69th Venice Film Festival | Turkish Cinema

Poster of First Venice Film Festival, 1932

Mavi Boncuk |

29th August - 8th September 2012

 

The 69th Venice Film Festival has announced its full slate. Collectively offering 50 world premieres, the films also mark the first lineup from artistic director Alberto Barbera's[1] new tenure, who replaced Marco Mueller this year (though Barbera had headed the fest from 1998 to 2001).

Orizzonti | Horizons
The new trends in world cinema

YESIM USTAOGLU - ARAF (ARAF. SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN)
Turkey, 124'
Neslihan Atagül, Baris Hacihan, Özcan Denis, Nihal Yalçin, Ilgaz Kocatürk

International Critics’ Week
A series of 7 films – debut works – independently organized by a commission nominated by the SNCCI

ALI AYDIN - KÜF (MOLD)
Turkey, Germany, 94'

Ercan Kesal, Muhammet Uzuner, Tansu Biçer

 

[1] Born in Biella in 1950. After graduating in Modern Literature with a thesis on the History and Criticism of Film, he began his collaboration with the AIACE (the Italian association of Friends of Art-House Films) of Turin, for which he served as president from 1977 to 1989. From 1980 to 1983 he was the film critic for the daily newspaper “La Gazzetta del Popolo” and since 1982 has been a member of the Order of Journalists, on the list of publicists. He has collaborated with many magazines, and has curated or participated in many radio and television shows for RAI.

In 1982 he began his collaboration with the Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani (now the Torino Film Festival), first as a press agent, then as the Secretary General and member of the Selection Committee, from 1984 to 1988. From 1989 to 1998, he served as Director. From December 1998 to April 2002 he was the Director of the Venice International Film Festival. From 2002 to 2006, he was the co-director of “RING! Festival of Film Critics” in Alexandria. Since June 2004 he has been the Director of the National Museum of Cinema in Turin. Since 2008, he has been President of the Advisory Board of TorinoFilmLab.