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Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkey, Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish film industry. Early life Atıf Yılmaz was born on 9 December 1925 in Mersin, Turkey to a Kurdish people, Kurdish family originally from Palu, Turkey, Palu. After finishing high school in Mersin, he attended the Law School of Istanbul University. Because of his interest in arts, he dropped out of Law School and entered the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. After graduating from the Academy, he did some painting works in workshops. His education in painting helped him when he was directing his movies, as he once remarked. Film career In the beginning, he worked as a film critic, made paintings and wrote film scripts t ...
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Mersin
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and district governorates: Akdeniz, Mersin, Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir, Mersin, Yenişehir. As urbanisation continue towards the east, a larger metropolitan region combining Mersin with Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus and Adana (the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area) is in the making with more than 3.3 million inhabitants. Mersin lies on the western side of the Çukurova, a geographical, economic and cultural region. It is an important hub for Turkey's economy, with Port of Mersin, Turkey's largest seaport located here. The city hosted the 2013 Mediterranean Games. As of the 2021 estimation, the population of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area was 33,000 inhabitants of whom 1,064,850 lived in the Mersin area made up of the four urban district ...
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Battal Gazi Destanı
''Battal Gazi Destanı'' (''Battal Ghazi Legend'') is a 1971 Turkish historic action film. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, it is a depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim ''Serdar'' of Malatya, Battal Gazi. Moreover, it is the first one of four "Battal Gazi" series and one of the numerous historic movies of Cüneyt Arkın. Plot Hüseyin Gazi, the father of Battal Gazi, is killed in an ambush by three Byzantine warlords. His son decides to take revenge. Two of the warlords are rather easy targets and Battal manages to eliminate them but the last warlord turns out to be the Byzantine Emperor, Leon. In his journey, Battal faces with the greatest Christian knight, Hammer. After a fight between the two, Hammer loses and converts to Islam and becomes the best friend of Battal Gazi. The film carries on the classical patterns of the Turkish cinema in many fields. First, there are clear prejudices about the Byzantine side. They are depicted as vandals. Second, there is a couple of batt ...
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Memduh Ün
Arif Memduh Ün (14 March 1920 – 16 October 2015) was a Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. His film, '' The Broken Pots'', was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film ''La notte'' directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Jury The following people were announced as being on the .... Selected filmography * '' The Broken Pots'' (1960) References External links * 1920 births 2015 deaths Vefa High School alumni Turkish film producers Turkish film directors Turkish male film actors Turkish male screenwriters Film people from Istanbul Best Director Golden Orange Award winners Golden Orange Life Achievement Award winners Best Director Golden Boll Award winners 20th-century Turkish screenwriters {{Turkey-film-director-stub ...
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Hacettepe University
Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old town of Ankara and hosts the Medical Centre, and the second one, Beytepe Campus is from the city centre. The Beytepe Campus covers of green land and woodland, and hosts the faculties of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Law, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Letters, and Science. In addition to these two main campuses, the School of Social Work is at Keçiören, and the Turkish State Conservatory in Ankara, affiliated with the university as of 1982, is at the Beşevler Campus. General information History The history of Hacettepe University can be traced back to the establishment of the Institute of Child Health on 8 July 1958, and the inauguration of the Hacettepe Children's Hospital founded by Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı. In 1961 ...
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14th Moscow International Film Festival
The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film ''Come and See'' directed by Elem Klimov, the American film '' A Soldier's Story'' directed by Norman Jewison and the Greek film '' The Descent of the Nine'' directed by Christos Siopahas. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR – President of the Jury) * Shyam Benegal (India) * Renate Blume (East Germany) * Paulin Vieyra (Senegal) * Jerzy Hoffman (Poland) * Daisy Granados (Cuba) * Giuseppe De Santis (Italy) * Nikos Koundouros (Greece) * István Nemeskürty (Hungary) * Kōhei Oguri (Japan) * Badrahin Sumhu (Mongolia) * Francois Chavan (France) * Eldar Shengelaia (USSR) * Rostislav Yurenev (USSR) * Robert Young (USA) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prizes: ** ''Come and See'' by Elem Klimov ** '' A Soldier's Story'' by Norman Jewison ** '' The Descent of the Nine'' by Christos Siopah ...
