42nd Istanbul Film Festival has started
Organized for the 42nd time, the „Istanbul Film Festival“ started with the opening ceremony at the Kadıköy Municipality Süreyya Opera, hosted by Ali İhsan Varol.
Expressing that they are happy to be opening at Süreyya Opera, Festival director Kerem Ayan said, “We started this year sadly due to the disasters we experienced, but I hope everything will go better from now on. We are starting our festival with the hope of this,“ he said.
Ayan stated that the film screenings of the festival will be held in 6 halls and that, unlike this year, 9 films will meet with the audience in the William Friedkin retrospective section.
The first actor of the „Cinema Honor Award“ at the opening Kayhan Yildizoglupresented to . Yıldızoğlu could not attend the ceremony night and her granddaughter Zeynep Aybar received the award.
The second of the festivalCinema Honorary Award”, who has made a name for himself with his performances in movies and TV series, as well as his success as a dubbing artist, in addition to theater stages. Nevra SerezliIt was presented to .
Serezli, who received his award from the actor Metin Akpınar, said, “It was really a big surprise, so I wouldn’t be so happy if Brad Pitt came. Receiving an Honor Award is a very valuable thing. But taking this away from Metin Akpınar is something very different. Being able to play with Metin and Zeki is something everyone would like. I learned a lot from them on stage. İKSV has been contributing to art for 50 years, but I am older than them. Receiving an award on behalf of cinema also made me happy.”
After the ceremony, Charlotte Regan’s „The Combatant“, which won the „Grand Jury Prize“ in the „World Cinema“ drama category at the Sundance Film Festival, was screened.
42nd Istanbul Film Festival134 feature films and 29 short films by 160 directors from 84 countries will be screened in 14 sections for 12 days.
Quality and award-winning films, star actors and master directors from Turkish and world cinema will come together with the festival followers until 18 April.
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The 42nd Istanbul Film Festival has begun with an opening ceremony at the Kadıköy Municipality Süreyya Opera. Festival director Kerem Ayan expressed his hope that the festival would be a success despite the recent disasters in the country. The festival will showcase 134 feature films and 29 short films from 84 countries in 14 sections for 12 days. The opening ceremony included the presentation of Cinema Honor Awards to Kayhan Yildizoglu and Nevra Serezli, and the screening of Charlotte Regan’s „The Combatant“, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
