MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE FILM DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SELECTION IS ANNOUNCED

In its 19th year, Meetings on the Bridge, organised as part of the Istanbul Film Festival, continues to bring together producers, directors and screenwriters from Turkey with international film professionals.

Meetings on the Bridge, supported by Anadolu Efes, will take place on 24-25-26 April.

The projects are selected to take part in different sections such as: Film Development Workshop, Work in Progress (feature-length fiction, documentary in post-production), the Short Film Workshop and Series on the Bridge Workshop. Project teams will be invited and have the chance to meet with national and international film and TV professionals to pitch their projects and get feedback.

This year, 95 applications were received for the Meetings on the Bridge Film Development Workshop. The selection committee consisted of Aslı Yazır, Deniz Eyüboğlu, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, Senem Erdine, Taylan Oğuz and Ümit Ünal.

The Film Development Workshop selection includes 13 fiction and 4 documentary projects.

During the last week of March, project teams will meet with experienced international filmmakers and experts, both onsite and online, to learn more about scriptwriting, production and presentation techniques.

Film Development Workshop awards will be determined after the pitching sessions to the international jury members.

Projects selected for Film Development Workshop:

· Djinn Wedding (dir. Ferit Karahan, prod. Berkin Kaya, Ferit Karahan)
· Finger Painted (dir. Deniz Telek, prod. Enis Özkul)
· Headlock (dir. Ayşe Altınok, prod. Şebnem Kitiş)
· History of Enchantment (dir. Tilbe Cana İnan, prod. Aycan Aluçlu)
· I Recognized Him By His Hands (dir. Ömer Çapoğlu, prod. Nadir Öperli, İrem Akbal)
· Illetler (dir. Deniz Tortum, prod. Anna Maria Aslanoğlu)
· My Aunts (dir. Hazal Hanquet, prod. Aslıhan Altuğ)
· My Happy Family (dir. Alkım Özmen, prod. Samet Hamiş)
· Night Music for Dogs (dir. Ramin Matin, prod. Selda Durna, Zülfiye Akkulak, Oğuz Kaynak)
· Piatramare (dir. Gökçe Erdem, prod. İpek Erden)
· Reminiscing Kanat (dir. Can Türe, prod. Nilüfer Neslihan Arslan, Seda Tavukcu, Can Türe)
· Smells Like Teen Spirit (dir. Ayça Çiftçi, prod. Elif Akçalı)
· Sworn Virgin (dir. Onur Kök, prod. Deniz Umay Şahin)
· Terrible Beauty (dir. Aram Dildar, prod. Mustafa Köksalan)
· The Stranger (dir. Nesli Özalp, prod. Evrim İnci)
· These Fine Days Have Been My Ruin (dir. Yasemin Demirci, prod. Çağlar Bocutoğlu)
· Young Blood (dir. Ahmet Emre Tanyıldız, prod. Kerem Altuğ, Atilla Salih Yücer)