New York, NY (December 8, 2017) –The American Turkish Society’s 16th Annual New York Turkish Film Festival at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea welcomed filmmakers, film enthusiasts, actors and members from the Turkish American community.
The four-day festival, which was sponsored by the Turkey-US Business Council (TAIK) and RAMERICA, screened six feature films and two short films kicking off with multi-award-winner and Best Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Cold of Kalandar. The festival lineup also featured Sleep of Love, My Father’s Wings, Little Bullets, Exhibit, Frenzy and Blue. As an exciting addition, this year the festival screened a horror film for the first time entitled Housewife, which was most recently honored at Monster Fest 2017, where Can Evrenol won the award for Best Director.
Chairman Murat Köprülü and Vice Chairman Lawrence M. Kaye of The American Turkish Society, provided the opening and closing remarks during the festival run. The Consul General of Turkey in New York, Ertan Yalcin, Jenifer Rajkumar, who represented Governor Cuomo, and actor Emrhys Cooper, who is best known for the teen drama Vanity, were also in attendance to lend their support for the films.
Founded in 1949 by a group of visionaries, The American Turkish Society is the oldest American institution dedicated to building bridges between the United States and Turkey. Celebrating their 16th year, the New York Turkish Film Festival has become one of the leading film festivals in New York. Screening more than 300 films and reaching audiences of over 25,000, the New York Turkish Film Festival brings the best of Turkey’s film industry to NYC.
Addressing the strong belief that film bridges cultures and illuminates the universality of the human experience, the festival strives to create a broad audience for programs that highlight Turkish arts and culture.
For more information about the festival, please visit http://www.newyorkturkishfilmfestival.com.
