“12 Punto 2024” Finalists Announced

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The 12 finalist projects in the feature film category for “12 Punto 2024,” Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform organized by TRT, have been selected.

A pre-jury of five independent directors, writers, producers, and actors from Turkish cinema evaluated the submitted projects and selected the 12 feature film finalists for the event.

12 finalists selected from over 100 feature film projects

This year, over 100 feature film project applications were submitted to 12 Punto 2024. After technical checks, 80 scripts were evaluated by the pre-jury. The pre-jury included award-winning directors Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun and Murat Pay, actress Vildan Atasever, sociologist-author Fatma Barbarosoğlu, and film critic Suat Köçer.

Among the 12 finalists selected by the international jury in the feature film category, three projects will receive the “TRT Co-Production Award,” three will receive the “TRT Pre-Buy Award,” and six will receive the “TRT Project Development Award.”

Additionally, the projects that win the “TRT International Co-Production Award” will be announced at the 12 Punto 2024 Award Ceremony. The filmmakers of the 12 finalist projects will meet with the world’s most important script consultants and develop their scripts during “12 Punto 2024,” which will take place from July 7th to 14th for the sixth time this year.

They will also meet with the world’s leading marketing and presentation consultants to discuss the key points of sharing their films with potential investors, partners, fund managers, and decision-makers in the film industry. Furthermore, the finalist projects will have one-on-one meetings with representatives of leading film industry organizations, film funds, co-production markets, festivals, sales companies, and producers as part of the “12 Punto Meetings,” which will take place from July 9th to 13th during “12 Punto.”

Additionally, masterclasses, panels, screenings, and discussions with prominent figures from Turkish and world cinema will be organized for film professionals and cinema enthusiasts as part of “12 Punto.” Moreover, a special program called “12 Punto Special Show” featuring various interviews and 12 Punto events will be broadcast on TRT 2 every night during 12 Punto week.

12 Punto 2024 Feature Film Finalist Projects:

• Sleepless (Uykusuz) / Director: Ahmet Yurtkul / Producer: Murat Saraçoğlu, Ahmet Yurtkul

• My Happy Family (Benim Mutlu Ailem) / Director: Alkım Özmen / Producer: Alkım Özmen, Samet Hamiş

• Hello (Merhaba) / Directors: Ela Alyamaç, Aren Perdeci / Producer: Ela Alyamaç, Harutyun Kuran

• Recital of Bayram (Bayram Resitali) / Director: Bekir Bülbül / Producer: Halil Kardaş

• Law of the Flies (Sineklerin Yasası) / Director: Tunahan Kurt / Producer: Hasan Köroğlu

• The Battle of Hedgehogs (Kirpilerin Savaşı) / Director: M. Tayfur Aydın / Producer: Mariette Rissenbeek, M. Tayfur Aydin

• Toz Baba Tekkesi / Director: Mehmet Bahadır Er / Producer: Mehmet Bahadır Er, Maryna Er Gorbach

• Salt of the Earth (Toprağın Tuzu) / Director: Murat Eroğlu / Producers: Murat Eroğlu, Gözde Kural, Milad Khosravi

• It (İt) / Director: Emin Fırat Övür / Producer: Okan Üzey

• Shot (Saçma) / Director: Fatih Özcan / Producer: Osman Enes Yakut

• Flood Plain (Taşkın Ovası) / Director: Hasan Tuna Balkan / Producer: Alara Hamamcıoğlu Bayraktar, Sinan Kesova

• Blind (Kör) / Director: Hakan Yonat / Producer: Zeynep Koşar

Countdown to 12 Punto 2024 Begins

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The sixth edition of Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform, “12 Punto 2024,” organized by TRT, is about to start. This year, 12 Punto 2024 will feature the “Palestinian Cinema Special Section,” showcasing current and significant films from Palestinian cinema. This year at 12 Punto 2024, current and important films of Palestinian cinema will meet with the audience in the “Palestinian Cinema Special Section”.

“12 Punto 2024” will take place from July 7th to 14th, with the participation of directors, producers, and film industry professionals from 29 different countries, bringing together some of the leading names in world cinema.

