Nebahat Çehre

The 49th Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards, the longest-running award ceremony that takes the pulse of the country's cinema, TV and music world, took place in Istanbul's Zorlu PSM on Dec. 3. Winners, selected by the public and jury votes, received their awards in various categories at the ceremony.

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) announced that its events for the first half of 2015- the Istanbul Film, Music and Jazz Festivals- have concluded, while registering 224,000 viewers in the first seven months of this year.

Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan?s latest Palme d?Or-winning movie ?K?? Uykusu? (Winter Sleep) swept the board at the 47th Turkish Cinema Writers Association (S?YAD) awards, presented at Istanbul?s Cemal Re?it Rey Concert Hall on March 11.

The 34th Istanbul Film Festival's Honorary Award recipients have been announced. The awards are presented every year to those who make contributions to cinema by the organizer of the festival, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV).