Tag: Turkey
Cannes Film Festival – Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Good news arrived for Turkish cinema this week when Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan was included alongside Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh and Wim Wenders in the competition for this year’s grand Palme d’Or prize at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
Ceylan might have visited Cannes more than his hometown since the beginning of his impressive career, having won both the Grand Jury and Fipresci prizes during the last five years. Ceylan’s first visit to the Cannes Film Festival was in 1995 when his first black and white short film, ‘Koza‘ (Cocoon), was screened at the festival. His film ‘Uzak‘ (Distant) won the Grand Jury and the Best Actor prizes in 2003, while his film ‘İklimler‘ (Climates) won the Fipresci Movie Critics award two years ago. Better known among highbrow cinephiles in Turkey and Europe than the mainstream Turkish audience, the Turkish auteur received his Grand Jury award from Sting in 2003, with the music legend putting his name next to celebrated filmmakers Fellini, Tarkowski, Von Trier, and Angelopoulos.
