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CALCUTTA, Nov 5, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) 22th Istanbul International Short Film Festival just announced the selection of A GIRL LIKE YOU WITH A BOY LIKE ME for the 2010 edition!!!

A Girl Like You With A Boy Like Me is a short film helmed by award-winning director Ruben Amar.

Today and more than ever, Bhadraksh is determined to end a long period of doubt. In a few moments, he will announce to the one he has always loved that he wants to end the relationship.

The International Festival is outstanding among all film organizations as the oldest one with highest rate of turnover in Istanbul. Each year the festival welcomes around 12,000 spectators and foreign guests from different countries. It offers a rich program of current films most of which have already won awards in other festivals.

The festival also organizes parallel activities such as workshops and meetings with filmmakers.

Past & current selection in festivals:

– Exground FilmFest

– Iasi International Film Festival (IIFF)

– Slow Film Festival

– Independents Film Festival

– Real to Reel International Film Festival

– I’ve Seen Films International Competition

– Ovation Short Film Contest / Finalist

– SoCal Film Market / Spotlight winner

– NewFilmmakers Los Angeles 2010

– Foursite Film Festival

– Honolulu International Film Festival / Silver Lei Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

– The Accolade Film Awards / Award of Merit

– Crossroads Film Festival

– Athens International Film and Video Festival

İstanbul’s film buffs are being treated to a weeklong fiesta of documentaries from 24 countries through next Thursday, thanks to the 13th İstanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, which got under way on Friday.

The festival, organized by the Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Turkey (BSB), is presenting a total of 68 films in admission free showings at the Muammer Karaca Theater, the Tarık Zafer Tunaya Cultural Center and the Goethe Institut on the European side, and at the Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center in Kadıköy.

Among the 68 titles featured, 20 are from Turkey with the rest coming from a diverse set of countries, including Germany, Iran, Argentina, India, China, Ireland, France and the US, the Anatolia news agency reported this week.

This year’s festival will introduce a special section called the Cinema Laboratory, which is a series of seminars on novel, experimental approaches in filmmaking. Under the supervision of Ersan Ocak, the seminars will not solely focus on documentary filmmaking, but also on the entire cinema industry, Anatolia said.

The various sections in this year’s festival are “Work and Labor,” “Of Hard Times,” “Modern Times,” “Of Men and Women,” “Away from Home,” “Art and Passion” and “Environment.” The majority of the films included in this year’s lineup were produced in the past two years, and most of them will be shown in Turkey for the first time, the organizers said.

Istanbul is set to host an international documentary film festival, gathering directors from Turkey and the globe.

Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:44

Istanbul is set to host an international documentary film festival, gathering directors from Turkey and the globe.

The 13th Istanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival will be last through October 29 to November 4 with the participation of 68 films by directors from 24 countries including Turkey, the United States, Germany, Iran, Argentina, India, China, Ireland and France.

This year’s event will also present a “Cinema Laboratory” which will feature seminars to discuss new approaches in documentary filming.

The festival will screen documentaries in the categories of “Work and Labor”, “Of Hard Times”, “Modern Times”, “Of Men and Women”, “Away from Home”, “Art and Passion”, and

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