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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

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"

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

2018-05-18T20:40:00Z

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

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

2019-05-22T10:40:00Z

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Wave takes Ceylan's Cannes-bound Daydreams for UK

2008-02-14T06:00:00Z

New Wave Films, the new UK distribution company set up by former Artificial Eye bosses Robert Beeson and Pam Engel, has made its second acquisition of the Berlin market, taking Daydreams, the latest feature from Turkish maestro Nuri Bilge Ceylan from Pyramide International.Like New Wave's first pick-up - the Dardennes' ...