Leading Names in World Cinema at 12 Punto 2024

“12 Punto 2024” will once again host cinema professionals from all around the world. More than 40 filmmakers from 29 countries, including France, Italy, Qatar, Romania, Palestine, Ukraine, Montenegro, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, UK, Cambodia, Estonia, Georgia, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, USA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Germany, Belgium, Macedonia, India, Syria, Iran, Egypt, and Turkey, will gather at 12 Punto.

Within the scope of “12 Punto 2024,” masterclasses, panels, and presentations with the attendance of Oscar-winning directors, producers and executives from the global film industry will be held at Feriye Cinema in Beşiktaş. These panels, masterclasses, talks, and screenings will be open to the public and free. Panels, masterclasses, talks and screenings will be free and open to all.

“Focus on Palestinian Cinema” at 12 Punto 2024

This year at 12 Punto 2024, current and significant films from Palestinian cinema will meet audiences in the “Focus on Palestinian Cinema” section. The open-air film screenings, which usually feature TRT co-productions, will highlight Palestinian films and filmmakers this year. The event aims to raise awareness about the genocide in Palestine, foster empathy, and provide a platform for idea exchange. Palestinian directors, who will be guests of 12 Punto 2024 in Istanbul, will attend a Q&A session after the screenings of their films. As part of the “Focus on Palestinian Cinema” the films to be screened in open-air screenings include “Mediterranean Fever” by Maha Haj, “A Fidai Film” by Kamal Aljafari, “Wajib” by Annemarie Jacir, and “3000 Nights” by Mai Masri. The screenings will be open to the public and free.

What’s Happening at 12 Punto?

The filmmakers of the 12 finalist projects selected by pre-jury will meet world’s most important script consultants and develop their scripts during the “12 Punto 2024”, which will take place from July 7th to 14th for the sixth time this year. At the end of the 12 Punto week, the finalists will pitch their projects to a five-member international jury, including Oscar-winning directors and producers and top executives from international film industry organizations.

Three projects selected from the 12 finalists will receive the “TRT Co-Production Award,” three will receive the “TRT Pre-Buy Award,” and six will receive the “TRT Project Development Award.” The award ceremony on July 14th will be broadcast live on TRT 2. The winners of the “TRT Short Film Production Award” will also develop their scripts with leading screenwriters of within the scope of “12 Punto.”

“12 Punto Special Show” on TRT 2 Every Night

From July 7th to 14th, the “12 Punto Special Show” will air on TRT 2 every evening at 7:00 PM. The program will feature interviews with the finalists of “12 Punto 2024,” updates on the event, programs with film critics, interviews with award-winning directors and producers of Turkish cinema, and masterclasses.

Details about the events covering every aspect of the film industry, including directing, producing, scriptwriting, marketing, festivals, distribution, animation, film funds, and key stages in the film production process, will be announced in the coming days at www.trt12punto.com.

TRT Co-production “Triangle of Sadness” Nominated for Three Oscars

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At the 95th Academy Awards, the most prestigious award in the world, TRT co-production “Triangle of Sadness” was nominated for Oscars in the categories of “Best Picture”, “Best Director” and “Best Original Screenplay”.

At the 95th Academy Awards, which will be held this year, TRT’s co-production Triangle of Sadness was nominated for Oscars in the categories of “Best Film”, “Best Director” and “Best Original Screenplay”. The “Academy Awards”, which will be organized for the 95th time by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will find their owners with a ceremony to be held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 12, 2023.

The success of the film continues

“Triangle of Sadness”, which won the “Golden Palm”, the “Best Film Award” at the Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere last May, also competed in the most prestigious award ceremonies in the world of cinema and returned from the festivals with awards. The film, which won awards in the categories of “Best Film”, “Best Director”, “Best Screenplay” and “Best Actor”, for which it was nominated at the “European Film Awards”, was also nominated in two categories at the 80th Golden Globe Awards. Directed by Ruben Östlund, the film won the BAFTA Awards for the 76th time this year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for “Best Original Screenplay”, “Best Casting” and “Best Supporting Actress”. He was also nominated in the categories.

