Moonlight

Over the four years he's spent working on "Mufasa: The Lion King," Barry Jenkins estimates that he's been asked why he wanted to make it at least 400 times.

Fishermen sail in the moonlight as the full moon rises over the Lake Van in Turkey's eastern Van province. (Source: AA)

Steve Harvey, all is forgiven. The Academy Awards ended in dramatic fashion when screen legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly crowned La La Land the year’s Best Picture.

Coming-of-age drama "Moonlight" won the coveted best picture statuette at Oscars, but the evening ended in chaos as "La La Land," already the winner of six prizes, was first mistakenly handed the award.

This year the annual !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival will open with the theme "Things that heal us." The festival will offer ways of healing and sense-making amid challenges in Turkey and much of the world, inviting viewers to come together, through its films, musical events and public talks.

Devoid of the frenetic activity and artificial illumination that characterizes the strait today, the Bosphorus was once perfect for night-time cruises to enjoy the splendor of the full moon and the best music in the Ottoman Empire We’ve been reminded several times this summer that the moon was going to appear fuller than it usually did, an occasion that happens only once in 13 years.