Izmir Metropolitan Municipality is organizing the 2nd Izmir International Literature-Cinema Gathering on April 19-26. In the festival, where 17 films will meet art lovers free of charge in many points of the city, there will also be interviews in parallel with the İZKİTAP fair to be organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in Kültürpark.
 
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality is organizing the second edition of the International Literature-Cinema Meeting, which was launched last year, between April 19-26. Organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Department of Culture and Arts in cooperation with Izelman A.Ş., Izkitap Fest, Goethe Institut (German Cultural Center), Institut français (French Cultural Center), Izmir Italian Consulate, Istanbul Italian Cultural Center (Casa d'Italia) and Intercultural Art Association, the event will screen 17 films at the French Cultural Center, Italian Cultural Center and Izmir Art halls in Kültürpark. All screenings and talks are free of charge and will be held in parallel with the IZKITAP fair organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in Kültürpark.
 
Biographical fiction or documentary productions
The 2nd International Literature-Cinema Gathering includes films adapted from works of literature, as well as biographical fiction or documentaries about the lives of writers. The program includes four films from France, two classics and two made in recent years ("The King and the Bird" and "Zazie Metroda" to be screened on April 23rd, as well as "The Swallows of Cain" and "Extinguished Dreams"), There are three 2023 films from Germany ("Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey to the Desert" and "Elfriede Jelinek - Saving the Language from Captivity", "Red Sky"), two 2023 films from Italy ("Commandante" and "Lubo") and eight local productions.
 
Films adapted from the works of writers at this festival
Within the scope of the Literature-Cinema Meeting, in order to commemorate two great writers, Füruzan and Yılmaz Karakoyunlu, who passed away last month, films adapted from the works of the two writers will be screened, as well as films on the masters of our literature Nazım Hikmet, Sabahattin Ali, Yaşar Kemal, and the film "A Season in Hakkari", adapted by Onat Kutlar from Ferit Edgü's novel "O" and directed by Erden Kıral. The film, which won the Silver Bear award at the Berlin Festival, was restored last year by the Kadıköy Municipality Cinematheque/Cinema House. Two fictions on Nazım Hikmet, Biket İlhan's "Mavi Gözlü Dev" (The Giant with Blue Eyes) and Cengiz Özkarabekir's Ahmet Ümit adaptation "Merhaba Güzel Vatanım" (Hello My Beautiful Homeland), as well as "Ulyses'i Çevirmek" (Translating Ulyses), one of the most important documentaries of 2023, are among the eight local productions to be screened at the festival.
 
There is also a conversation
Curated by Vecdi Sayar, the "Encounter" includes seven interviews with Ahmet Ümit, author of "Hello My Beautiful Homeland", Biket İlhan, director of "The Giant with Blue Eyes", Aydın Orak, director of "The Legend of Yaşar Kemal", Metin Avdaç, director of "Sabahattin Ali: Morning Star", Metin Celal on Füruzan, Nedim Atilla on Yılmaz Karakoyunlu, Şükran Yücel on "A Season in Hakkari".
 
Film and Music Festival
Applications for the "4th Izmir International Film and Music Festival", which will be organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality between June 20-27, 2024, are also continuing. Applications can be made at intercultural.turkey@gmail.com or via www.filmfreeway.com