INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN TULIP COMPETITION

In the International Competition section of the Istanbul Film Festival, 15 films from 14 countries, under the “New Perspectives in Cinema” theme will vie for the Golden Tulip.

The jury of the International Golden Tulip Competition, presided by Pablo Trapero, comprises actress Melisa Sözen, actor Lior Ashkenazy, video artist Ali Kazma, and producer Ewa Puszczyńska.

The International Competition Golden Tulip Award, presented in memory of Şakir Eczacıbaşı, will be supported with a 25,000 Euro monetary award given by the Eczacıbaşı Group. The director of the Best Film will be awarded with 10,000 Euro, the distribution company of the film in Turkey will be awarded 10,000 Euro, and the director of the film to receive the Special Jury Prize will be awarded 5,000 Euro.

  • Sutak / Heavenly nomadic / Mirlan Abdykalykov / Kyrgyzstan
  • Eva Doesn’t Sleep / Pablo Agüero / Argentina
  • Peace to Us in Our Dreams / Sharunas Bartas / Lithuania
  • The Childhood of a Leader / Brady Corbet / England
  • Kor / Ember / Zeki Demirkubuz / Turkey
  • Les démons / The Demons / Philippe Lesage / Canada
  • The End / Guillaume Nicloux / France
  • Un monstruo de mil cabezas / A Monster With Thousand Heads / Rodrigo Pla / Mexico
  • Jajda / Thirst / Svetla Tsotsorkova / Bulgaria
  • Belgica / Felix Van Groeningen / Belgium
  • Zjednoczone Stany Milosci / United States of Love / Tomasz Wasilewski / Poland
  • Interruption / Yorgos Zois / Greece
  • Ein atem / One Breath / Christian Zübert / Germany
  • Rodinny film / Family Film / Olmo Omerzu / Czech Republic
  • Auf Einmal / All of A Sudden / Aslı Özge / Germany

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CINEMA: THE FILM AWARD OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE FACE

FACE – The Film Award of the Council of Europe, which was established 10 years ago and only given at the Istanbul Film Festival, continues to be awarded with the support of the Council of Europe. The FACE Award will be presented to one of the films screened at “Human Rights in Cinema” section, which raises public consciousness and sensitivity to human rights related issues. In the “Human Rights in Cinema” section with 10 films, a representative from the Council of Europe will present the 10.000 Euros monetary prize to the director of the winning film at the award ceremony of the 35th Istanbul Film Festival. Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe supporting co-production, distribution, and presentation of cinema is a partner to the FACE Award.

The FACE Award Jury that comprises author, actor and screenwriter Ercan Kesal, director Jakob Brossmann, European Film Fund Eurimages Deputy Executive DirectorIsabel Castro and Leyla Kayacık who is the Senior Adviser at the Private Office of the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General on matters related to Human Rights and Supremacy of Law.

  • Det vita folket /White People /Lisa Aschan / Sweden
  • Heimatland /Wonderland / Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, BennyJaber, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller / Switzerland
  • Mediterranea / Jonas Carpignano / Italy
  • La montagne magique /The Magic Mountain / Anca Damian / Romania
  • El Abrazo de la Serpiente /Embrace of the Serpent / Ciro Guerra / Columbia
  • Bei xi mo shou /Behemoth / Zhao Liang / China
  • Visaaranai /Interrogation / Vetri Maaran / India
  • La tierra roja /The Red Land / Diego Martínez Vignatti / Belgium
  • 3000 Layla /3000 Nights / Mai Masri / Palestine
  • Kıyıdakiler / Coastliners / Erdem Tepegöz, Barış Pirhasan, Alphan Eşeli, Melisa Önel, Ramin Matin

AKBANK GALAS

Istanbul Film Festival’s popular section “Akbank Galas” will host the Turkey premieres of 10 most anticipated films by great directors and star actors. Hail, Caesar! By Coen Brother, Midnight Special by Jeff Nichols are only some of the highly interesting, highly striking, and mostly award-winning films in this section.

  • Hail, Caesar! / Ethan & Joel Coen / England
  • Brooklyn / John Crowley / Ireland
  • Truman / Cesc Gay / Spain
  • The Lady in the Van / Nicholas Hytner / England
  • Un + Une / One Plus One / Claude Lelouch / France
  • Maggie’s Plan / Rebecca Miller / USA
  • Midnight Special / Jeff Nichols / USA
  • The Meddler / Lorena Scafaria / USA
  • El Clan / Pablo Trapero / Argentina
  • High-rise / Ben Wheatley / England

CHALLENGING THE YEARS

With the “Challenging The Years” section, cinephiles will have the opportunity of watching the latest films of master directors who defy the years, continuing to shape the direction of world cinema. “Challenging The Years” section of the Istanbul Film Festival, sponsored by atv, will present audiences with 10 films.

