Date: May 13-18, 2025
Place: Sinematek/Sinemaevi Kadiköy

German Films is supporting KINO2025, organized by the Goethe Institut Istanbul. The festival shows the latest and most successful new films from Germany in Istanbul and other regions in Turkey. As part of the 44th Istanbul Film Festival, the Goethe Institute Turkey is opening a new edition of the German Film Week in Turkey with the support of German Films. The first part of the programme, which will be shown from May 13 in the Sinematek/Sinemaevi Kadiköy.

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Meetings on the Bridge is a co-production, training and networking platform that brings producers, directors and scriptwriters from Turkey and its neighboring countries together with international film professionals in Turkey. It provides an opportunity for filmmakers from Turkey and its neighboring countries to present their new feature film projects and films in post-production for the first time, as well as aiming at creating a platform for artistic and financial collaborations.

Following group works and individual meetings on developing projects at trainings, the filmmakers take the first steps towards future collaborations and continuous exchange of information at the workshops.

The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund was founded in 2011 by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge. The aim of the fund is to strengthen German-Turkish cooperation and to promote joint film projects between the two countries at an early stage of development.

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Festivals

Film Festivals in Turkey

(selection by German Films)

Your festival is in Asia, and you are interested in the selection of German films for your program? Then please get in touch with our Head of Regional Desk Fides Stark. 

You can apply for travel support if you and your film are invited to a festival abroad.
Please find more information here.