23rd Ankara International Film Festival winners are  announced with a closing ceremony at MEB Sura in Ankara. ‘Ecotopia’ by Yüksel Aksu is crowned with the ‘Best Film Award’ in National Feature Film Competition category. The jurors, Prof. Sami Sekeroglu, Osman Şahin, Cigdem Vitrinel, Cüneyt Cebenoyan  and Dogan Sarıgüzel also determined  the winners of the following categories; Best Film ECOTOPIA - ‘Entelköy Efeköy’e Karşı’ – Yüksel Aksu Mahm...

Organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and ed by Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Cankaya Municipality, 23rd. Ankara International Film Festival will take place between 15 – 22nd March.  The festival is preparing to scare the audiences out of their seats with its midnight screenings.  Midnight screening programme is consisting of 4 short and 1 feature films:  The Awakening Year 1921. England is trying to be relieved after the First World War....

23rd Ankara International Film Festival, ed by Ministry of Culture and Tourism and organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation announced today the films screening in this year’s World Cinema Categories. World Cinema showcases the most anticipated and prize-winning international films of the year. Jean-Marc Vallée’s (Director of the CRAYZ) latest film Café de Flore, visually breathtaking 'Three and a Half / Seh o nim’, 2011 San Sebastian Film Festival ‘Best Film...

Organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and ed by Turkish Ministry of Culture, the 23rd. Ankara International Film Festival will take place between 15 – 22nd March. Festival will be showcasing a special selection of the latest Egyptian Cinema which will include films that address contemporary cultural movements and social sentiments across the Egyptian landscape. Without a doubt, one of most talked about issues of the 2011 was, collapsing of the thirty year d...

The Retrospective program of the 23rd Ankara International Film Festival will be hosting the films of the prominent American director Robert Altman (1925-2006). Altman had a ‘love-hate’ relationship with Hollywood.  “We're not against each other. They sell shoes and I make gloves” is how he defined his relationship with them. In his career of 55 years, Altman never compromised from his eccentric and innovative style and always worked on projects of his own desire.   A...

Turkey, 13th February 2012 After the last year’s highly successful 22nd festival, Ankara Film Festival is now getting ready to bring the most exciting films to the audience between 15th to 22nd March this year.With the of the Turkish Ministry of Culture, the festival is organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation. Since today's world diminishes the dissimilarities of lives and minds in all areas; 23rd Ankara International Film Festival has chosen its main theme as �...

CALL FOR ENTRIES 23RD ANKARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 15-25 MARCH 2012 The 23rd Ankara International Film Festival, which is scheduled to take place from March 15-25 March 2012 in Ankara inviting filmmakers from around the world to submit new documentary and short films. Online submissions are available from http://www.filmfestankara.org.tr/en/submission/step1 Deadline for submission is January 09, 2012. For further information:  Kıvanç Yalçıner  Program Coordinator...