“Triangle of Sadness” is a satirical film where the hierarchy is reversed

Co-produced by France, Germany, Turkey, England, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Greece, “Triangle of Sorrow” tells the story of young modeling couple Carl and Yaya on a trip on a super luxury ship with billionaire passengers. However, after the approaching storm, the yacht’s course ends in disaster. Carl and Yaya are stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the ship’s cleaners. “Triangle of Sadness” is a satirical film where the hierarchy is suddenly turned upside down and roles and classes are reversed.

TRT Co-Productions On The Way To The Oscars

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Nominated films to compete in the “Best International Film” category of the world’s most prestigious award, the 95th Academy Awards, were selected by countries. Among the productions nominated by countries in the “Best International Film” category there are 4 films co-produced and supported by TRT.

Nominated films that will compete in the “Best International Film” category of the 95th Academy Awards, which will be held this year, have been selected by the countries. Among the productions nominated by countries in the “Best International Film” category there are TRT co-production “Klondike”, TRT supported “A Ballad”, TRT supported “A Piece of Sky” and TRT supported “Victim”. The Academy Awards, which will be held for the 95th time by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will find their owners with a ceremony to be held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 12, 2023.

TRT co-production Klondike will represent Ukraine at the Oscars

TRT co-production “Klondike”, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last January and won the “Best Director Award” to its director, Maryna Er Gorbach, is Ukraine’s nominee for the “Best International Film” of the 95th Academy Awards. The Ukraine-Turkey co-production film, produced by Mehmet Bahadır Er, won the “TRT International Co-Production Award” on 12 Punto 2020.

TRT-supported “A Ballad” is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Oscar nominee

The film is directed by award-winning Bosnian director Aida Begić and produced by Adis Djapo. “A Ballad” won the TRT Award in the Work in Progress section of Cinelink, the industry section of the Sarajevo Film Festival, where projects in the editing phase compete.

TRT-supported “A Piece of Sky” is Switzerland’s Oscar nominee

TRT-supported “A Piece of Sky”, which made its world premiere in the Main Competition of the Berlin Film Festival last February and left the festival with the “Special Mention Award”, is a Swiss nominee for the “Best International Film” at the 95th Academy Awards. The Swiss-German co-production is directed by Michael Koch and produced by Christof Neracher. The film won the “TRT Award” in the First Cut+ category, where film projects in the editing phase compete at the 55th Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s industry section Eastern Promises last year.

TRT supported “Victim” Slovakia’s Oscar nominee

TRT-supported “Victim”, which had its world premiere at the 79th Venice Film Festival and received high praise from the audience and the press, was nominated by Slovakia in the “Best International Film” category of the 95th Academy Awards. “Victim”, a Slovak-Czech-German co-production, is directed by Michal Blaško and produced by Jakub Viktorín and Pavla Janoušková Kubečková. The film won the “TRT Award” in the Work in Progress section of the 55th Karlovy Vary Film Festival held in 2021, where projects in the editing phase compete.

TRT co-production “Triangle of Sadness”, which won the “Golden Palm”, the “Best Film Award” at the Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere last May, is also among the favorite films in the Oscar race.

Applications for the EAVE TRT Scholarship 2023 Have Started

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What is the EAVE TRT Scholarship?

The cooperation that TRT has signed with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), the most important producers network in the world, continues. With this cooperation, a producer from Turkey qualifies for an EAVE TRT Scholarship. The selected producer participates in the 2023 EAVE Producers Workshop, which will last for a year. Then, they graduate from EAVE at the end of the year.

Application deadline: September 12th, 2022 (11:59 pm)

What does being an EAVE Graduate bring to a producer?

Becoming an EAVE graduate means for a producer to be involved in a network where relationships are maintained with managers of international film organizations, producers from different countries, directors of sales and distribution agencies, and film festivals.

EAVE graduates join a unique network of European producers that form one of the backbones of the world film industry. In addition, EAVE participants and members can benefit from the partnerships that EAVE maintains with Europe’s leading film festivals and markets.

What is EAVE?

EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) is one of Europe’s leading producer education programs, made up of a unique network of over 2200 producers. In recent years, EAVE has been constantly reviewing its training activities and preparing new workshop programs in order to continuously strengthen European independent productions so that they can compete successfully in Europe and in global markets, and to contribute to the sustainability and competitiveness of the producers by reinforcing their creative, managerial and financial skills. Collaborating with a wide network around the world, EAVE participates in programs organized for producers in Europe, South America, the Arab World, Asia, Africa and Russia. Founded in 1988, EAVE aims to create professional training opportunities and facilitate co-production relationships by bringing together producers from different parts of the world.

