Istanbul International Film Festival Takes place in April in Istanbul since 1982, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Has a Turkish and international competition. Administrative address: INTERNATIONAL İSTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts Istiklal Caddesi 64 Beyoğlu 34435 İstanbul Phone: +90 212 334 07 00 Fax: +90 212 334 07 02
Festival of European Films on Wheels Begins every November in Ankara and travels then travels in Turkey and the Balkkan. The Festival does not accept documentatries and accepts only films on 35mm. The Festival on Wheels has an international competition for feature films. The jury awards the following prizes: The Festival Grand Prize, "The Golden Goose" of the City of Kars (15.000 Euro) for the best film in competition, the Special Jury Prize "The Silver Goose" of the City of Kars (5000 Euro) for the second best film in the competition. The short films in the European Panorama section competed for the Audience Award (1000 Euro).
Administrative address: Abay Kunanbay Cad. No: 20/13 06700 Kavaklıdere Ankara Turkey Tel : + 90 312 466 34 84 / 466 47 28 Fax : + 90 312 466 43 31 Festival director: Başak Emre General Secretary: Dr. Ahmet A. Boyacıoğlu info@europeanfilmfestival.com http://www.europeanfilmfestival.com
Ankara International Film Festival Deadline: January Categories: Features, shorts, animation, documentary Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP. Short films must not exceed 30 minutes running time Awards: Various awards, contact festival for more information Fees: None Administrative address: Ankara International Film Festival, Farabi sok. No: 29/1, 06690 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 312 468 7745 Fax: +90 312 467 7830;
Deadline: September Categories: Fiction; documentaries; shorts Requirements: 35 mm Awards: Best Film, Best Director Fees: Contact festival for details : Tel: +90 212 244 52 51 Fax: +90 212 292 03 37;
Deadline: September Categories: Competitive film festival Requirements: 35mm Awards: US$75,000 for 'The Best Film', US$25,000 for 'The Best Director' Fees: None Administrative address: TURSAK, Gazeteci Erol Dernek Sokak Hanif Han 11, 2 Beyoglu 34433, Instanbul, Turkey, Tel: +90 212 244 52 51 Fax: +90 212 292 03 37;
Deadline: September Categories: Features, shorts, documentaries Requirements: 35mm for the features, video for the shorts and documentaries Awards: International Debut Competition of 35 mm features: $45,000 in cash and Golden Karagoz prize would be presented Fees: None Administrative address: Cumhuriyet Caddesi No:11/4 , Ugurlu Palas , 34437, Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: +90 212 235 32 34 Fax: +90 212 235 32 94;
A full list of film schools in Turkey is too large to be included here. However, we are enclosing a list of weblinks, divided by the different types of the institutions:
8.SANAT YAPIM VE ORGANIZASYON Emekli Subay Evleri, 70/3, Esentepe/Istanbul Tel : +90 212 266 14 28 Fax : +90 212 266 54 50 info@8sanat.com http://www.8sanat.com
Organozations
Association Of Documentary Film Makers (BSB) The Association has a broad range of membership, including freelance filmmakers, private production companies, documentary makers at Turkish Radio and Television, university professors, and film students throughout Turkey, with membership predominantly in the Istanbul, Ankara, Eskişehir and Izmir regions. The official and legal mission of the Association is to defend the copyrights of its members. However, since its inception, the Association has additionally worked towards accomplishing several broadly defined aims: • developing the field of documentary, both in terms of quantity and quality of production; • promoting awareness of and demand for documentaries; • advocating the improvement of circumstances of production;
Towards these ends, some of the primary activities of the Association include: - Sectoral Infrastructure. - Documentary Promotion. - Advocacy of Sector Development . - International Relations. - Sectoral Infrastructure. - Inventory and Archiving of finished documentaries
Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism Funds Supply funding to Turkish films since 1986 in all genres. Funding between 1986-2006 was more than 706 million Turkish Pounds (TL).
EFES Pilsen Annotation Many Turkish movies had come to live thanks to the support given by Efes Pilsen to Turkish Cinema since 1988. In 1997, Efes Pilsen began to grant the "Efes Pilsen Special Prize" in the name of Onat Kutlar withing the scope of the International Istanbul Film Festival. “Efes Pilsen Special Prize” aims at contributing to the production of young directors. The films sponsored by Efes Pilsen won 76 awards so far in both foreign and local festivals.
IKSV (The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts) The İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1973 by fourteen businessmen who gathered under the leadership of Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı with the aim of organizing an international arts festival in İstanbul. The Foundation has been committed to bringing together different cultures and contributing to the creation of a platform for multicultural dialogue. In this respect, İKSV has prepared a series of international festivals in major European cities. This journey began in 2004 with ‘Şimdi Now’ in Berlin and continued in 2005 with ‘Şimdi Stuttgart’ and Amsterdam and Rotterdam with the ‘Turkey Now’ festival, in 2007.
FİDA FILM Fida Film has been supporting Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation (İKSV) for over 15 years. Fida Film supports all cinema promotions of the indispensable festivals ( film, music, jazz, theater, filmekimi, biennale) of İKSV bringing the most elite art-lovers of Istanbul together as well as granting the income raised by advertising sales of Film Festival and filmekimi to İKSV for support. Adding a new one to its support mission to art and cinema sector assumed for years with pride, Fida Film has started to offer a similar service to the one and only festival dedicated to independent Turkish films If Istanbul and If Ankara.
Film Festivals
Istanbul International Film Festival
