The London Turkish Film Festival is a

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that takes place every year in

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in the

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. It focuses on

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London Turkish Film Festival Director

Vedide Kaymak has been directing the London Turkish Film Festival since 1993. After graduating in Political Science and Journalism, Vedide worked in a variety of Turkish media organisations before moving to

, and a career in the cinema industry. Vedide initially worked with various arts and cultural organisations promoting

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in the UK, programming for

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's Turkish channel and co-producing short films. However, it was her work at the Rio Cinema in

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and the subsequent creation of the London Turkish Film Festival that fulfilled her career ambition. With Vedide's leadership, the Festival has grown from a three-day event to an internationally renowned festival. For over a decade, she has also successfully promoted and distributed Turkish films to cinemas throughout the UK. In 2009 Vedide created another Turkish cinema milestone with the introduction of the annual Golden Wings Awards, including the unique Golden Wings Digiturk Digital Distribution Award'which ensures cinema distribution across the UK and

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for the winning film.

Awards

15th LTFF 2009

;Golden Wings Digital Distribution Award :

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(Köprüdekiler) :Director - Asli Ozge ;The People's Choice Award :On the Way To School (İki Dil Bir Bavul) :Directors - Orhan Eskiköy, Özgür Doğan ;Life Time Achievement Award :''

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16th LTFF 2010

;Golden Wings Digital Distribution Award :

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(Bal) :Director -

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;The People's Choice Award : Loose Cannons :Director -

Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (, ; born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy since 1978. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History ...

;Life Time Achievement Award :''

Şener Şen Şener Şen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' Muhsin Bey'' (1985) and '' Gönül Yarası'' (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for ' ...

17th LTFF 2011

;Golden Wings Digital Distribution Award :Home (Yurt) :Director -

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;The People's Choice Award :

Shadows and Faces ''Shadows and Faces'' () is a 2010 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim, which tells the story of a young girl who is separated from her father, a Karagöz shadow play master, during the beginning of th ...

(Gölgeler ve Suretler) :Director -

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best S ...

;Life Time Achievement Award :''

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18th LTFF 2013

;Golden Wings Digital Distribution Award :Night of Silence (Lal Gece) :Director - Reis Çelik ;The People's Choice Award : The Butterfly's Dream (Kelebeğin Rüyası) :Director -

Yılmaz Erdoğan Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 4 November 1967) is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film '' Vizontele'' (2001) and the television series ''Bir Demet Tiyatro'' (1995–2002/2006–2007 ...

;Life Time Achievement Award :''

Kadir İnanır Kadir İnanır (born 15 April 1949) is a Turkish people, Turkish film actor and Film director, director. Biography İnanır was born on 15 April 1949 in Fatsa, a town in Ordu Province, Ordu province of Turkey. In the Turkish movie industry (Ye� ...

19th LTFF 2014

;Golden Wings Digital Distribution Award :Cycle (Devir) :Director -

;The People's Choice Award :Ayhan Hanim :Director - Levent Semerci ;Life Time Achievement Award :''

Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek. She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bast ...

References

External links

Official website
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London Turkish Film Festival Director

Awards

15th LTFF 2009

16th LTFF 2010

17th LTFF 2011

18th LTFF 2013

19th LTFF 2014

See also

References

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