-32nd Istanbul Film Festival official press release-

Meetings on the Bridge Starts.

The 8th edition of the Meetings on the Bridge organised within the scope of the 32nd Istanbul Film Festival under the sponsorship of Efes starts. Efes who has been supporting the Turkish cinema for the past 26 years, is the sponsor of Turkish Cinema section of the Istanbul Film Festival and is also giving the Special Jury Prize of 30.000 US Dollars at the National Golden Tulip Competition of the festival. Efes has increased its support to the Turkish Cinema by undertaking the sponsorship of Meetings on the Bridge as of this year, and started supporting the films from the project and production stages.

The Film Development and Work In Progress Workshops will be realised on Wednesday, 10 April and Thursday, 11 April with the participation of directors and producers from Turkey. Following the first international presentation of the projects and the films in post-production stage during the workshops, the awards will be presented to the selected projects and the films at the awards ceremony on Thursday, 11 April at the French Palais.

For images from the Meetings on the Bridge: http://www.iksvphoto.com

The 32nd Istanbul Film Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts in the sponsorship of Akbank for the ninth time, took its start with an opening ceremony held at Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Centre, on Friday evening, 29 March. Besides well-known names of cinema in Turkey, celebrated actress Patricia Arquette and master director Bille August were among the exclusive guests who participated to the opening ceremony.

Visit the IFF official website here for more information: http://film.iksv.org/en

For videos from the 32nd Istanbul Film Festival Opening Ceremony: 

https://files.secureserver.net/0fMi4kzyy15j5W

-32nd Istanbul Film Festival official press release-