16th London Turkish Film Festival
2010 film festival edition
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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 4â18, 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 Ãnal Ãeviköz, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism official Abdurrahman Ãelik, actor Åener Åen, film and theater star Genco Erkal and director ÃaÄan Irmak, at which the Golden Wings awards for Lifetime Achievement and Digiturk Digital Distribution were presented and Sleeping Princess (Turkish: Prensesin Uykusu) directed by ÃaÄan Irmak received its world premiere.[4][5]
Awards
- Golden Wings Lifetime Achievement Award: Åener Åen (actor)
- Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Award: Honey (Turkish: Bal) directed by Semih KaplanoÄlu
Programmes
Opening Film
- Sleeping Princess (Turkish: Prensesin Uykusu) directed by ÃaÄan Irmak[6]
Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Competition
Five Turkish films made in the preceding year were selected to compete in the festivalâs feature film competition.
Competition Jury
- 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
- Cosmos (Turkish: Kosmos) directed by Reha Erdem[7]
- The Crossing (Turkish: KavÅak) directed by Selim Demirdelen[8]
- Honey (Turkish: Bal) directed by Semih KaplanoÄlu[9]
- In Darkness (Turkish: Karanlıktakiler) directed by ÃaÄan Irmak[10]
- Majority (Turkish: Ãogunluk) directed by Seren Yüce[11]
Out of Competition Showings
- Based Down South (German: Wir Sitzen im Süden) directed by Martina Priessner[12]
- Black and White (Turkish: Siyah Beyaz) directed by Ahmet BoyacıoÄlu[13]
- Dark Cloud (Turkish: Bahtı Kara) directed by Theron Patterson[14]
- Loose Cannons (Italian: Mine Vaganti) directed by Ferzan Ãzpetek[15]
- Müezzin directed by Sebastian Brameshuber[16]
- Not Worth A Fig (Turkish: İncir ÃekirdeÄi) directed by Selda Ãiçek[17]
- Resurrecting: The Street Walker directed by Ãzgür Uyanık[18]
- Tales From Kars (Turkish: Kars Ãyküleri) directed by Ãzcan Alper, Ãlkü Oktay, Emre Akay, Ahu Ãztürk & Zehra Derya Koç[19]
- Turquoise (Turkish: Turkuaz) directed by Kadir Balcı[20]
"Yusuf Trilogy" by Semih KaplanoÄlu
- Egg (Turkish: Yumurta) directed by Semih KaplanoÄlu[21]
- Milk (Turkish: Süt) directed by Semih KaplanoÄlu[22]
See also
External links
- Official website for the festival