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Boston Turkish Festival's 19th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition Opening TEARS OF CEM KARACA Cem Karaca’nın Gözyaşları Directed by Yüksel Aksu 123 min. / 2024 / with English subtitles Cast: İsmail Hacıoğlu, Fikret Kuşkan, Yasemin Yalçın, Melisa Aslı Pamuk INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Saturday, November 23, 2024 | 2:00pm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Film Program Click here for more information
CROSSING THE BRIDGE: THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL İstanbul Hatırası: Köprüyü Geçmek Directed by Fatih Akın 91 min. / 2005 Remastered / with English subtitles Sunday, November 24, 2024 | 2:30pm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Film Program Click here for more information
BOSTON TURKISH FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024 PROGRAM April 5 - 28, 2024
April 5 - 7: Film Program at MFA April 5 - 15: Online Film Program April 13 - 28: Music Program IN THE NEWS: Review: "Neandria" by Joshua Polanski, Boston Hassle 9 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this spring - Erin Trahan, WBUR
FILM PROGRAM at MFA April 5 - 7
OPENING NIGHT Friday, April 5, 2024 | 6:00pm LIFE Hayat Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz North America Premiere DIRECTOR PRESENT Q&A following film screening Featuring Miray Daner, Burak Dakak, Cem Davran, Umut Kurt, Melis Birkan, Doğu Demirkol 193 min. / 2023 Remis Auditorium Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MORE...	Saturday, April 6, 2024 | 2:00pm SUDDENLY Aniden Dir. Melisa Önel East Coast Premiere DIRECTOR PRESENT Q&A following film screening Featuring Defne Kayalar, Öner Erkan, Şerif Erol, Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu, Dilan Çiçek Deniz, Aysel Yıldırım 115 min. / 2022 Remis Auditorium Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MORE...
Sunday, April 7, 2024 | 1:00pm NEANDRIA Dir. Reha Erdem North America Premiere Featuring Deniz İlhan, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Bülent Emin Yarar, Izzy, İncinur Daşdemir, Nihal Yalçın, Serkan Keskin 90 min. / 2023 Remis Auditorium Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MORE...	Boston Turkish Festival's 18th Documentary & Short Film Competition Best Documentary (In Their Footsteps) and Best Short Film (This Is Not A Place For You) Jury Award Recipients Film Screenings Preceding Reha Erdem's NEANDRIA Followed by A Panel Moderated by Film Critic Peter Keough All Award-Winning Films of the Competition are available to watch online between April 5 - 15 MORE...
Sunday, April 7, 2024 | 1:00pm Preceding feature film "NEANDRIA" IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS BEST DOCUMENTARY BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Alper Tunga Özdemir DIRECTOR PRESENT Doc. / 33 min. / 2023 Remis Auditorium Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MORE...	Sunday, April 7, 2024 | 1:00pm Preceding feature film "NEANDRIA" THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR YOU Burası Size Göre Değil BEST SHORT FILM BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Ceyda Aşar DIRECTOR PRESENT Short / 15 min. / 2023 Remis Auditorium Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MORE...
WATCH FILMS ONLINE April 5 - 15, 2024 Watch award-winning films of the BTF's 18th Documentary & Short Film Competition Go to online platform
WHO IS MIHRI Kim Mihri BEST DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Berna Gençalp Doc. / 89 min. / 2022 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	WHEN THE SHIFT ENDS Satışçının Bir Günü BEST SHORT FILM AUDIENCE AWARD BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Erinç Durlanık Short / 19 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...
BAKIRKÖY UNDERGROUND SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Berkay Şatır Doc. / 30 min. / 2022 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	CHILDREN OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN Beyaz Dağın Çocukları SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Yalçın Çiftçi Doc. / 20 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...
DAYS OF FIRE, LOVE AND ANARCHY Aşk, Ateş ve Anarşi Günleri SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Önder Esmer Doc. / 76 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	DINAMO MESKEN SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Ahmet Karanfil & Yusuf Anavatan Doc. / 30 min. / 2022 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...
FEYZA'S KITCHEN Feyza’nın Mutfağı SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Jale İncekol Doc. / 43 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	THE 40 YEARS AFTER FATMA Fatma'dan Sonra 40 Yıl SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Sezer Ağgez Doc. / 85 min. / 2022 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...
AS POSSIBLE AS EVERYTHING Herkesin Yapabileceği Bir Şey SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Selen Örcan Short / 16 min. / 2022 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	BABY ANT Yavru Karınca SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Derya Uygurlar Short / 15 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...
CLOTHESLINE Çamaşır İpi SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Hüseyin Urçuk Short / 4 min. / 2022 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	FATIH THE CONQUEROR Avrupa Fatihi SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Onur Yağız Short / 15 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...
GARDENS PETRIFIED Bahçeler Put Kesildi SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Ali Cabbar Short / 20 min. / 2022 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	PERIPETEIA SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Merve Gezen Short / 15 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...
TOGETHER, ALONE Birlikte, Yalnız SPECIAL MENTION BTF Doc & Short Film Competition Dir. Kasım Ördek Short / 15 min. / 2023 WATCH ONLINE April 5 - 15 MORE...	Boston Turkish Festival's 19th Annual Documentary & Short Film Competition open for submissions APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 1, 2024 Click here to go to the competition page http://bostonturkishfestival.org/competition
MUSIC PROGRAM April 13 - 28
Saturday, April 13, 2024 | 8:00pm AJDA THE TURKISH QUEEN LIVE! Singer-songwriter Ajda the Turkish Queen invites you to spend an evening enjoying songs from across her career, along with a few stories GSU Auditorium, Boston University 775 Commonwealth Avenue Co-presented with the Boston University Turkish Student Association MORE...	Sunday, April 21, 2024 | 5:00pm A TRIBUTE TO SEZEN AKSU: SÜEDA SINGS SEZEN Album Release Süeda Çatakoğlu, voice, piano Akihiro Kokufukata, trumpet Sinan Tökmeci, electric bass Singer, pianist, composer and producer Süeda Çatakoğlu, in her debut album, reimagines Sezen Aksu classics through a fusion of jazz, Turkish folk, European Cabaret and musical theatre Goethe-Institut Boston 170 Beacon Street MORE...
Sunday, April 28, 2024 | 5:00pm ALPER TUZCU: El Jardín Alper Tuzcu, voice, guitar Queralt Giralt, voice, cello Composer, guitarist, singer and Berklee professor Alper Tuzcu is presenting songs from his new album El Jardin ("The Garden"), that crosses cultural boundaries, featuring Tuzcu's compositions inspired from some of his favorite poets and artists including Nazım Hikmet, Astor Piazzolla, Gongora, Komitas, Ibrahim Maalouf and Sting, as well as songs from the Mediterranean and beyond. GSU Auditorium, Boston University 775 Commonwealth Avenue Co-presented with the Boston University Turkish Student Association MORE...

All films are with English subtitles unless otherwise specified.

On-line films can be viewed in the New England states
(Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island).

Film program co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.