- [Editor’s note: Along with the site revamp, one item I’m looking forward to introducing in 09’ is our various monthly “World Reports”.] Turkey Film Scene: Local With the closing out of the 2008 calendar year, Turkish cinema is still raking in some major box office profits with local mainstream and independent productions fairing just as well as foreign Hollywood fair. As of late, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes winning Three Monkeys and the country's Oscar-short list film has performed well since its October release and the next big title in Reha Erdem’s My Only Sunshine will be coming out some time soon. The film has screened in many film fests. Currently, Semih Kaplanoğlu, the director who presented Süt in the Visions section at Tiff is working on the Cannes' Atelier de la Cinefondation supported Milk, while Zeki Demirkubuz’s latest is in production. Box office tallies have been solid for Turkish cinema in the past month, especially in last week’s national 9-day holiday of bayram in Turkey. The first four
- 12/17/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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