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 Turkish films.

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 MTV's Turkish channel and co-producing short films. However, it was her work at the Rio Cinema in East London 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 : Men on the Bridge (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 :''

Türkan Şoray Türkan Şoray (; born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director of Circassian origin. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress a ...

16th LTFF 2010

;Golden Wings Digital Distribution Award :

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(Bal) :Director -

Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like Güzel Sanatlar ...

;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. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza Unive ...

;Life Time Achievement Award :'' Şener Şen''

17th LTFF 2011

;Golden Wings Digital Distribution Award :Home (Yurt) :Director - Muzaffer Özdemir ;The People's Choice Award : Shadows and Faces (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 Scr ...

;Life Time Achievement Award :''

Hülya Koçyiğit Hülya Koçyiğit (born 12 December 1947) is a Turkish actress. A prominent female lead in the Turkish cinema, she received numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Altogether, she has ...

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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 film actor and director. Biography İnanır was born on 15 April 1949 in Fatsa, a town in Ordu province of Turkey. He acted in 43 films since 1967 and appeared on television in ''Bütün Çocuk ...

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 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 Bastarda Di Istanbul' ...

References

External links

Official website
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