Festival

Istanbul Film Festival (Istanbul)

EN/ The Festival features a thematically specialized international competition, provides a showcase for recent Turkish film productions, and thus represents a rewarding medium where Turkish and foreign filmmakers get together. The Festival draws a special interest to world classics, presenting retrospective sections within its programs particularly attended by young audiences. For the first time in 2005, special thematic curated sections were included in the programme which comprises approximately 200 titles, making the Festival the comprehensive film festival in Turkey. With an audience of 170,000 in 2007, it is also considered the biggest film festival. The Festival, whose aim is "to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey, to help Turkish cinema attain international recognition and to promote films of quality in the Turkish market", has also introduced international institutions and organizations like EURIMAGES to the Turkish market.

İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

Sadi Konuralp Caddesi, No 5

Nejat Eczacıbaşı Binası

Şişhane 34433
İstanbul

T +212 334 07 00
F +212 334 07 16
film.fest(at)iksv.org

http://film.iksv.org/en