“Ceviz Ağacı” (“Silenced Tree”) by Turkish director Faysal Soysal has recevied the Best Film award at the 14th Annual Hamilton (New York) International Film Festival in the United States. The production, starring Serdar Orçin, Sezin Akbaşoğulları, Kübra Kip, Mert Yavuzcan, Şebnem Dilligil and Rıza Akın, was screened as the opening film of the festival. A…
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Türkiye’s international reputation when it comes to hair transplants, a popular procedure that draws thousands to the country, is the subject of a Spanish movie “Por Los Pelos,” roughly translating to “Because of the Hair.” The movie revolves around a group of friends who are experiencing hair loss and go to Istanbul to get hair…
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Director Ümit Köreken’s second feature film “Bir Umut” (“A Hope”), co-produced by Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT, Germany and Slovenia with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, will have its world premiere at the 44th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF). The film, which is also produced by Ümit Köreken and Nursen Çetin Köreken,…
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Organized by the Boğaziçi Foundation for Culture and Arts, the Bosphorus Film Festival, one of the most anticipated events of the year, will be held between Oct. 21 and 28 this year. The festival, which hosted the event at 50% capacity for the last two years due to the global pandemic, has started the countdown…
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Cüneyt Arkın, one of the most acclaimed actors in Turkish cinema history, has died of sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 85. Falling ill last night, Arkın was given medical treatment in a private hospital in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district. The 85-year-old actor passed away with his wife Betül Cüreklibatır and his relatives by his…
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