How Does the Process Work at the EAVE Producers Workshop?

Half of the participants selected for the EAVE Producers Workshop attend the course with a project; they develop their projects with other producers and experts in intensive meetings that take place throughout the year. The other half join EAVE to develop their companies and careers. Most of the producers with projects attend the first two meetings with their scriptwriters; holds one-on-one meetings with script consultants.

The other half join EAVE to develop their companies and careers. Most of the producers with projects attend the first two meetings with their script writers; holds one-on-one meetings with scenario consultants.

In the first two workshops, the participants work in groups with experienced producers, script consultants, experts in development-production finance and legal processes of co-productions, and experienced people in marketing, sales, presentation and packaging. In the third workshop, meetings are held with decision makers consisting of 60-70 people, including representatives of the world’s most important cinema organizations; They talk about their projects, companies and careers.

EAVE Producers Workshop Trailer

What expenses does EAVE TRT Scholarship cover?

The producer selected for the EAVE TRT Scholarship gains the right to attend EAVE meetings and workshops for a year free of charge. These expenses generally cover the following:

  • Application and registration fee
  • Producers Workshop membership fee
  • Conference fee for each workshop (participation in events, full board accommodation)
  • Transportation costs (depending on the city where the EAVE Producers Workshop will be held)

When and where will the 2023 EAVE Producers Workshop take place?

Workshop 1 – Luxemburg, March 3-10, 2023

Workshop 2 – Alpbach, Avusturya, June 11-18, 2023

Workshop 3 – Hollanda, October 2023

For more information on the EAVE Producers Workshop, please click here.

Who can apply for EAVE TRT Scholarship?

All producers who are currently working in the film and television industry and wish to increase their knowledge and experience in international co-productions can apply for the EAVE TRT Scholarship. Candidates can apply with a fiction, documentary or TV series project they are developing, or they can apply without a project. Since all meetings and workshops will be held in English, the producer applying for the EAVE TRT Scholarship must be able to speak English at an advanced level. You can find the details for application conditions and required documents below.

How will be the application process?

Producers who want to apply for EAVE TRT Scholarship are required to fill in the Application Form at the links below and send all the necessary documents to 12punto@trt.net.tr between August 26 – September 12. Applications with missing documents will not be accepted. Applicant producers can confirm that their documents have been received in full at the phone number below. 5 applications will be selected by TRT from among the applications received. EAVE will conduct interviews with the selected candidates and select the producer who wins the EAVE TRT Scholarship in December 2022.

 

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For detailed information and questions:

12punto@trt.net.tr

+90 (312) 463 24 61

Countdown for “12 Punto 2022” Has Started!

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Turkey’s biggest script development and co-production platform “12 Punto 2022”, will be held for the 4th time this year. The event, which will be held on 19th to 26th June, will bring together the leading names of world cinema.

“12 Punto 2022”, which is the first and only project for the cinema industry in Turkey, begins. The event, which will be held on 3 different platforms with the participation of directors, producers and film industry professionals from 16 different countries between 19-26 June, will bring together the leading names of world cinema in Istanbul.

TRT General Manager Mehmet Zahid Sobacı shared on his social media account that the date of the event was announced and said, “Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform 12 Punto, organized by TRT Cinema, will be held between 19-26 June this year in Istanbul with the participation of important representatives of the cinema industry from 16 countries.”

The most important names of world cinema at “12 Punto 2022”

12 Punto 2022 will host film professionals from different geographies of the world this year. Filmmakers from France, Italy, Germany, Spain, England, Qatar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Palestine, Sweden, USA, Bulgaria, Israel, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey will meet at 12 Punto 2022.

Within the scope of 12 Punto 2022, masterclasses, panels and presentations with the directors of the most important institutions of the world cinema industry will be held at Feriye Cinema in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. The event will also be broadcast live on the social media accounts of 12 Punto 2022. In addition to screenings of award-winning international films co-produced by TRT, interviews will be held with the directors and producers of the films.

What will happen in 12 Punto 2022?

