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Franco-Turkish director's debut wins four Cesars
Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven's film "Mustang" won four awards at the Cesar film awards in Paris on late Feb. 26.
The film, which focuses on five teenage sisters living in rural northern Turkey, won awards for best debut film, best original screenplay, best original music and best editing at the 41st Cesar ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet.
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Oscar candidates at Istanbul Modern
As the Academy Awards draw near, Istanbul Modern Cinema will offer a taste of the "Best Foreign Language Film" candidates up for the coveted Oscar award.
"The Foreigners of the Oscars" will present a selection of films slated to compete in the 2016 Oscar race for best foreign film.
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Ergüven's film shortlisted for foreign Oscar
France's "Mustang" and Hungary's "Son of Saul" are among the nine films that have made it onto a shortlist in the contest for the foreign-language Oscar, Academy Awards organizers said late Dec. 17.
The nine films, seven of them from Europe, one from Colombia and one from Jordan, were selected from 81 submissions.
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'Mustang' honored by EU parliamentarians
"Mustang" has been picked by European parliamentarians as the winner of the 2015 Lux Film Prize.
Directed by French-Turkish filmmaker Deniz Gamze Ergüven, the film tells the story of how five Turkish sisters living with their grandmother after their parents' death try to escape forced marriage.
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'Mustang' second best in Seminci Film Festival
French-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven's film "Mustang" has won four awards at the 60th International Seminci Film Festival in Valladolid, Spain.
The awards included the second award of the festival, the Silver Spike, as well as the International Foreign Press Award, the Young Seminci Award and the Viewers Award.
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French-Turkish film 'Mustang' hits theaters
Deniz Gamze Ergüven's 'Mustang,' an award-winning coming-of-age tale with strong female characters, was released on Oct 23 in Turkish theatersAlready seen by close to half a million people in France, Deniz Gamze Ergüven's eagerly anticipated debut film, "Mustang," premiered in Turkey on Oct. 23 following high praise on the festival circuit.
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Women the center of Turkish director's Oscar-nominee film
Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven said her film ?Mustang,? which was officially selected by France to compete for best foreign language film at the 2016 Oscars, got its strength the smart women in the center of the story.
Franco-Turkish director's film a nominee for Oscars
The film ?Mustang? by Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven was officially selected by France?s national center for cinema on Sept. 22 to compete for best foreign language film at the 2016 Oscars.
Turkish Film Wins at Sarajevo Film Festival
The 21st Sarajevo Film Festival closed on Saturday night with a ceremony at which the Heart of Sarajevo award for the best film was given to the Turkish director Deniz Gamze Erguven.
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The Lesson: Greek co-production makes way to 2015 LUX Prize finals (trailers)
The three films competing for the 2015 LUX Prize were announced on in Rome by EP Vice-President Antonio Tajani and culture committee chair Silvia Costa, at the Venice Days press conference.