10th TÜRSAK Cinema Festival

The Turkish Cinema and Audiovisual Culture Foundation (TÜRSAK) has organised its tenth "International Istanbul Cinema History Meeting". This year's theme is "Overcoming Borders".

The film festival will take place from 14 to 20 December. At the opening on 15 December, Turkish actress Hümeyra Akbay and French Turkologist Prof. Dr. Irene Melikoff were awarded prizes.

Sub-themes at the festival are World Festivals, Prize-winning Films, Human Rights and Short Films from Masters. The latter section will show short films from Roman Polanski and Istvan Szabo.

Programme 

The programme is as follows:

18 December

12:00 - French Culture Centre - Hungarian Beauty
14:00 - Alkazar Cinema - Before I Forget
Beyoglu Cinema - Iska's Journey
French Culture Centre - Mine
16:30 - Alkazar Cinema - A Man's Job
Beyoglu Cinema - Plum Rain
French Culture Centre - American Psyche
19:00 - Alkazar Cinema -Andalucia
Beyoglu Cinema - Hounds
French Culture Centre - Akamas - conversation with Panicos Chryssanthou and Dervis Zaim
21:30 - Alkazar Cinema - Tehilim
Beyoglu Cinema - From Now On

19 December

14:00 - Alkazar Cinema - Happy Desert
Beyoglu Cinema - Wolf
16:30 - Alkazar Cinema - Armin
Beyoglu Cinema - Forbidden Lie
19:00 - Alkazar Cinema - Head Under Water
Beyoglu Cinema - Andalucia
21:30 - Alkazar Cinema - The Class
Beyoglu Cinema - Hounds

20 December

14:00 - Alkazar Cinema - Life Hits
Beyoglu Cinema - Before I Forget
16:30 - Alkazar Cinema - The Stolen Man
Beyoglu Sinema - Andalucia
19:00 - Alkazar Cinema - Head Under Water
Beyoglu Cinema - The Class
21:30 - Alkazar Cinema - Happy Desert
Beyoglu Cinema - Armin (GG)