"The Istanbul International Film Festival
Posted on: Thursday, 2 October 2008, 03:00 CDT
By Nochimson, Martha P
Try telling the Istanbullus that 'film is dead,' as they pack five theaters five times a day during the fortnight of the International Istanbul Film Festival, this year from April 5th- 20th. Or even that some of what they are watching are digitally produced images, not film. The zest for what these large, enthusiastic audiences experience as cinema goes on unabated. The Turkish directors who showed their films at the festival gave evidence of a similar delight in making the screen speak for them. Some of the most intriguing Turkish films on display took a special interest in adventurous narrative forms, and in the core themes of contemporary Turkish life: the complexities of gender identity and the conflict between the modern and the traditional."
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