  • Sangue del mio sangue / Blood of My Blood / Marco Bellocchio / Italy
  • Remember / Atom Egoyan / Canada
  • L’ombre des femmes / In the Shadow of Women / Philippe Garrel / France
  • Rabin the Last Day / Amos Gitai / Israel
  • Chant d’hiver / Winter Song / Otar Iosseliani / France
  • El Virus de la Por / Virus of Fear / Ventura Pons / Spain
  • La Calle de la Amargura / Bleak Street / Arturo Ripstein / Mexico
  • 11 Minut / 11 Minutes / Jerzy Skolimowski / Poland
  • Francofonia / Alexander Sokurov / France
  • Quand on a 17 ans / Being 17 / André Téchiné / France

FROM THE WORLD OF FESTIVALS

“From The World of Festivals” section of the Istanbul Film Festival, sponsored by Sabah Newspaper, will present audiences with 21 films by prominent directors that have been shown at world festivals and mostly won awards.

  • Heart of a Dog / Laurie Anderson / USA
  • La vanité / Vanity / Lionel Baier / Switzerland
  • La memoria del agua / The Memory of Water / Matias Bize / Chile
  • Un Français / French Blood / Diastème / France
  • As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto / Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One / Miguel Gomes / Portugal
  • As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado / Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One / Miguel Gomes / Portugal
  • As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado / Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One / Miguel Gomes / Portugal
  • Ejdeha Vared Mishavad! / A Dragon Arrives! / Mani Hagighi / Iran
  • Things to come / L’avenir / Mia Hansen-Løve / France
  • Chaharshanbeh, 19 Ordibehesht / Wednesday, May 19 / Vahid Jalilvand / Iran
  • The Other Side / Roberto Minervini / France
  • Un etaj mai jos / One Floor Below / Radu Muntean / Romania
  • Pesn pesney / Song of Songs / Eva Neymann / Ucrain
  • Little Men / Ira Sachs / Greece
  • Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae-neun-teul-li-da / Right Now, Wrong Then / Hong Sang Soo / South Korea
  • Inhebek Hedi / Hedi / Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia
  • Des Nouvelles de la Planète Mars / News From Planet Mars / Dominik Moll / France
  • Fuocoammare / Fire at Sea / Gianfranco Rosi / Italy
  • Smrt u Sarajevu / Death in Sarajevo / Danis Tanović / France
  • Illegitimate / Adrian Sitaru / Romania
  • 24 Wochen / 24 Weeks / Anne Zohra Berrached / Germany

YOUNG MASTERS

The Young Masters section presents the debut or second films of directors who are acclaimed for their genuine approach while bringing a breath of fresh air to the world cinema. Sponsored by NESCAFÉ Gold, this section features films that have attracted attention in international festivals and that are up for the next generation of classics.

  • La tierra y la sombra / Land and Shade / César Augusto Acevedo / Colombia
  • Kalo pothi / The Black Hen / Min Bahadur Bham / Nepal
  • Closet Monster / Stephen Dunn / Canada
  • Viaje / Paz Fábrega / Costa Rica
  • Ha'har / Mountain / Yaelle Kayam / Israel
  • Boi Neon / Neon Bull / Gabriel Mascaro / Brasil
  • Underground Fragrance / Song Peng Fei / France
  • Keeper / Guillaume Senez / Belgium
  • Departure / Andrew Steggall / England
  • Banat (Il Viaggio) / Adriano Valerio / Italy
  • Efterskalv / The Here After / Magnus von Horn / Sweden
  • Songs My Brothers Taught Me / Chloé Zao / USA

DOCUMENTARY TIME WITH NTV

The “Documentary Time With NTV” section of the Istanbul Film Festival, sponsored by NTV, will feature 14 documentary films from throughout the world, covering diverse interests such as photography, social crises, cinema, politics, music, energy, capitalism, wars, football, domestic violence, espionage and sports.

