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Nuri Bilge Ceylan: "I watch all kinds of films, but as a viewer I love films for children most"

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You chose to go with your team to some villages near Sofia. Did you find any interesting places? We toured several villages across the gorge of the Iskar River. I think the most interesting place we found was an old, completely deserted railway station. There were no people and the small building was full of remnants of past life. Among the waste, bird nests and broken things, I found a very old writing desk. It was astonishing that on the inner side of one of its doors were post...

Interview with Muzaffer Özdemir at İstanbul Film Festival

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09.04.2012 A protest against the massacre in nature! Muzaffer Özdemir known as an actor in Nuri Bilge Ceylan films is now a director. With his film, Home, that carries autobiographical tones he competes in the National Competition. He tells about the hydroelectric power plants (HPPs), capitalist destruction, violence of human beings, and destruction of nature through the eyes of his character, an architect, who travels back home and witnesses the change. - Can we read ...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, at Cinedays, Skopje...

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Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011) premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where the film won Grand Prix. A Turkish and Bosnian co-production, the film screened to audiences at the 10th annual 'CINEDAYS' this week in Skopje, Macedonia from 10-20 November, 2011.  OUATIA, REVIEW... A stream of cars with illuminated headlights meanders through the countryside. Five men sit in our main car, their expression downcast. ...

Turkish-Bosnian-Herzegovinan film “Anatolia” is a big hit at AFI Film Festival

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  For those of you lucky enough to catch “Once Upon A Time in Anatolia” at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles this week, this was a beautiful film – beautifully shot, well acted – that left you pondering the film long after it was over. It unspooled gently, letting you seep into the high, windy, seer landscape and the lives thrown together by an investigation: the prosecutor, the doctor, the chief of police, and many others, being led about the countryside by a handcu...

One Upon A Time in Anatolia at RIFF 2011

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, RIFF 2011 Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011) premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where the film won Grand Prix. A Turkish and Bosnian co-production, the film screened to audiences at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival in the Open Air Theater on July 25th, 2011. The cast and crew attended a press conference at SFF on July 26th to answer questions in detail about their much beloved new film. ...

Once Upon A Time in Anatolia, at TIFF 2011

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Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011) premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where the film won Grand Prix. A Turkish and Bosnian co-production, the film screened to audiences at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival in the Open Air Theater on July 25th, 2011. The cast and crew attended a press conference at SFF on July 26th to answer questions in detail about their much beloved new film.OUATIA held its North American premier at...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, CANNES 2011

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Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011) premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where the film won Grand Prix. A Turkish and Bosnian co-production, the film screened to audiences at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival in the Open Air Theater on July 25th, 2011. The cast and crew attended a press conference at SFF on July 26th to answer questions in detail about their much beloved new film. A stream of cars with illuminated h...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, in Sarajevo...

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Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011) premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where the film won Grand Prix. A Turkish and Bosnian co-production, the film screened to audiences at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival in the Open Air Theater on July 25th, 2011. The cast and crew attended a press conference at SFF on July 26th to answer questions in detail about their much beloved new film.   A stream of car...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, in Sarajevo...

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Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011) premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where the film won Grand Prix. A Turkish and Bosnian co-production, the film screened to audiences at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival in the Open Air Theater on July 25th, 2011. The cast and crew attended a press conference at SFF on July 26th to answer questions in detail about their much beloved new film.A stream of cars with illuminated headlig...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, in Sarajevo...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Grand Prix prize winning film at this year's Cannes Film Festival, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Turkey, 2011) screened in BH Film at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival SFF.here: director Nuri Bilge Ceylanphoto by Vanessa McMahon

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, in Sarajevo...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Grand Prix prize winning film at this year's Cannes Film Festival, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Turkey, 2011) screened in BH Film at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival SFF.here: actor Taner Birselphoto by Vanessa McMahon

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, in Sarajevo...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Grand Prix prize winning film at this year's Cannes Film Festival, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Turkey, 2011) screened in BH Film at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival SFF.here: director Nuri Bilge Ceylanphoto by Vanessa McMahon

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

WINNERS OF THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED

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  Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best film-- "The Tree of Life" directed by Terrence Malick (United States)Grand Prix runner-up prize-- "Once Upon A Time In Anatolia" directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey) and "The Kid With A Bike" directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Belgium)Best director-- Nicolas Winding Refn (Denmark) for "Drive"Best screenplay-- Joseph Cedar (Israel) for "Footnote"Best actress-- Kirsten Dunst (United States) for &qu...

European award to Zeynep Özbatur

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Turkish producer receives Prix EURIMAGESThe winner of the fourth edition of the EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD - Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, was just announced at a lunch held in the framework of the “New Cinema Network” in Rome attended by a large number of professionals from the cinema industry and the press.This year’s prize will go to an outstanding producer who has always joined forces with European producing ...

Critics Vote for "The White Ribbon" as Best Film of the Year

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At the opening ceremony of the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) will receive the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2009 for the Best Film of the Year. Although the film has barely been screened apart from the Cannes Film Festival (where it won both the FIPRESCI Award and the Golden Palm), The White Ribbon was chosen the Best Film of the Year by the 223 critics throughout the world that took part in the poll for Grand Prix. The award will be handed...

The 62nd Cannes Festival is Officially Open!

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Charles Aznavour, the voice talent in the French version of the Pixar feature Up, and the young actress Hafsia Herzi had the honors of calling this 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival officially open in the Grand Théâtre Lumière. It was then Edouard Baer who came on stage as Master of Ceremonies for the second year in a row. One by one, the jury members came front and center: Asia Argento, Shu Qi, Sharmila Tagore, Robin Wright Penn, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, James Gray, Hanif Kureishi...

Isabelle Huppert, Président of the Jury at Cannes

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The Jury: Isabelle HUPPERT, President (Actress - France)   Asia ARGENTO (Actress, Director, Screenwriter- Italy) Nuri BILGE CEYLAN (Director, Screenwriter, Actor - Turkey) Lee CHANG-DONG (Director, Writer, Screenwriter - Korea) James GRAY (Director, Screenwriter – United States) Hanif KUREISHI (Writer, Screenwriter – United Kingdom) Shu QI (Actress - Taiwan) Robin WRIGHT PENN (Actress - United States ...

Turkey – country in focus on the 32nd Göteborg Festival

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During the Göteborg International Film Festival 2009 we look in an eastern direction and focus on the film country Turkey. In the Turkish close up we see 10 new, exciting, Turkish films, counting 2 documentaries and 8 fiction films, ranging from thrillers to action to every day realism to poetic tales and roadmovies. On top of that: a retrospective devoted to Nuri Bilge Ceylan and his work.Turish film is full of vitality. The country produced the impressive sum of 40 films during the year of 20...

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