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Turkish film festival starts in New York today

02 December 2009 11:02 (UTC +04:00)

Washington. Isabel Levine â€“ APA. 11th New York Turkish Film Festival is starting in NYC on December the 2nd and will go through December the 5th. According to APAâ€™s Washington DC correspondent, the festival is presented by the American Turkish Society and the Moon and Stars Project, and it will take place at the SVA Theater.

Among the movies to be shown are â€œThe Bogeymanâ€, â€Black dogs barkingâ€, â€œAutumnâ€, â€œMy only sun-shineâ€, â€œPandoraâ€™s boxâ€, â€œMilk and chocolateâ€, â€œThe last season - shawanksâ€. Filmmakers and actors of the films being shown will attend the film festival. The festival is supported by a number of Turkish organizations, including the Turkish cultural foundation.

Many of the films in this yearâ€™s line-up have won awards on the international film circuit, but many of them are unknown in the U.S. The organizers say that most of the tickets for the festival movies have been sold out.

Representatives of Azerbaijani Diaspora say they are going to attend the festival. Some say it would be nice to hold an Azerbaijani movies festival in US, maybe even within the Turkish film festival in future.