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Güler Sabancı Receives European Sustainability Award

Güler Sabancı, Chairperson of Sabancı Holding, received the European Sustainability Award – Prix FILM4CLIMATE 2023. This year’s Sustainability Award expands from environmental sustainability, defining the context and relevance of sustainability in a broader sense by including all efforts made to enhance society

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Crime and Punishment Film Festival kicks off

The 13th International Crime and Punishment Film Festival will take place between Nov. 17-23. Founded by Professor Adem Sözüer and organized under his chairmanship, it is a themed festival which aims to make a cultural impact on the theme of justice, using

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‘Friends’ actor Matthew Perry dies aged 54

Matthew Perry, troubled star of the smash hit TV sitcom “Friends,” was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Oct. 28. He was 54. First responders found Perry unconscious in a hot tub at his house and were unable to

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Police arrests ‘main killer’ of Dariush Mehrjui

Iranian police arrested the “main killer” of director Dariush Mehrjui who was stabbed to death along with his wife over the weekend, Tasnim news agency reported. The 83-year-old, associated with the Iranian new wave of cinema, and his wife Vahideh Mohammadifar, a

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Hollywood urges Biden to press for Israel, Gaza ceasefire

Dozens of Hollywood actors and artists, including comedian Jon Stewart and Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, wrote on Friday to U.S. President Joe Biden, urging him to press for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct.

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Quentin Tarantino visits troops in Israel to “boost morale”

Quentin Tarantino visited a military base in Southern Israel to help “boost morale” amid the state’s war with Hamas. The 60-year-old Pulp Fiction director toured military bases and mingled with soldiers, according the international nonprofit Israel education organization Stand With Us. First,

Pera Film: Under the Shadow of Occupations

Pera Film, in coordination with the Occupied City exhibition organized by the Istanbul Research Institute, revisits one of the most pivotal points in cinema history, the birth years of Italian Neorealism. Under the Shadow of Occupations traces the radical impacts of war on cities and communities