Turkish filmmakers protest against censorship

by Leo Bankersen
13 April 201530 March 2022
1 min read
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Op het internationale Istanbul Film Festival (4 - 19 april) hebben na een ingreep van het Ministerie van Cultuur de Turkse filmmakers collectief hun films teruggetrokken. Drie uur voor de première van de documentaire Bakur (Noord) stak het ministerie daar een stokje voor met de eis dat Turkse films alleen vertoond mogen worden als ze een officieel registratiecertificaat hebben.
In voorgaande dagen waren wel Turkse films zonder certificaat te zien. Daarom vatten Turkse filmmakers de maatregel op ...

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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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