Get ready for 2019’s funniest Turkish film: an action/comedy where incompetent homicide detectives try to catch a serial killer who leaves every murder scene newly decorated with paints, slogans and poems. Directed by Ali Atay, Cinayet Süsü / You’ve Got Murder stars Uğur Yücel, Cengiz Bozkurt, Binnur Kaya, Feyyaz Yiğit, Mert Denizmen, and Mehmet Özgür. […]
Focussing on the “powerful feeling of a life alone” as experienced on the screen, Together Alone is two-day mini film festival curated by Octavian Dancila, an MA student at the National Film and Television School. Dancila has selected four absorbing, thought-provoking films that explore solitude from different, and often surprising perspectives. Selected with gender balance […]
The 63rd BFI London Film Festival starts today. On until the 13thOctober 2019, it features the finest selection of new films front around the world, and with 345 films to choose from, there’s a lot to explore! The London Film festival (LFF) is a chance to discover the Oscar winners of the future, the most […]
Following its debut in December 2018, the 2nd London Turkish Film Week (LTFW) springs back to life at the end of April. Organised by the Yunus Emre Institute in Fitzrovia, the film festival takes place from 24 to 30 April 2019. Twenty new features, shorts and documentaries, representing a feast of films that have found favour […]
Award-winning Turkish drama Sibel made its UK debut on 6 December, Thursday evening at the birthplace of British cinema, Regent Street Cinema during London Film Week 2018. Sibel is the third collaboration between Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti and explores the “topic of exclusion and our relationship to the unknown, to the ‘Other” finely. Presented […]
Seven new and recent Turkish big screen successes are to be shown in the heart of London next week as part of a special film festival. Turkish Film Week will feature a “rich panorama”of “box office hits, festival award winners and Oscar candidates” from Wednesday, 12 December to Sunday, 16 December, organisers said. The free […]
The UK premiere of an award-winning Turkish drama will take place during December’s London Film Week, it has been announced. The first screening in Britain of Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti’s Sibel (2018) will be held on Thursday, 6 December, at the prestigious Regent Street Cinema and will be preceded by short British film Mercury. […]
Whether you’re a film connoisseur or simply curious about Turkish traditions, you are bound to enjoy this selection of seven short films offering a compelling visual depiction of the diverse world of Turks. British charity The Bagri Foundation and Shorts On Tap Tales have combined to present their first edition of Tales of the Silk […]
Every October, the British capital gets to see an incredible array of contemporary films from world renowned directors and actors, alongside the stars of tomorrow courtesy of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF). Now in its 62nd year, the prestigious LFF 2018 takes place over 12 days, from 10 to 21 October. A total of […]
This weekend, a new Turkish film festival gets underway in this historic city of Cambridge. Organised by film charity Balik Arts, Taste of Anatolia – Films From Turkey takes place over two jam-packed days, its programme including new or recently made documentaries, feature and short films from a diverse mix of directors whose stories are […]