  • Allende, mi abuelo Allende / Beyond My Grandfather Allende / Marcia Tambutti Allende / Chyle
  • De Palma / Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow / USA
  • Jag är Ingrid / Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words / Stig Björkman / Sweden
  • Lampedusa in Winter / Jakob Brossmann / Austria
  • I Am Belfast / Mark Cousins / England
  • Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) / Abbas Fahdel / Iraq
  • Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine / Alex Gibney / USA
  • El patio de mi casa / No Place Like Home / Carlos Hagerman / Mexico
  • Hitchcock/Truffaut / Kent Jones
  • I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman / Marianne Lambert / Belgium
  • Sobytie / The Event / Sergei Loznitsa / The Netherlands
  • V paprscích slunce / Under the Sun / Vitaly Mansky / Chech Republic
  • Where to Invade Next / Michael Moore / USA
  • I sogni del lago salato / Dreams of the Salt Lake / Andrea Segre / Italy

MINED ZONE

This section of the Istanbul Film Festival especially appeals to explorer cinephiles for its pioneering, unorthodox films with either a distinctive style, approach, technique, or expression, which are sharp at times and experimental at others. The eccentric spirits of cinema wander in the Mined Zone.

  • Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis / A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery / Lav Diaz / The Philippines
  • Symptoma / Symptom / Angelos Frantzis / Greece
  • Meurtrière / Philippe Grandrieux / France
  • Evolution / Lucile Hadzihalilovic / France
  • Dead Slow Ahead / Mauro Herce / Spain
  • Kater / Tomcat / Händl Klaus / Austria
  • Wild / Nicolette Krebitz / Germany
  • Na ri xia wu / Afternoon / Tsai Ming-Liang / Taiwan
  • Wu wu mian / No No Sleep / Tsai Ming-Liang / Taiwan + Mok Mae Rim / Vapour / Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Tailand
  • Tikkun / Avishai Sivan / Israel
  • Hiso Hiso Boshi / The Whispering Star / Sion Sono / Japan

HIDDEN GEMS

The 35th Istanbul Film Festival’s new section “Hidden Gems” will unearth three hidden gems curated by Alkan Avcıoğlu. History of film includes a myriad of lesser known, banned, lost, denied from the general public, ignored in film literature, or overshadowed films–hidden gems, which will surprise film buffs with their competitive qualities, or how timeless they have been conceived.

  • Killer of Sheep / Charles Burnett / USA
  • Sanatorium pod klepsydra / The Hourglass Sanatorium / Wojciech Has / Poland
  • Kanashimi no Beradonna / Belladonna of Sadness / Eiichi Yamamoto / Japan
  • Out 1: Spectre / Jacques Rivette / France

ANTIDEPRESSANT

The “Antidepressant” section was a part of the festival in 2010 for the first time and has now become a staple of the festival. The “Antidepressant” section sponsored by TLC, presents a selection of 10 films that take life lightly, that make audiences laugh and think at the same time, that have the most unexpected, peculiar perspectives on comedy and on the world.

  • Ich und Kaminski / Me and Kaminski / Wolfgang Becker / Germany
  • Asphalte / Macadam Stories / Samuel Benchetrit / France
  • Se dio vuole / God Willing / Edoardo Falcone / Italy
  • Floride / Philippe Le Guay / France
  • Mi gran noche / My Big Night / Alex de la Iglesia / Spain
  • La vie très privée de Monsieur Sim / The Very Private Life of Mister Sim / Michel Leclerc / France
  • Le Nouveau / The New Kid / Rudi Rosenberg / France
  • Parasol / Valéry Rosier / Belgium
  • Chevalier / Athina Rachel Tsangari / Greece
  • Schneider vs Bax / Alex van Warmerdam / The Netherlands

KIDS MENU

The 35th Istanbul Film Festival screens two French films for its young followers this year in a section entitled, “Kids’ Menu”: Simon Rouby’s animation film Adama, which was nominated for the European Film Academy’s European Film Awards, and the laughter-filled Sophie’s Misfortunes, adapted from Comtesse de Segur’s book from the 1850s.

  • Adama / Simon Rouby / France
  • Les malheurs de Sophie / Sophie’s Misfortunes / Christophe Honoré / France

MIDNIGHT MADNESS

The “Midnight Madness” section of the Istanbul Film Festival is anticipated by those preferring stimulating, provocative, and shocking films over sleep. These films brought to you at 24.00 screenings every Friday and every Saturday at the Atlas and Rexx cinemas throughout the festival, will leave you sleepless.

