ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

'''Istanbul International Film Festival''' is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey. It is held every year, around the end of April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its regulations, the festival aims to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey and to promote films of quality in the Turkish cinema market.

Contents

History

Program

Awards list

Golden Tulip winners

International Competition

National Competition

External links

History

The Istanbul International Film Festival was first organized in 1982, within the frame of the International Istanbul Festival as a "Film Week" consisting of six films. The theme of the films participating in the Festival was limited to "Arts and the Movies", to keep the event within the context of the International Istanbul Festival. In 1983 the event was realized under the title of "Istanbul Filmdays", taking place throughout the Festival within a span of a month.
Beginning from 1984, the event gained an identity as a separate activity; it was shifted to the month of April. In 1985, two competitive sections, one being national and the other international, were included in the festival program.
In the following years, The Istanbul International Filmdays firmly established its position and took its place among the major film festivals of the world with the large number of films shown and the quality and versatility of its program.
At the beginning of 1989 the event was recognized as "a competitive specialized festival" by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) and was accredited. Parallel to this development, "Istanbul Filmdays" was renamed as "Istanbul International Film Festival".
Beginning from 1996, "Lifetime Achievement" and "Honorary" Awards began to be presented to local and international cineastes, actors and actresses.
Since the beginning of the Festival, a total of 2,065,000 spectators have attended the screenings of 2,330 films from 72 different countries.

Program

The selection and programmation of the festival films are conducted by the selection committee and the advisory board. The program consists of an international competition open only to feature and animated films on art and adaptations, a national competition, non-competitive, informative sections on specific themes which can include documentaries, shorts and feature films.
The 2004 program which included more than 200 films from over 60 countries comprised of the following sections:

International Competition

National Competition

Special Screenings with Live Orchestra

Retrospectives

Tributes

Midnight Screenings

Mined Zone

Young Stars of the World Cinema

From the World of Festivals

Cinema: the Mirror of our Times

Journey to Hope: Emigrants

Documentaries

The World of Animation

Latin American Cinema

Awards list

These awards are presented within the context of the festival:

Golden Tulip for the best film in the international competition

Best Turkish Film of the Year in memory of Onat Kutlar

Best Turkish Director of the Year

Special Prize of the Jury

Special Mention

Best Actor and Best Actress (national competition)

Honorary Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

FIPRESCI Prize

People's Choice Award

Golden Tulip winners

International Competition

Year	Film	Director
2006	''A Cock and Bull Story ''	Michael Winterbottom
2005	''La femme de Gilles'' ''Kohi Jikou'' (''Café Lumière'')	Frédéric Fonteyne Hou Hsiao-hsien
2004	''Goodbye, Dragon Inn'' (''Bu San'')	Tsai Ming-liang
2003	''Suddenly'' ''(Tan de repente)''	Diego Lerman
2002	''Magonia''	Ineke Smits
2001	''No Place to Go (Die Unberührbare)''	Oskar Roehler
2000	''Clouds of May'' (''Mayıs Sıkıntısı'')	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
1999	''El Viento se llevó lo qué (Wind with the Gone)''	Alejandro Agresti
1998	''Ayneh (The Mirror)''	Jafar Panahi
1997	''The King of Masks (Bian Lian)''	Wu Tian-ming
1996	''Little Sister (Zusje)''	Robert Jan Westdijk
1995	''Silences of the Palace (Saimt el Qusur)''	Moufida Tlatli
1994	''The Blue Exile (Mavi Sürgün)''	Erden Kıral
1993	''Manila Paloma Blanca''	Daniele Segre
1992	''Life on a String (Bian Zou Bian Chang)''	Chen Kaige
1991	''Farendj''	Sabine Prenczina
1990	''Pomegranate and Cane (Nar O Nay)''	Saeed Ebrahimifar
1989	''A Film with No Name (Za Sada Bez Dobrog Naslova)''	Srdjan Karanovic
1988	''Travelling Avant''	Jean Charles Tacchella
1987	''Guard Me, My Talisman (Khrani menya, moj talisman)''	Roman Balayan
1986	''Yesterday''	Radoslaw Piwowarski
1985	''Nineteen Eighty-Four''	Michael Radford

National Competition

Year	Film	Director
2006	''Beş Vakit'' (''Times and Winds'')	Reha Erdem
2005	''Anlat İstanbul'' (''İstanbul Tales'')	Ümit Ünal
2004	''Karpuz Kapuğundan Gemiler Yapmak'' (''Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds'')	Ahmet Uluçay
2003	''Uzak'' (''Distant'')	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2002	''9''	Ümit Ünal
2001	''Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar'' (''Offside'') ''Herkes Kendi Evine'' (''Away From Home'')	Serdar Akar Semih Kaplanoğlu
2000	''Mayıs Sıkıntısı'' (''Clouds of May'')	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
1999	''Güneşe Yolculuk (Journey to the Sun)''	Yeşim Ustaoğlu
1998	''Masumiyet'' (''Innocence'')	Zeki Demirkabuz
1997	''Akrebin Yolculuğu (Journey on the Clock-hand)" ''	Ömer Kavuk
1996	''80.Adım (The 80th Step)''	Tomris Giritlioğlu
1995	''İz (Traces)''	Yeşim Ustaoğlu
1994	''Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi (An Autumn Story)''	Yavuz Özkan
1993	''İki Kadın (Two Women)''	Yavuz Özkan
1992	''Gizli Yüz (Secret Face)''	Ömer Kavur
1991	Camdan Kalp (A Heart of Galss)''	Fehmi Yaşar
1990	''Karartma Geceleri (Blackout Nights)''	Yusuf Kurçenli
1989	''Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar (Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite)''	Tunç Başaran
1988	''Biri ve Diğerleri (One and the Others)''	Tunç Başaran
1987	''Anayurt Oteli (Motherland Hotel)''	Ömer Kavur
1986	''Züğürt Ağa (the Agha) Amansız Yol (Desperate Road) Adı Vasfiye (Her Name Is Vasfiye)''	Nesli Çölgeçen Ömer Kavur Atıf Yılmaz
1985	Bir Yudum Sevgi (A Sip of Love)''	Atıf Yılmaz

External links

★ Official Festival Website

★ 26.İstanbul Film Festival