The Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival is an annual
Ankara-based
film festival celebrating women's contributions to filmmaking.
Established by
Halime Güner in 1997 in order to raise awareness and fight for
women's human rights, it has been organized by the
women's empowerment organization
Flying Broom
The Flying Broom ( tr, Uçan Süpürge) is a feminist organization in Turkey. Founded 1996 in Ankara, the organization aims to raise consciousness for gender equality while providing information and training to empower women.
Most recognized fo ...
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The Flying Broom Women's Film Festival team is headed by Ayşegül Oğuz and Didem Baltacı. Other members of the festival's team are Sibel Astarcıoğlu, and Uğur and Ürün Güner. The festival gives out the Bilge Olgaç Honorary Award and the Lifelong Achievement Award. It is the only women's film festival in the world to give out the Fipresci Award.
2005
The 2005 festival was held from the 5th to 12 May 2005. The opening night ceremony presenters were
Müjde Ar
Kamile Suat Ebrem (born 21 June 1954), better known as Müjde Ar, is a Turkish film actress. and Mahir Günşiray. Sevda Ferdağ was presented the Lifelong Achievement Award by
Müjde Ar
Kamile Suat Ebrem (born 21 June 1954), better known as Müjde Ar, is a Turkish film actress. , her co-star in Ağır Roman.
Former Lifelong Achievement Award winners are Sezer Sezin (2003) and Suzan Avci (2004). The Bilge Olgaç Honorary Award was given to Jeyan Ayral Tözüm (film and stage actress) and
Sevin Okyay
Sevin Okyay (Istanbul, 1942) is a Turkish literary critic, journalist, author, regular columnist and a prolific translator. Sevin had been a radio host and a teacher as well.
Biography
She is a graduate of the Arnavutköy American Girl's (High ...
(film critic, journalist, TV presenter, author and the Turkish translator of ''Harry Potter'').
The theme of this year's festival was
love.
Greta Garbo was remembered with a special section on her centennial birthday. The nominees for the Fipresci Award included very popular films like Sally Potter's ''Yes'', Mania Akbari's ''
20 Fingers
20 Fingers is the name of an American production team consisting of producers and DJs Carlos "Charlie Babie" Rosario, Manfred "Manny" Mohr, J.J. Flores and Onofrio Lollino. They were popular in the mid-1990s for producing a series of pop, dan ...
'', Keren Yedeya's ''Or'', Lucile Hadzihalilovich's ''Innocence'', and
Agnès Jaoui's ''
Look at Me''. The winner of the Fipresci Award was ''To Take a Wife'' by Ronit and Schlomi Elkabitz of Israel.
2010
See also
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List of women's film festivals
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Women's Cinema
Women's cinema primarily describes cinematic works directed (and optionally produced too) by women filmmakers. The works themselves do not have to be stories specifically about women and the target audience can be varied.
It is also a variety of ...
External links
Flying Broom
Festivals in Ankara
Flying Broom Women's Film Festival
Women's film festivals
Film festivals established in 1997
Annual events in Turkey
1997 establishments in Turkey
Women in Turkey
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