Turkish Auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan Sparks Backlash for Reportedly Planning to Attend Government-Run Iranian Film Festival

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2014 for "Winter Sleep" among many other accolades, has ...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Responds to Backlash Over Attending Government-Run Iranian Film Festival: This ‘Should Not Be Interpreted as Support’ for Regime

Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism over attending a state-run festival in Iran, saying it should not be seen as ...
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New film ‘That Night’ tells story of woman who survived fire at infamous Iranian prison

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for ...

Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Alireza Khatami discusses his new movie 'The Things You Kill'

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Alireza Khatami about his new movie, "The Things You Kill." ...

How a picture-perfect Mediterranean village was saved from concrete — by a poet with a plan

Poet-architect Nail Çakırhan preserved Akyaka, a village in Turkey’s southwestern Anatolia, by reviving traditional architecture and pushing back on the concrete development reshaping much of the ...