IIFF 2018| National Competition HALEF
Mavi Boncuk |THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National Competition HALEFDirector: Murat DüzgünoğluTURKEY / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 104´ / Turkish; English s.t.Screenplay: Murat Düzgünoğlu, Melik...
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Mavi Boncuk | THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National CompetitionPUT TO THE THINGS | Put ŞeylereDirector: Onur ÜnlüTURKEY / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 87´ / Turkish; English s.t.Screenplay: Onur...
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Mavi Boncuk |THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National CompetitionROAD TO THE MOONDirector: Abdurrahman ÖnerTURKEY / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 97´ / Turkish; English s.t.Screenplay: Abdurrahman Öner...
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Mavi Boncuk | THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National Competition Serial Cook Trailer from Sinan Yabgu Ünal on Vimeo.SERIAL COOKDirector: Ümit ÜnalTURKEY / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 103´ /...
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Mavi Boncuk | THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National Competition< SIDEWAY // Trailer from Mitra Filmcilik on Vimeo.SIDEWAYDirector: Tayfun PirselimoğluTURKEY / 2017 / DCP / B&W / 120´...
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Mavi Boncuk |THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National Competition THE GULFDirector: Emre YeksanTURKEY, GERMANY, GREECE / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 110´ / Turkish; English s.t.Screenplay: Emre...
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Mavi Boncuk |THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National Competition THE PIGEONDirector: Banu SıvacıTURKEY / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 78´ / Turkish; English s.t.Screenplay: Banu Sıvacı | Director of...
View ArticleIIFF 2018 | National Competition | International Competition
Mavi Boncuk | THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National Competition | International CompetitionTHE PILLAR OF SALTDirector: Burak ÇevikTURKEY / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 70´ / Turkish; English...
View ArticleIIFF 2018 | THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL | NATIONAL COMPETITION JURY
CINEMA OF TURKEY 2017-2018 This section showcases recent film productions from Turkey in the National Competition, Out of Competition, National Documentary Competition, Special Screenings, National...
View ArticleKarsan JEST+
Mavi Boncuk | BROCHUREKarsan JEST+ With low floor and high roof Karsan JEST’s inner space is remarkable. Wide windscreen gives a panoramic view during the journey. Having an electrical access ramp,...
View ArticleWord origin | Kurabiye
Mavi Boncuk |Kurabiye : Cookie [1], cake [2] EN; Kourabiedes [3] GR; From TR to Syrian AR ġurābiye/ġuraybiye.; FA gulābiya گلابيه gülsuyu ile yapılan küçük hamur işi, kurabiye FA gulāb گلاب gülsuyu...
View ArticleBook | Liar's Candle by August Thomas
Informed by August Thomas's deep knowledge of Turkey-where she studied as a Fulbright scholar-Liar's Candle is as breathtaking and relevant as acclaimed political thrillers by John le Carré and Graham...
View Article1491 | Constantinople from Nuremberg Chronicle
Mavi Boncuk | Page depicting Constantinople from Nuremberg Chronicle[1] 1491; image is a woodcut from Wolgemut's[2]workshop with added hand-colouring. [1]The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated...
View Articleiiff 2018 | 37th Istanbul Film Festival Awards
Mavi Boncuk |International CompetitionGolden Tulip – Western (Valeska Grisebach)Special Jury Prize – Cocote (Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias)Human Rights in Cinema CompetitionHuman Rights in Cinema...
View ArticleAnalysis | Turkey’s president will win the country’s snap elections.
Turkey has brought forward elections that could pave the way for a single-party state with few checks on the power of the president to 24 June, a year and a half ahead of schedule.Turkey’s president,...
View ArticleArticle The Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by Hassan Mneimneh
Mavi Boncuk |The Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide: A Time for Reconsideration of Binary History SOURCEHassan Mneimneh[1]Hassan Mneimneh is a contributing editor with Fikra Forum and a principal at...
View ArticleWord Origins | Amin, Allah, İlah
Mavi Boncuk | âmin: fromARāmīn آمين dua sözü HEB/ARAM āmēn[1] אָמֵן doğru, güvenilir, "öyledir" (dua sözü) HEB/ARAM אמן güvenilir olma, doğru olma root of emanet. Oldest source: Künermen bir baptisma...
View ArticleArticle | Muslim Identity in Turkish Cinema The Case of "White Cinema"
Mavi Boncuk |Turkish Cinema and Transnational Imaginations Workshop National Film Theatre,London, 8-9 December 2000Muslim Identity in Turkish Cinema The Case of "White Cinema"1 By Nicolas Monceau...
View ArticleEU Watch | MAM Feels the Heat
Mavi Boncuk | On the night of May 29, 1993, four young German men with far-right affiliations set fire to the house of a Turkish family in the German city of Solingen's Untere Werner street. This...
View ArticleLe poirier sauvage | Cannes Enfin!
Mavi Boncuk | Le poirier sauvage (Ahlat agaci|Wild Pear) by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2014 with Winter Sleep and has won several other awards at Cannes...
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