The owners of 12 feature film projects selected for 12 Punto 2022 between 19-26 June will hold special meetings with script consultants and attend workshops with marketing and presentation consultants. 3 projects selected by the international jury members from among the 12 finalist projects will receive the “TRT Co-Production Award”, 3 projects the “TRT Pre-Buy Award” and 6 projects the “TRT Project Development Award”. The awards will find their owners at the closing and award ceremony to be held on the evening of June 26. The “TRT International Co-Production Awards”, which will be given for the third time this year, will also be distributed at the award ceremony. This award will be given to international projects in which Turkish producers are partners.

The owners of the projects that won the “TRT Short Film Production Award” within the scope of 12 Punto 2022 will also develop their scenarios together with the leading directors and screenwriters of Turkish cinema.

12 Punto 2022 special broadcast every evening on TRT 2

“12 Punto 2022 Special” will be broadcast on TRT 2 every evening between 19-26 June at 19.00. The program will feature interviews with 12 Punto finalists, developments regarding the event, interviews and masterclasses with award-winning directors and producers of Turkish cinema.

Details on the events that address every aspect of the cinema industry such as directing, producing, scriptwriting, marketing, festivals, distribution, animation, film funds and important stages in the production process of a film will be announced at www.trt12punto.com in the coming days.

TRT Co-production “Triangle of Sadness” Wins the Palme d’Or

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TRT co-production “Triangle of Sadness”, the new movie of the Palme d’Or Award-winning director Ruben Östlund, won the “Palme d’Or” at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.

Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s TRT co-production “Triangle of Sadness” won the “Palme d’Or”, the highest award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. The film, which made its world premiere at the festival, one of the most prestigious events in the film industry, received a standing ovation from the audience for minutes after the screening.

A satirical film where roles and classes are reversed

Ruben Östlund, one of the most important directors of our time, continues his perspective in the films “Tourist” and “Kare”, in which he achieved international success, in the film “Triangle of Sorrow”. As in his previous films, Östlund satirizes human nature in this film, and builds the black comedy world in the film on the absurd situations of the upper middle class and upper classes. Co-production of Turkey, Sweden, France, USA, England, Switzerland and Greece, “Triangle of Sadness” tells the story of young modeling couple Carl and Yaya on a super luxury cruise with billionaire passengers. After a storm, Carl and Yaya are stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the ship’s cleaners. “Triangle of Sadness” is a satirical film where the hierarchy is suddenly turned upside down and roles and classes are reversed.

TRT Co-production “Triangle of Sadness” Premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

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TRT co-production “Triangle of Sadness”, by the Palme d’Or Award-winning director Ruben Östlund, had its world premiere in the main competition section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

“Triangle of Sadness”, a TRT co-production film by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, awarded the Palme d’Or, had its world premiere in the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival. After the gala screening, in which TRT Deputy General Manager Ziyad Varol also attended, the film received standing ovation by the audience for several minutes. Awards at the festival, which is one of the most prestigious events in the film industry, will find their owners on Saturday, May 28.

The last film of the Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund‘s TRT co-production is at Cannes

The new film of Ruben Östlund, one of the most important directors of today who was awarded the Palme d’Or, had its world premiere in the main competition section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. Ruben Östlund continues his perspective he had in the films “Tourist” and “Kare”, in which he achieved international success, in the film “Triangle of Sadness” as well. As in his previous films, Östlund satirizes human nature in this film, and builds the black comedy world in the film on the absurd situations of the upper middle class and upper classes.

Co-production of Turkey, Sweden, France, USA, England, Switzerland and Greece, “Triangle of Sadness” tells the story of young modeling couple Carl and Yaya on a super luxury cruise with billionaire passengers. After a storm, Carl and Yaya are stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the ship’s cleaners. “Triangle of Sadness” is a satirical film where the hierarchy is suddenly turned upside down and roles and classes are reversed.

5 Awards from Istanbul Film Festival to TRT Co-Productions

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The awards were given to their owners at the 41st “Istanbul Film Festival” this year. TRT co-production “Klondike” won the “Best Film” and “Best Cinematography” awards, while TRT co-productions “Empire of the Rabbits” and “Bars”, which competed in the festival’s industry section “Meetings on the Bridge”, won a total of 3 awards throughout the night.

