The 13th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival ( tr, 13. Uçan Süpürge Kadın Filmleri Festivali) was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey, which ran from May 6 to 13, 2010. This edition of the

Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival The Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival is an annual Ankara-based film festival celebrating women's contributions to filmmaking. Established by Halime Güner in 1997 in order to raise awareness and fight for women's human rights, it ...

, which was founded in 1997 and is organized by Flying Broom with support from the Çankaya municipality in Ankara and accredited by

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

, had the theme of ''evil'' and focused on the problems of women (including prostitutes, migrant women, poor women and lesbians). The festival opened with a ceremony at the Ankara State Opera and Ballet Hall on May 6, 2010 at which honorary awards were presented to actresses

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and Gülsen Tuncer, and art director Deniz Özen, who attended the special screening of Turkish classic '' Unmade Bed'' ( tr, Dağınık Yatak) directed by

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. Among those also in attendance at the ceremony were actresses

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and

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, director Biket İlhan, film critic

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, German director Almut Getto, and American director

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. More than 100 films were screened in 13 programmes at the Kızılırmak cinema, the Ankara Goethe Institute and the Ankara University communication faculty during the festival. A short film competition also under the theme ''evil'', whose winners were to be announced at the opening gala, and a program titled ''The Other History'', dedicated to ''ignored identities'', and featuring four recent Turkish documentaries focusing on ''identities that have been subjected to 'evil' by being deliberately alienated and ignored'' were new features of this edition. The festival closed with an award ceremony and screening of the winning film at the Kızılırmak cinema on May 13, 2010, at which the FIPRESCI jury, consisting of Ceylan Özçelik, Dominique Martinez and Kirsten Liese, awarded the festivals top prize to ''

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'' directed by Ursula Meier, and bestowed the Young Witch Award upon Damla Sönmez.

Awards

Honour Award

(actress, singer and model)

Bilge Olgaç Achievement Awards

* Deniz Özen (art director) * Gülsen Tuncer (actress)

FIPRESCI Prize

* ''

'' directed by Ursula Meier.

Young Witch Award

* Damla Sönmez (actress)

Programmes

Our Cinema

* '' Unmade Bed'' ( tr, Dağınık Yatak) directed by

Evil

* ''

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'' ( ar, المر و الرمان) directed by Najwa Najjar. * '' Perfect Love'' (french: Parfait amour!) directed by Catherine Breillat. * ''

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'' directed by Ken Loach. * '' Dark Habits'' ( es, Entre tinieblas) directed by Pedro Almodóvar. * '' Or (My Treasure)'' directed by Keren Yedaya. * ''Fuck Me'' (french:

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) directed by

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and

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. * '' Judgement in Stone'' (french: La Cérémonie) directed by

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. * ''

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'' (french: Une affaire de femmes) directed by

Each Has a Different Colour

* ''

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'' ( tr, 11'e 10 Kala) directed by Pelin Esmer. * '' Amreeka'' directed by Cherien Dabis. * '' Between Us'' ( es, Entre nos) directed by Paola Mendoza and Gloria La Morte. * ''

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'' directed by Xiaolu Guo. * ''

Can Go Through Skin ''Can Go Through Skin'' (Dutch: ''Kan door huid heen'') is a 2009 Dutch drama film written and directed by Esther Rots. The film is the first feature film by Rots. Rots won the Golden Calf for Best Montage and Rifka Lodeizen won the Golden Calf ...

'' ( nl, Kan door huid heen) directed by Esther Rots. * '' Women Without Men'' directed by Shirin Neshat. * '' Winter Silence'' (german: Winterstilte) directed by

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. * ''

Men on the Bridge ''Men on the Bridge'' ( tr, Köprüdekiler) is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Aslı Özge. The film, which tells about the young generation who lives in the suburbs of Istanbul and come to the center of the city to make a living, follows a r ...

'' ( tr, Köprüdekiler) directed by İlksen Başarır. * '' Lourdes'' directed by

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. * '' Five Days Without Nora'' ( es, Cinco días sin Nora) directed by Mariana Chenillo. * '' Close to You'' (german: Ganz nah bei Dir) directed by Almut Getto. * ''

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'' directed by

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. * ''

'' directed by Ursula Meier.

Golden Girls

* ''

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'' directed by Claire Denis. * '' Bright Star'' directed by Jane Campion.

Signe Baumane Retrospective

* ''

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'' directed by

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. * '' The Witch and the Cow'' directed by Signe Baumane. * '' Teat Beat Of Sex'' directed by Signe Baumane. * '' Birth'' directed by Signe Baumane. * '' The Very First Desire'' directed by Signe Baumane. * '' Tiny Shoes'' directed by Signe Baumane. * ''Natasha'' directed by Signe Baumane. * '' Signe and…'' directed by Signe Baumane.

Made in Europe

* ''

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'' ( hu, Örökbefogadás) directed by Márta Mészáros. * '' Take My Eyes'' ( es, Te doy mis ojos) directed by Icíar Bollaín. * ''

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'' ( pl, Nic) directed by

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. * ''

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'' ( nl, Gebroken spiegels) directed by Marleen Gorris. * ''

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'' directed by Lynne Ramsay. * ''

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'' directed by

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. * ''

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'' (french: Brodeuses) directed by Éléonore Faucher.

The Best...

* '' The Day I Became A Woman'' ( fa, روزی که زن شدم) directed by

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. * '' The Piano'' directed by Jane Campion.

The Other History

* '' Children of September'' ( tr, Eylül Çocukları) directed by Hülya Karcı and Meltem Öztürk. * '' Brush Stroke'' ( tr, Fırça Darbesi) directed by Nihan Belgin. * '' Two Wisps of Hair: The Missing Girls of Dersim'' ( tr, İki Tutam Saç: Dersim'in Kayıp Kızları) directed by Nezahat Gündoğan. * '' Hush!'' ( tr, Nahide'nin Türküsü) directed by Berke Baş. * ''

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'' ( tr, Sesler) directed by Filiz Işık Bulut.

External links

* for the festival

References

{{Reflist

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Awards

Honour Award

Bilge Olgaç Achievement Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Young Witch Award

Programmes

Our Cinema

Evil

Each Has a Different Colour

Golden Girls

Signe Baumane Retrospective

Made in Europe

The Best...

The Other History

See also

External links

References