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Melahat Gülses, one of the most famous voices in Turkish classical music, sang songs at the opening ceremony that made movies memorable in the 1960s.
The southern city of Antalya has once again come alive in the middle of autumn with the beginning of the highly anticipated International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.
At this year’s 46th edition of the festival, there are some noticeable changes. For one, a stylized version of the symbol of Antalya, the Goddess Venus holding an orange in one hand, has returned as the golden award statuette for the festival. The Venus statuette was last used five years ago before it was replaced by a statue of a golden orange.
The festival will bring 150 films to town, with 16 Turkish and 12 international films competing for the golden Venus. There will be around 40 mobile cinema trucks screening various films around the city, thus creating an atmosphere just like an open-air cinema.
There were plans this year to create a “Eurasia International Film Festival” showcasing full-length feature films, but the name Eurasia was removed due to the large number of participants from all around the world.
The main theme at this year’s edition is cinema and its music from the 1960s.
In honor of this, veteran television anchorman Halit Kıvanç and young artist Nehir Erdoğan called many cinema artists to the stage during the Saturday opening ceremonies to thank them for contributing to Turkish cinema in the 1960s, when at least 100 films were shot per year. The highlight of the opening ceremony was the performance of Melahat Gülses, one of the most famous voices in Turkish classical music. She sang songs that had made movies memorable in the 1960s.
In comparison to other years, however, this year’s opening ceremonies were decidedly more low-key and directionless because there was no serious presentation of this year’s film line-up. In the end, such oversights were understandable given that the festival, organized by the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts, or AKSAV, has had a far lower budget than in previous years.
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source-http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=remembering-the-60s-2009-10-11
On Thursday, June 11, a dive-in movie was held at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. The American military base enjoyed a movie under the stars with friends and families. Turkey’s warm weather made an excellent opportunity to see an outdoor movie while kids and families swam in the base pool. “Grease” was the film of choice and was hosted by the 39th Force Support Squadron. The dive-in movie gave soldiers and their families an opportunity to relax and have some fun. Kids and parents alike enjoyed the outdoor film, and movie-goers expressed a hope for movies in the future.
The fourth film festival of the southeastern city of Mardin, SineMardin, kicked off Saturday night at a ceremony held at the historical Erdoba Mansion. The ceremony hosted guests from Sweden, Syria and the US. “Even though we are tired when the festival ends each year, we can’t turn our back on Mardin,” says program director Zihni Tümer. The festival features both local and international films, and will feature outdoor cinema screenings as well.
Organized for the fourth time, SineMardin Film Festival, which is organized in the southeastern city of Mardin, will be an international experience for the first time this year. Starting Saturday, the festival will host internationally acclaimed filmmakers and screenwriters from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine throughout the week.
