Istanbul film festival joins protest against censorship

by Leo Bankersen
14 April 201530 March 2022
1 min read
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The Istanbul film festival has cancelled all competitions. This is in response to the Turkish government's ban on screening the Kurdish documentary Bakur.

In doing so, the festival joins the protest already sounded by Turkish filmmakers yesterday. Film critics are also showing solidarity. The FIPRESCI jury of international critics (including from the Netherlands Sasja Koetsier) has decided to stop working.

At yesterday's press conferencei...

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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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The Istanbul film festival has cancelled all competitions. This is in response to the Turkish government's ban on screening the Kurdish documentary Bakur.

At yesterday's press conferencei...