Short film festival in Istanbul spotlights women directors from around the world

By Handan Kazanci

ISTANBUL (AA) – Starting this Thursday a festival in Istanbul will bring together short films by women directors from around the world, the organizers said.

The four-day Directed By Women Turkey festival is the Türkiye leg of the #DirectedbyWomen Worldwide Film Viewing Party, which has been held in New York, Spain and many other places around the world for the last six years, the organizer said Monday.

The festival, which wraps up on Sunday, “aims to support the creative processes of women in the field of cinema, to encourage their production and to increase cultural and artistic interaction between female directors from different countries,” a statement added.

All screenings for the festival will be held at Yeldegirmeni Art Center free of charge with the support of the Kadikoy Municipality on Istanbul’s Anatolian side. Workshops and panel discussions will be also held on the sidelines of the event.

For more information, visit directedbywomenturkey.com.