Istanbul Film Festival Director Hulya Ucansu resigned yesterday.
Ucansu will leave her post after the close of the 25th Istanbul Film
Festival, according to a statement released by the Istanbul Culture
Art Foundation (IKSV), organizers of the festival.
The resignation of Ucansu, working for the festival since 1983 and
serving as director since 1984, announced during the second and final
week of the festival, came as a major shock. Ucansu had wanted to
inform the foreign guests of her decision which is why she announced
her resignation before the festival ended.
See: Istanbul Film Festivali'nin gizli kahramani H�LYA U�ANSU
H�lya U�ansu
She was born in 1950 in Bandirma, Turkey. After graduating from the
American College in Istanbul in 1971, she studied English Language and
Literature at Istanbul University (1973-77). Her links with cinema
began as a deputy manager at the Turkish Film Archive in 1975. After
working on the organisation of various festivals in Turkey, she was
appointed Director of the International Istanbul Film Festival in
1983, a post she has held ever since. In 1996, as the director of this
festival, she was responsible for staging a great Turkish Film
Retrospective at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris. She has taken
part as a jury member at important international festivals, such as
Venice, Montreal, Rotterdam, Montpellier, Valladolid or Taormina.
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TIMES AND WINDS by Reha Erdem
TIMES AND WINDS | BES VAKIT
Turkey, 2006 / 35 mm / Colour / 100'
Director: Reha Erdem; Cast:�zkan �zen, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan
Reha Erdem's eagerly waited latest work after Mommy, I'm Scared, will
premier and be first seen by its audience at the festival. A tiny,
poor village, leaning on high cliffs, facing the vast sea, its
outskirts laced with olive groves. The inhabitants of the village are
simple, hard-working people who struggle to cope with the tough
natural features of the land. They live by the rhythm of the earth,
air, and water, of the day, the night and the seasons. Time in this
village is divided into five times with the prayer call sounding. All
things human happen in these five times. Three children, passing from
childhood into adolescence, all aged twelve-thirteen, �mer, Yakup and
Yildiz, stand out from others in this five-timed film. Five times
pass. The children grow up slowly, swinging back and forth between
rage and guilt.
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Awards | The 25th International Istanbul Film Festival
The 25th International Istanbul Film Festival is coming to an end
Istanbul Film Festival's Closing Gala and Awards Ceremony took place
on the evening of April 14, Saturday at L�tfi Kirdar Congress and
Exhibition Hall.
With songs performed by Isin Karaca and H�sn� Senlendirici, the Gala
was aired live on CNNT�rk.
The "Cinema Honorary Awards" were presented to legendary French actors
G�rard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve by IKSV President Sakir
Eczacibasi.
A Cock and Bull Story by Michael Winterbottom won the Golden Tulip
Award, which was presented to Joy Wong, the representative of the
film's international distributor The Works, by the president of the
Golden Tulip Jury, Jean-Paul Rappeneau.
Awards of the 25th International Istanbul Film Festival
International Competition
The International Jury of the 25th International Istanbul Film
Festival presided over by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France) and composed of
Prune Engler (France), Reha Erdem (Turkey); Nick James (United
Kingdom), Makram Khoury (Israel), and Isik Yenersu (Turkey) has
decided to give:
* The Golden Tulip Award to "A Cock And Bull Story" directed by
Michael Winterbottom (United Kingdom) for the simplicity, invention
and humour with which the film successfully adapts a notoriously
unadaptable novel, celebrating cinema and literature at the same time.
National Competition
The National Jury of the 25th International Istanbul Film Festival
presided over by Zuhal Olcay (Turkey), and composed of Reis �elik
(Turkey), Leyla �zalp (Turkey), Daniela Sannwald (Germany) and Giorgio
Gosetti di Sturmeck (Italy) has decided to give:
* The Best Turkish Film Of The Year Award to "Bes Vakit / Times And
Winds" directed by Reha Erdem; for expressing the universal, the
sentiments and conflicts pertaining to all human kind, as well as its
courageous approach to taboo subjects with which the society needs to
confront, without giving any concessions from cinematic concerns or
aesthetics.
* The Best Director Of The Year Award to Kutlug Ataman for his film
"Iki Gen� Kiz / Two Girls" for adapting and directing an international
contemporary story with a radical aesthetic approach.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey gave a monetary prize of
40.000 YTL to each of the above-mentioned winners.
* The Best Actress Award to Serif Sezer for her performance in "Babam
ve Oglum / My Father and Son";
* The Best Actor Award has been conferred to Fikret Kuskan for his
performance in "Babam ve Oglum / My Father and Son";
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey gave a monetary prize of
10.000 YTL to each of the above-mentioned winners.
* The Special Prize Of The Jury went to The People Of Mugla for their
heartfelt support they have given to the art of cinema as cast and
crew members in the film "Dondurmam Gaymak / Ice Cream, I Scream".
Fipresci Awards
The FIPRESCI Jury of the 25th International Istanbul Film Festival
presided over by Blagoja Kunovski (Macedonia), and composed of Ahmed
Hassouna (Egypt), Ayla Kanbur (Turkey), Anita Piotrowska (Poland),
Antti Selkokari (Finland) and Firat Y�cel (Turkey), gave:
* The FIPRESCI Award in the International Competition to "A Cock And
Bull Story" by Michael Winterbottom (United Kingdom), for its
challenging and original approach towards adapting the novel that
seems to be impossible to be adapted.
* The FIPRESCI Award in the National Competition, in memory of Onat
Kutlar, went to "Bes Vakit / Times And Winds" directed by Reha Erdem,
for once again, proving his talent in the winning film as beautifully
capturing the universal themes of life and death.
As in the previous years, Efes Pilsen has given a prize of US$ 30.000
to the winner of the Onat Kutlar Prize, Reha Erdem, to be used for his
next film project.
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards sponsored by the Radikal Newspaper and
determined by the votes of the Festival audience, are given to:
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