Meeting with cinema lovers between 8-19 April, the winners of the “41st Istanbul Film Festival” have been announced. TRT co-production “Klondike”, which competed in the “National Competition” section, left the night with the “Best Film” and “Best Cinematography” awards, which are the biggest awards. In the industry section of the festival, “Meetings on the Bridge”, TRT co-productions “Empire of the Rabbits” and “Bars” won 3 awards in total. In addition, one of the 13 projects competing in the “Film Development” category was awarded the “TRT Special Award” this year, as every year.

TRT co-production “Klondike” won the grand prize “Golden Tulip”

The TRT co-production “Klondike” directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and produced by Mehmet Bahadır Er won the “Best Film” and “Best Cinematography” awards in the “National Competition” category of the festival. The film, which tells the story of Ira, a pregnant woman living on the Ukraine-Russia border, who does not leave her home despite the siege of her village by separatist groups, won the grand prize “Golden Tulip”. Director Maryna Er Gorbach, who could not attend the night, conveyed her message after it won the “Best Film Award” and thanked the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and TRT for supporting the film in Turkey, saying that they dedicated the film to Ukrainian women fighting for the lives of children in the war.

3 awards for TRT co-productions in “Meetings on the Bridge”

TRT co-productions got 3 awards from the festival’s industry section “Meetings on the Bridge. In the category of “Work in Progress”, where projects at the editing stage compete, the movie “Empire of the Rabbits” won 2 awards, and the movie “Bars” won 1 award. The movie “Empire of the Rabbits” directed by Seyfettin Tokmak and produced by Zeynep Koray won the “Anadolu Efes Award” and the “mute.istanbul Foley Award”. The film “Bars” directed by Orçun Köksal and produced by Sinan Kesova won the “Daire Creative Visual Design Award”.

“TRT Special Award” given to “Lo-Fi” project

One of the 13 projects competing in the “Film Development” category of “Meetings on the Bridge”, the industry section of the Istanbul Film Festival, was awarded the “TRT Special Award” this year, as every year. In the “Film Development” category of “Meetings on the Bridge” held on April 14-16 this year, the “Lo-Fi” project directed by Alican Durbaş and produced by İpek Erden won the “TRT Special Award”.

TRT Co-production “Triangle of Sadness” to Compete at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

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TRT co-production “Triangle of Sadness”, the new movie by the Golden Palm Award-winning director Ruben Östlund, has been selected for the main competition section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

The films that will compete for the “Golden Palm” and other awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in the world, have been announced. Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s TRT co-production “Triangle of Sadness” will compete in the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival, which will be held for the 75th time this year between 17-28 May.

The last film of the Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund’s TRT co-production is at Cannes

One of the most important directors of our time, Ruben Östlund’s new film, awarded the Palme d’Or, has become one of the 18 films selected for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival. Ruben Östlund continues his perspective he had in the films “Tourist” and “Kare”, in which he achieved international success, in the film “Triangle of Sadness”. As in his previous films, Östlund satirizes human nature in this film, and builds the black comedy world in the film on the absurd situations of the upper middle class and upper classes. Co-production of Turkey, Sweden, France, USA, England, Switzerland and Greece, “Triangle of Sadness” tells the story of young modeling couple Carl and Yaya on a super luxury cruise with billionaire passengers. After a storm, Carl and Yaya are stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the ship’s cleaners. “Triangle of Sadness” is a satirical film where the hierarchy is suddenly turned upside down and roles and classes are reversed.

International success of TRT co-productions continues

TRT continues its successful international co-productions. Prior to that, being the co-producer of the films “Quo Vadis, Aida?” by Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic and “It Must Be Heaven” by Palestinian director Elia Süleiman, TRT this time co-produced the Golden Palm Award-winning director Ruben Östlund’s long-awaited new project “Triangle of Sadness”. TRT co-production “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, had its world premiere at the 77th Venice Film Festival and won awards by competing in many festivals. The film, which was nominated in the “Best International Film” category at the 94th Academy Awards, won the “Best Film”, “Best Director” and “Best Actress” awards at the European Film Awards, known as Europe’s Oscar. TRT’s co-production “It Must Be Heaven” competed at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival and won a special mention and FIPRESCI awards.

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