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street / Wes Craven / USA
  • Demon / Marcin Wrona / Poland
  • Théo et Hugo sont dans le même bateau / Paris 05:59 / Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel / France

MUSICIANS

The Istanbul Film Festival offers a brand new section this year for those who nurture their souls with music. 8films that tell the stories of people who have made music an inseparable part of their lives will meet the audience in the Musicians section.

  • À peine j'ouvre les yeux / As I Open My Eyes / Leyla Bouzid / France
  • Urban Hymn / Michael Caton-Jones / England
  • Playing Lecuona / Pavel Giroud, Juan Manuel Villar Betancort /Spain
  • Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai / Rain The Color of Blue With A -Little Red In It / Christopher Kirkley / Niger
  • The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble / Morgan Neville / USA
  • Miles Ahead / Don Cheadle / USA
  • Born to Be Blue / Robert Budreau / USA
  • Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown to Off the Wall / Spike Lee / USA

IN PURSUIT OF LIGHT: AMERICAN AVANTGARDE CINEMA OF THE 70S

With a view to opening a well-deserved space for experimental cinema, the Istanbul Film Festival goes back to the beginnings of this special genre and gathers the pioneering figures of the American avant-garde cinema from its prime in the 70s. In this section curated by Burak Çevik, films by such masters as Stan Brakhage, Michael Snow, Ken Jacobs, Robert Breer, Hollis Frampton, Ernie Gehr, Jonas Mekas, Stan Van Der Beek, Jerome Hill, and James Benning will make their Turkey premiere screened in their original 16mm format at the Istanbul Modern Cinema.

  • Text of Light / Stan Brakhage, 1974
  • La Région Centrale / Michael Snow, 1970-1971
  • Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania / Jonas Mekas, 1971-1972
  • Film About a Woman Who… / Yvonne Rainer, 1974
  • The Destructive Impulse

(nostalgia) / Hollis Frampton, 1971, 36’, 16 mm

S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED / Paul Sharits, 1971, 42’, 16mm

  • The Edge of Film

Corridor / Standish Lawder, 1970

Globe / Ken Jacobs, 1971

Serene Velocity / Ernie Gehr, 1970

  • Robert Breer Selected Works– 70:

(1970), Gulls and Buoys (1972), Fuji (1973) , 77 (1977) , LMNO (1978), T.Z. (1979)

  • The Mighty of Her (+18)

Soft Fiction / Chick Strand, 1979

Near the Big Chakra / Anne Severson, 1971

Double Strength / Barbara Hammer, 1978

  • Video as an Art

Stan VanDerBeek’s Selected Videos:

Newsreel of Dreams: Part I (1976), Strobe Ode (1977), Vanishing Point Left (1977), Color Fields Left (1977), Mirrored Reason (1979)

Global Groove / Nam June Paik, John Godfrey, 1973

OTTO PREMINGER: ANATOMY OF A DIRECTOR

The Istanbul Film Festival pays tribute to one of the most authentic, most independent, and most creative directors of all times, Otto Preminger, on the 30th anniversary of his death. A special selection of his 10 outstanding films will give cinephiles the perfect opportunity to get to know Otto Preminger better and watch his films on the big screen even after so many years. Father of “film noir”, called “Otto the Terrible” among other nicknames, he was always the one to push the limits, raise discussions, and to address taboos in his films. The master graphic designer Yurdaer Altıntaş, who has prepared the posters for many of the Istanbul Film Festival’s sections and events in earlier editions, has designed a special poster for this section.

  • Laura / Otto Preminger / USA
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends / Otto Preminger / USA
  • River of No Return / Otto Preminger / USA
  • Anatomy of a Murder / Otto Preminger / USA
  • Bonjour Tristesse / Otto Preminger / USA
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing / Otto Preminger / England
  • Advise and Consent / Otto Preminger / USA
  • The Cardinal / Otto Preminger / USA
  • The Man With the Golden Arm / Otto Preminger / USA
  • Saint Joan / Otto Preminger / USA

IN MEMORIAM

The festival's “In Memoriam” section brings together the films of the masters that we have recently lost.

  • The Wicker Man / Robin Hardy / England
  • Grey Gardens / Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer / USA
  • Zengin Mutfağı / Rich Man’s Kitchen / Başar Sabuncu / Turkey
  • Le Bal / Ettore Scola / Italy
  • Üç Arkadaş / Three Friends / Memduh Ün
  • Cosmos / Andrzej Zulawski / France