Program
The selection and programmation of the festival films are conducted by the selection committee and the advisory board. The program consists of an international competition open only to feature and animated films on art and artists or literary adaptations, a national competition, non-competitive, informative sections on specific themes which can include documentaries, shorts and feature films.
The 2008 program which includes 200 films comprises the following sections:
- International Competition
- Turkish Cinema 2007-8
- National Competition
- Out of Competition
- Documentaries
- Festival Awards Screenings
- Special Screening: Turkish Classics Revisited
- Human Rights in Cinema
- Galas
- Challenging the Years
- From the World of Festivals
- Young Masters
- Documentary Time with NTV
- American Independents
- Mined Zone
- Midnight Madness
- Woman is Her Name
- From the Caucasus to the Mediterranean
- Medscreen Arab Film Promotion
- Kids' Menu
- The World of Animation: Alexander Petrov
- '68 and its Heritage
- Marc Caro: Lost in Illusions
- In Memoriam
- Nokia Nseries Short Film Competition
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