimos
film profile] (Greece) and On the Path [+see also:
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film profile] (B&H/Croatia/Austria/Germany) by award-winning Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić.

Turkish titles in the programme include İnan Temelkuran’s Bornova Bornova, Vavien by the Taylan brothers, Ertekin Akpinar’s Angels and Gamblers, İlksen Başarır’s Love in Another Language and Selda Çiçek’s Not Worth a Fig.

Bridges Europe – Turkey is financially supported by the MEDIA International initiative of the MEDIA Programme, participating EFP member organizations and the Istanbul European Capital of Culture programme.

For the full programme, please click here.