In the main International Competition 11 films on the themes of art compete for the Golden Tulip which is given in honour of Sakir Eczacıbası, former chaırman of IKSV, and co-founder of the Istanbul Fılm Festıval.
Films from Central and Eastern Europe are well represented in the Human Rights in Cinema Competition with Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski's Roza (Documentary and Feature Film Production Company WFDiF,www.wfdif.com.pl), Hungarian director Bence Fliegauf's Just the Wind (Inforg-M&M Filmwww.inforgstudio.hu) and Romanian director Anca Damian's animated feature Crulic-The Path to Beyond (Aparte Film www.apartefilm.net Polish Fundacja im. Ferdynanda Magellana www.fmagellan.pl).
The festival runs from 31 March to 15 April 2012. Meetings on the Bridge the festival's main industry event will be held 11-12 April 2012.
International Competition
OSLO, AUGUST 31ST | Director: Joachim Trier / Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Malin Crépin, Aksel M. Thanke / Norway
CRACKS IN THE SHELL | Director: Christian Schwochow / Cast: Stine Fischer Christensen, Ulrich Noethen, Dagmar Manzel
THE DELAY | Director: Rodrigo Plá / Cast: Carlos Vallarino & Roxana Blanco / Uruguay-Mexico-France
CUT | Director: Amir Naderi / Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takako Tokiwa, Takashi Sasano / Japan-France-USA-Turkey-South
THE LONELIEST PLANET | Director: Julia Loktev / Cast: Gael García Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, Bidzina Gujabidze / USA
BONSÁI | Director: Cristián Jiménez / Cast: Diego Noguera, Natalia Galgani, Gabriela Arancibia / Chile-France-Argentina-Portugal
SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO | Director: Robert Guédiguian / Cast: Jean Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan
ALBERT NOBBS | Director: Rodrigo García / Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson / Ireland
DEATH OF A SUPERHERO | Director: Ian FitzGibbon / Cast: Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aisling Loftus / Germany-Ireland
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Director: Andrea Arnold / Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets / United Kingdom
A ROYAL AFFAIR | Director: Nikolaj Arcel / Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard / Denmark-Czech Republic (Sirena Film www.sirenafilm.com) Sweden-Germany
Turkish National Competition
THE POMEGRANATE | Director: Ümit Ünal / Cast: Serra Yılmaz, İrem Altuğ, İdil Fırat / Turkey
PRESENT TENSE | Director: Belmin Söylemez / Cast: Sanem Öge, Şenay Aydın, Ozan Bilen / Turkey
SHIPS | Director: Elif Refiğ / Cast: Uğur Uzunel, Sitare Akbaş, Mert Asutay / Turkey
HOME | Director: Muzaffer Özdemir / Cast: Kanbolat Görkem Arslan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Muhammet Uzuner / Turkey
WHERE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE? | Director: Veli Kahraman / Participants: Mustafa Kahraman & Hatice Kahraman / Turkey / 2012 / HDCAM / Colour / 61' / Turkish-Zaza; English s.t.
VOICE OF MY FATHER | Directors: Orhan Eskiköy & Zeynel Doğan / Cast: Basê Doğan, Zeynel Doğan, Gülizar Doğan
INSIDE | Director: Zeki Demirkubuz / Cast: Engin Günaydın, Nihal Yalçın, Nergis Öztürk / Turkey
CAN | Director: Raşit Çelikezer / Cast: Selen Uçer, Serdar Orçin, Berkan Demirbağ / Turkey
NIGHT OF SILENCE | Director: Reis Çelik / Cast: İlyas Salman & Ezgi Dilan Aksüt / Turkey
THE TRACE | Director: M. Tayfur Aydın S / Cast: Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Bilal Bulut, Melahat Bayram / Turkey
I FLEW, YOU STAYED | Director: Mizgin Müjde Arslan / Participants: Halime Arslan, Şükrü Arslan, Mizgin Müjde Arslan / Turkey
BEYOND THE HILL | Director: Emin Alper / Cast: Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür / Turkey
See www.iksv.org for full programme.
