Turkish Film Festival, London

The Guardian (UK) Saturday, February 16, 2013
The Guide section, p. 21

Steve Rose

A new slot in the calendar, just after the Berlin film festival (it used to be in November), allows this event to bring you the freshest quality Turkish cinema around – and over recent years there seems to be ever-increasing quantities of it. Poised between Europe and Asia, and tradition and modernity, there are no shortage of Turkish stories to tell, and the nation’s film industry seems to be in fine health – as evidenced by the 20-odd features here. Audience members can cast their votes for the People’s Choice Award, and competing for the considerable prize of a British distribution deal are new movies from special guest Reha Erdem (Jin – following a rural Kurdish girl), Reis Celik (Night Of Silence, pictured, – a modern-day 1,001 Nights), Rasit Celikezer (Can, a winner at Sundance last year) and Emin Alper (Beyond The Hill, which won prizes in Berlin last year) – and that’s just the start.

Various venues, Thu to 3 Mar

www.ltff.co.uk