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 40th edition poster | |
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Founded | 1982 |
| Most recent | 2024 |
| Hosted by | Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts |
| Language | International |
| Website | film |
The Istanbul Film Festival (Turkish: İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its regulations, the festival aims to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey and to promote films of quality in the Turkish cinema market.[1]
The 40th edition of the festival was held from April 1 to June 29, 2021, in hybrid format.[2]
- ^ Istanbul Film Festival regulations Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved December 15, 2007
- ^ "40th International Istanbul Film Festival". Salom (in Korean). April 1, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.