19. Akbank Kısa Film Festivali başlıyor; 36 ülkeden 88 kısa ve 3 uzun metraj film var

Celebrating its 19th anniversary this year, the Akbank Film Festival, which aims to encourage the production of short films, encourage new productions in the field and support new filmmakers contributing to the country’s cinema, will take place between May 2 and 12. .

This year, the festival can be followed in the Akbank Art Building and online. Online screenings of the festival will be held on the website filmonline.akbanksanat.com.

Akbank Short Film Festival, to which a total of 2,237 short films from 71 countries were registered; ‘Festival short film“Shorts From The World”, ‘Young look’“From short to long”, ‘Experiences’‘Documentary’, ‘Perspective’‘Special review’ and ‘Forum’ consists of parts.

In addition to numerous films that have played at world festivals, 88 short films and 3 feature films from 36 countries will meet the audience at the festival, including many new films that will premiere in Turkey.

Some of the guests of the festival are:

The guest of the ‘Experiences’ section of the Festival is a Norwegian director, one of the significant names in world cinema. Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen. The program will include a masterclass with the director, the feature film “Shadow Valley” and the short message films “Everything will be fine” and “Darek”.

Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen

A young director who achieved successful productions in the international arena this year in the film ‘From short to long’ Hope Aral It’s there. An interview in which the director shared his experiences, his first feature-length film ‘Dobra igra’ and the award-winning short films ‘Sudar’ and ‘Thirdeset four’ are in the festival program.

Hope Aral

In addition to numerous excellent documentaries in the ‘Documentary Film’ section, Mahmut Fazil Coskun The film “Crossroads” directed by him is on the program. Director, film producer Oblak Reyhanoglu He will share his documentary film experiences with the festival audience in an interview for the festival.

In the ‘Forum’ section, there is a Competition for a short film script, which is organized to support short films from the conceptual stage. This year, 572 screenplays entered the competition, and at the festival, the best will be determined among the 8 screenplays that entered the finals. The ‘Special Screening’ section of the festival was also reserved for Italian short films.

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