36th International Istanbul Film Festival

Turkey, April 5 - April 15 2017

The jury

Klaus Eder (Germany), Alberto Castellano (Italy), Ofer Liebergall (Israel), Ladislav Volko (Slovakia), Abbas Bozkurt (Turkey), Evrim Kaya (Turkey)

Awarded films

In Between by Maysaloun Hamoud
(Israel/ France, 2016, 102 mins)
Outskirts by Sinan Kesova
(Turkey, 2017, 18 mins)
Something Useful by Pelin Esmer
(Turkey, 2017, 104 mins)

Reports

Pressures of the Present, Trappings of the Past by Abbas Bozkurt
Exercises in Solitude by Alberto Castellano
To Istanbul for the Film by Ladislav Volko
Art is Something Useful by Ofer Liebergall

The Award Ceremony. Pelin Esmer, the Turkish filmmaker, won the FIPRESCI Prize / National Tulip Competition for her film “Something Useful”. On the photo with FIPRESCI General Secretary Klaus Eder. The Critics Prize for a film in the international competition: “In Between”. Best short film: “Outskirts”.

Festival: http://film.iksv.org/en