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Istanbul International Film Festival
The Istanbul Film Festival ( tr, İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its regulations, the festival aims to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey and to promote films of quality in the Turkish cinema market.Istanbul Film Festival regulations
, retrieved December 15, 2007
The 40th edition of the festival was held from April 1 to June 29, 2021 in hybrid format.


History

The Istanbul International Film Festival was first organized in 1982, within the frame of the International Istanbul Festival as a "Film Week" consisting of six films.
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Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( tr, Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center (Antalya Kültür Merkezi, AKM), has been organised solely by the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı, AKSAV) and has included an international section within the main body of the festival. History Cultural activities like concerts and theatre plays, which started to take place in the 1950s at the historical Aspendos Amphitheatre, formed the cornerstone of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival of today. These events held in the summer months under the honorary patronage of Dr. Avni Tolunay, found ever increasing interest from people and became traditional at the beginning of the ...
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Walking After Midnight (1992 Film)
''Walking After Midnight'' ( tr, Düş Gezginleri) is a 1992 Turkish drama film directed by Atıf Yılmaz. Cast * Meral Oğuz - Nilgün * Lale Mansur - Havva * Yaman Okay - Nafiz * - Faruk * Sema Çeyrekbaşı - Sükran * Memduh Ün Arif Memduh Ün (14 March 1920 – 16 October 2015) was a Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. His film, '' The Broken Pots'', was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin Inte ... - Ali * - Hacer * - Olay References External links * 1992 drama films 1992 films Turkish LGBT-related films Turkish drama films 1990s Turkish-language films {{Turkey-film-stub ...
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Devil, My Friend
''Devil, My Friend'' ( tr, Arkadaşım Şeytan) is a 1988 Turkish comedy film directed by Atıf Yılmaz. Cast * Mazhar Alanson - Fatih * Ali Poyrazoğlu - The Devil * Yaprak Özdemiroğlu * Özkan Uğur Raif Özkan Uğur (born October 17, 1953) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor. He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Reşat Nuri Güntekin Primary School where he met and started playing ... * * Bülent Kayabaş References External links * 1988 comedy films 1988 films Turkish fantasy comedy films {{Turkey-film-stub ...
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Aaahh Belinda
''Aaahh Belinda'' is a 1986 Turkish fantastic comedy film, directed by Atıf Yılmaz, featuring Müjde Ar as a young actress appearing in a TV-commercial for a shampoo, who finds herself transported into the role she plays. The film screened in competition at the 23rd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won Golden Oranges for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress. Synopsis Serap, a young actress with a strong, lively personality and a special dislike for middle-class family life, takes part in a TV commercial for a recently marketed shampoo, "Belinda". She plays the role of a typical housewife called Naciye. During one of the rehearsals, she suddenly finds that the stage has disappeared, the crew has vanished and all the elements of the script have become real. Now she ''is'' Naciye. No one around recognizes her as Serap anymore. Even worse, her family thinks that she is suffering from depression, while Serap desperately tries to prove otherwise. Cast * Müjd ...
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Mine (1983 Film)
''Mine'' is a 1983 Turkish drama film directed by Atıf Yılmaz. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Türkan Soray as Mine * Cihan Ünal Cihan Ünal (born 22 January 1946) is a Turkish actor. Biography He finished elementary school in Tosya and Kırıkkale. After continuing his education at Ankara Cebeci Secondary School and Kurtuluş High School, he worked in Ankara Radio Childr ... as Ilhan * Hümeyra as Perihan * Kerim Afsar as Doctor * Celile Toyon Uysal References External links * 1983 films 1983 drama films Turkish drama films 1980s Turkish-language films {{Turkey-film-stub ...
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