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What Richard Did plucks Istanbul’s Golden Tulip

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- Camille Claudel, 1915 wins Special Jury Prize while the Cineuropa Prize goes to Ziad Doueiri's The Attack

Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did [+see also:
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 (photo) added to its awards tally by winning the Golden Tulip for Best international Film at the 32nd Istanbul International Film Festival that concluded on April 14. The film had earlier won five IFTAs and an Evening Standard British Film Award. The Special Jury Prize in the Golden Tulip International Competition was awarded to Bruno Dumont’s Camille Claudel, 1915 [+see also:
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, which also won a FIPRESCI award, while Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri's The Attack [+see also:
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won the Cineuropa Prize.

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Onur Ünlü’s Thou Gild’st The Even won Best Film and Best Screenplay at the Golden Tulip National Competition alongside a FIPRESCI award while Aslı Özge won Best Director for Lifelong [+see also:
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and Derviş Zaim the Special Jury Prize for The Cycle. The Best Actress Award went to Sema Poyraz for Forgive Me, and Best Actor to Ercan Kesal for Yozgat Blues.

Atiq Rahimi’s Patience Stone [+see also:
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won the Film Award of the Council of Europe. Deniz Akçay Katıksız’s” Nobody’s Home won the Human Rights in Cinema Competition, with Special Mentions for An Episode in the Life Of An Iron Picker [+see also:
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by Danis Tanovic and Muel O’s Jiseul.

What Richard Did was produced by Ed Guiney for Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe executive producing and was funded by the Irish Film Board and Screen Scene.

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