The Istanbul Film Festival, organized for the forty third time this yr by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), will meet cinema lovers till April 28.
Speaking on the opening program of the pageant held on the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Festival Director Kerem Ayan expressed his happiness about greeting the viewers for the forty third time. Ayan stated they’d current honorary awards to grasp administrators of world cinema, Wim Wenders and Japanese actor Koji Yakusho, on the closing ceremony of the pageant.
Ayan famous that 43 years in the past, they held the primary screening of the pageant at Konak Cinema in Şişli, and since then, they’ve continued to carry movie screenings in Beyoğlu, Şişli and Kadıköy.
This yr’s Cinema Honorary Awards had been additionally offered to director and screenwriter Engin Ayça and actress Meral Orhonsay on the opening ceremony.
Ayça, who has directed varied documentary movies and cultural packages, contributed to the event of filmmakers and made quite a few documentaries alongside profitable fiction movies, expressed her gratitude, saying: “I thank everyone very much. I thank my mother, my father and all my friends who have contributed to my work in cinema. I also thank my dear friend and partner, Gülsen Tuncer, who has brought me here and carried me this far.”
Meral Orhonsay, a veteran of Turkish cinema who has appeared in over 60 movies and has been honored with quite a few awards all through her profession, paid tribute to legendary administrators reminiscent of Zeki Ökten, Atıf Yılmaz and Yavuz Özkan, emphasizing their important contributions to Turkish cinema regardless of the challenges they confronted.
“Tonight, I want to remember them once again here with respect and love, with my sincerest feelings. I also respectfully greet all our colleagues who have contributed to these films,” she stated.
During the ceremony, Görgün Taner, the overall director of the IKSV, offered thank-you plaques to establishments and organizations that contributed to the belief of the pageant.
Following the opening, the action-comedy movie “Hit Man,” which had its world premiere on the Venice Film Festival, was screened.
The forty third Istanbul Film Festival provides a wealthy program consisting of 132 characteristic movies and 12 brief movies, together with the latest examples of world cinema, cult classics, movies by grasp administrators, and works by younger skills.
The pageant program will be accessed at “film.iksv.org.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
