Turkey’s Golden Orange festival has started, Kevin Spacey to attend

Actor Kevin Spacey of the United States will arrive to Antalya on October 17 to attend the 45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

Actor Kevin Spacey of the United States will arrive to Antalya on October 17 to attend the 45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

Engin Yigitgil, chairman of the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TURSAK), told Anatolian Agency on Friday, announcing the surprise, Spacey would deliver a three hours lecture on being an actor to 200 cinema students, All the best-known faces of Turkish cinema and many from the international scene will be in Antalya on Friday for the Golden Orange Film Festival, the โ€œTurkish Oscars.โ€

The festival, the biggest event Turkey for the cinema industry, is being organized for the 45th time. It aims to support the Turkish cinema sector, by fostering Turkish film producers and encouraging them to produce high-quality films.

Menderes Turel, the mayor of Antalya said during a speech at a press conference held Tuesday that they were beginning to realize their goals for the festival.

โ€œThe festival has become a base for the international film market in recent years. Our aim is of course to take further steps for the festival, which hosts three big events: the National Film Festival, the International Film Festival and the International Eurasia Film Festival.”

“Eurasia Film Festival, which was founded in 2004 and organized in 2006 for the first time, is about to reveal the complete line-up for its fourth edition. For another nine days, the festival will bring continents together and will launch the Turkey premieres of more than 60 titles from around the world.”

The fourth International Eurasia Film Festival will raise its curtains with one of the most-awaited films of 2008: A Turkish filmmaker who now resides in Italy, Ferzan Ozpetek, will show his well-received โ€œUn Fiorno Perfetto,โ€ which premiered at the 65th Venice Film Festival. It promises be the first flash of magic on the silver screen.

After breaking a record and making history as the youngest actor to grab the Academy Award for best actor and the only American thespian to receive a Cรฉsar Award โ€“ for his performance in Roman Polanski’s celebrated film โ€œThe Pianistโ€ โ€“ Adrien Brody will be among the stellar names at the Eurasia Film Festival. Brody will walk the red carpet at the premiere of โ€œThe Brothers Bloom,โ€ in which he stars opposite Rachel Weisz and Mark Ruffalo.

Another dazzling name to stroll the red carpet will be splendid talent Mickey Rourke, who made an impressive comeback with his breathtaking and dedicated performance in genius helmsman Darren Aronofsky’s latest feature, โ€œThe Wrestler.โ€ Rourke will be attending the Turkey premiere of โ€œThe Wrestlerโ€ along with the film’s co-star, Oscar winning actress Marisa Tomei.

Prolific actor and social activist Danny Glover, who made his latest appearance in Fernando Meirelles’ โ€œBlindness;โ€ the silver screen’s evergreen enchantress Jacqueline Bisset; the dean of villain characters Michael Ironside; Scandinavia’s premier film director, Oscar and Golden Globe winner Bille August; Hollywood veteran Maximilian Schell; regal actor and master of expression Matthew Modine; and esteemed director Susanne Bier; and the director of โ€œStone of Destiny,โ€ Charles Martin Smith, are the guests of the red carpet.

Multitalented artist and actor Michael York, who is celebrating the 44th year of his career, will receive the honorary award of the festival, along with brilliant director Paul Verhoeven.

The International Jury will be presided by Paul Verhoeven, the famous director of many landmark pictures such as “Basic Instinct”, “Showgirls” and “RoboCop”.Majid Majidi, 2008 Golden Bear nominee with his latest movie “The Song of Sparrows”, Cameron Bailey, co-director of Toronto International Film Festival are the two other members of the jury who will vote for the “Best Film” and the “Best Director” categories of the competition section.Open to films of either European or Asian origin (and Eurasian co-productions), the Competition Section of the Eurasia Film Festival will be presenting two awards: 75,000 USD for the “Best Film” and 25,000 USD for the “Best Director”. “Seven Days” by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz, which opened at the 61st Festival de Cannes is one of the films to compete in the competition section.

This year there were 87 documentary films, 236 short films and 34 films that applied to compete at the festival. The jury, formed of Atilla Dorsay, Mithat Alam, Serap Aksoy, Erkan Aktug, Tevfik Baser, Necip Sarici, Fehmi Yasar, Ziya Oztan and Muammer Brav, chose 16 films to compete from 34 applicants. There will be 27 documentaries and 25 short films competing.

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