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伊斯坦布尔国际电影节

Istanbul International Film Festival

Host Place

Istanbul, Turkey

举办时间

2017.04.05——2017.04.15

Years Running

36th

Introduction

The International Istanbul Film Festival was first presented as a film week in the summer of 1982。It is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Since 1989, the festival is accredited by the FIAPF.

The Festival features an international competition, provides a showcase for recent Turkish film productions, and thus represents a rewarding medium where Turkish and foreign filmmakers get together. The Festival draws a special interest to world classics, presenting retrospective, and curated sections included in its programme which comprises approximately 200 titles, making the Festival the most comprehensive film festival in Turkey. With an audience of 90,000 in 2016, it is also considered the biggest film festival.

The Festival, whose aim is to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey, to help Turkish cinema attain international recognition and to promote films of quality in the Turkish market.