• Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes title ‘About Dry Grasses’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
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    Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes title ‘About Dry Grasses’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)

    2023-05-23T09:14:00Z

    The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s second acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.

  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Winter Sleep
    Features

    Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Winter Sleep

    2014-05-22T10:55:00Z

    The Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is glad to be back in Cannes, where he has a happy history. He won the Grand Jury Prize in 2002 for Distant and in again 2011 for Once Upon A Time In Anatolia and a Best Director Award in 2008 for Three Monkeys.

  • Palme d'Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan: "Making mistakes is the best teacher"
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    Palme d'Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan: "Making mistakes is the best teacher"

    Director talked about his combative writing relationship with wife Ebru Ceylan and his love of ambiguity on the big screen during a Qumra masterclass.

  • 'The Wild Pear Tree': Cannes Review
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    'The Wild Pear Tree': Cannes Review

    2018-05-18T20:40:00Z

    Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest sees a young graduate attempt to carve out some independence

  • Reviews

    Distant (Uzak)

    2003-04-30T00:00:00Z

    DistantDan Fainaru in IstanbulDir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turkey. 2002. 106mins.With a high profile after its selection in competition at Cannes later this month, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's new film promises to become a surefire hit on the festival circuit. Faithful to Ceylan's intransigently ascetic reputation, it has already collected all the ...

  • 'Homeward': Cannes Review
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    'Homeward': Cannes Review

    2019-05-22T10:40:00Z

    This notable debut takes the form of a father-and-son road trip from Kyiv to Crimea

  • News

    Distant, Reconstruction win top Fipresci prizes

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Cannes prize-winners Distant (Uzak) and Reconstruction will take home the top FIPRESCI prizes from next month's Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 18-27).Cannes grand jury and best actor prize-winner Distant, from Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan, was selected best film, while Denmark's Christoffer Boe was chosen for the best director ...

  • Cannes 2023 line-up guide: Competition and Out Of Competition titles
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    Cannes 2023 line-up guide: Competition and Out Of Competition titles

    2023-05-11T08:08:00Z

    Screen’s guide to the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection and parallel sections.

  • Reviews

    Climates (Iklimler)

    2006-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turk-Fr. 2006. 97mins.In 2002, Turkish director NuriBilge Ceylan made his mark on the Cannes competitionwith Distant (Uzak). That, his third feature,struck many audiences as a resounding blow in favour of the great art-cinematradition of films as contemplative, thematically rich personal essays. Ceylan's growing reputation as a ...

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    Foreign Oscar submissions 2003

    2003-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The complete list of Foreign Oscar submissions is as follows: (click on the title to read the Screen International review, where available)Afghanistan Osama(Siddiq Barmak, director)Argentina Valentin(Alejandro Agresti)Austria Free Radicals(Barbara Albert)Belgium Sea Of Silence(Stijn Coninx)Bolivia Sexual Dependency (Rodrigo Bellott)Bosnia & Herzegovina Fuse (Pjer Zalica)Brazil Carandiru(Hector Babenco)Bulgaria Journey To Jerusalem (Ivan Nichev)Canada ...