Antalya Film Festival to promote Turkish cinema worldwide
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival, scheduled to take place Oct. 16-23, continues to initiate new projects and empower Turkish cinema. Film Talent Marketing Rounds (FILM TMR), introduced to the public by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Menderes Türel, invites the cinema sector to Antalya and to contribute to communication, networking and marketing in the Turkish cinema sector with national and international representatives of world cinema.
One of the greatest contributors to advancement in the sector, this new platform helps enable the Turkish film industry in terms of communications and commercial activities. FILM TMR aims to help Turkish films to reach out to people around the world via TV distributors and online film buyers.
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival Director Elif Dağdeviren offered insights about the main objective of FILM TMR. She said: "FILM TMR is an important step for the future of Turkish cinema. We aimed to bring together representatives of Turkish and world cinema by using our advantage as the host country."
FILM TMR is open to all completed films, independent from the festival selection. The new platform will bring film distributors, TV buyers, online film distributors and all buyers of international film festivals together to watch all Turkish films shot after January 2015. Apart from the film screenings, this section will also host workshops in efforts to proceed with the marketing of completed films and one-on-one meetings. "This is marketing and communication that we believe will continue in Turkish cinema in the short and long run," said Dağdeviren about the newest platform at the International Antalya Film Festival.
FILM TMR began to take final shape during last year's festival and in meetings that took place throughout the year. The newly initiated platform takes place Oct. 16-23 at the Glass Pyramid, which is the new center of the festival. All Turkish productions shot after January 2015 can apply online to become a part of FILM TMR until Sept. 29.
One of the greatest contributors to advancement in the sector, this new platform helps enable the Turkish film industry in terms of communications and commercial activities. FILM TMR aims to help Turkish films to reach out to people around the world via TV distributors and online film buyers.
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival Director Elif Dağdeviren offered insights about the main objective of FILM TMR. She said: "FILM TMR is an important step for the future of Turkish cinema. We aimed to bring together representatives of Turkish and world cinema by using our advantage as the host country."
FILM TMR is open to all completed films, independent from the festival selection. The new platform will bring film distributors, TV buyers, online film distributors and all buyers of international film festivals together to watch all Turkish films shot after January 2015. Apart from the film screenings, this section will also host workshops in efforts to proceed with the marketing of completed films and one-on-one meetings. "This is marketing and communication that we believe will continue in Turkish cinema in the short and long run," said Dağdeviren about the newest platform at the International Antalya Film Festival.
FILM TMR began to take final shape during last year's festival and in meetings that took place throughout the year. The newly initiated platform takes place Oct. 16-23 at the Glass Pyramid, which is the new center of the festival. All Turkish productions shot after January 2015 can apply online to become a part of FILM TMR until Sept. 29.