Festival to remember Meral Okay

Festival to remember Meral Okay

ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Festival to remember Meral Okay

Meral Okay, who died of cancer in April 9, will be commemorated at the event.

The 15th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival started May 10 with a commemoration ceremony for Meral Okay, who died of cancer last month. The festival will continue until May 17 in Ankara.

The festival, supported by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the Prime Ministry’s Promotional Fund and the European Union, was launched yesterday at a press conference. The Flying Broom Festival has been organized since 2003 in memory of Bilge Olgaç, one of the most creative directors in Turkish cinema history. This year’s Success Awards will be presented to actresses Füsun Demirel and Serra Yılmaz, and the Honorary Award will be given to actress Hale Soygazi.

The festival will present a selection of work from one of the leading names in Moroccan cinema, Farida Benlyazid, curated by Turkish film critic Sevin Okyay, and will bring together films from female directors from all around the world, with the goal of making the work of women filmmakers visible.

Quark.Models.Entities.Ancestor?.Title?.ToUpperInvariant() Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran
LATEST NEWS

  1. Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

    Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

  2. North Korea tests 'super-large warhead': state media

    North Korea tests 'super-large warhead': state media

  3. Companies seek low quake-risk sites to relocate factories

    Companies seek low quake-risk sites to relocate factories

  4. 'Nature' joins music platforms for conservation project

    'Nature' joins music platforms for conservation project

  5. Scars on 5,000-year-old skull showcase ancient technique in Samsun Museum

    Scars on 5,000-year-old skull showcase ancient technique in Samsun Museum
Recommended
Nature joins music platforms for conservation project

'Nature' joins music platforms for conservation project
Scars on 5,000-year-old skull showcase ancient technique in Samsun Museum

Scars on 5,000-year-old skull showcase ancient technique in Samsun Museum
Giving a second life to fashion’s deadstocks

Giving a second life to fashion’s deadstocks
16-year restoration of silent Napoleon to screen at Cannes

16-year restoration of silent 'Napoleon' to screen at Cannes
Michelangelos scribble sells for $200,000 at New York auction

Michelangelo's scribble sells for $200,000 at New York auction
Medusa mosaic reopens to visitors

Medusa mosaic reopens to visitors
Renowned cartoonist honored in exhibition

Renowned cartoonist honored in exhibition
WORLD Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

World leaders appealed for calm Friday after reported Israeli retaliation against Iran added to months of tense spillover from the war in Gaza, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in a central province.
ECONOMY Companies seek low quake-risk sites to relocate factories

Companies seek low quake-risk sites to relocate factories

Turkish and international companies are looking for sites to relocate their factories from Istanbul, where experts say a big earthquake is imminent, to cities considered to be safer.
SPORTS Tour of Türkiye embarks on 8-stage journey

Tour of Türkiye embarks on 8-stage journey

The 59th Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye (TUR) is set to kick off on April 21 in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya with the participation of 25 professional cycling teams.