22nd Ankara International Film Festival

22nd Ankara International Film Festival
Festival Poster
LocationAnkara, Turkey
Festival dateMarch 17–27, 2011
Websitehttp://www.filmfestankara.org.tr/en
Ankara Film Festival

The 22nd Ankara International Film Festival was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey, which ran from March 17 to 27, 2011. Films were screened at Batı Movie Theater, Büyülü Fener Kızılay, Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center and the Goethe Institut Ankara, and the Street of Art events took place across the city. Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski was the guest of honor at the festival which included a retrospective of his work.[1][2][3]

This edition of the Ankara Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI, opened with a gala on the evening of March 16 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which the foundation special awards were presented, and the Emre Kartarı Jazz Band performed film music.[4][5]

The festival concluded with an awards ceremony on March 27 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which Derviş Zaim, whose film Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler) won the top award, announced "I will try to live up to this honor and I will continue making films that take risks."[6][7]

A total of 620 films were submitted to the competition and screening sections of this edition of the festival.[8][9]

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