Istanbul film festival joins protest against censorship

by Leo Bankersen
14 April 201530 March 2022
1 min read
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Het filmfestival in Istanbul heeft alle competities afgelast. Dit als reactie op het verbod van de Turkse overheid om de Koerdische documentaire Bakur te vertonen.
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Het festival sluit zich hiermee aan bij het protest dat Turkse filmmakers gisteren al lieten klinken. Ook filmcritici zijn solidair. De FIPRESCI-jury van internationale critici (waaronder uit Nederland Sasja Koetsier) heeft besloten de werkzaamheden te staken.
Op de gisteren gehouden persconferentie sprak f...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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