Filmmaker

Nuri Bilge Ceylan on Collaborative Writing, Discarding a Screenplay and Returning to Russian Literature

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s 2014 effort Winter Sleep won what is arguably cinema’s most coveted prize, Cannes’ Palme d’Or. Since then, he has been remarkably quiet. So it was with some anticipation that the ...
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Cannes official competition has grandfathered-in filmmakers—Pedro Almodóvar, the Dardennes, Arnaud Desplechin—who will keep being included no matter what, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose every feature ...
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‘About Dry Grasses’ Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan Says His 3-Hour-Plus Epic Could Have Been Longer – Cannes

When is time not on the side of any Cannes film premiere? Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s About Dry Grasses, which had its world premiere Friday night, follows the middle-class melancholy of a Turkish rural ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Sideshow, Janus Films Take Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Competition Title ‘About Dry Grasses’ for U.S. (Exclusive)

The Turkish drama won the best actress honor for star Merve Dizdar at this year's Cannes Film Festival. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Sideshow and Janus Films have picked up U.S. rights to ...
Yahoo

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Responds to Backlash Over Attending Government-Run Iranian Film Festival: This ‘Should Not Be Interpreted as Support’ for Regime

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism regarding his participation in Iran’s government-run Fajr Film Festival, saying that it should not be considered a show of support for the ...
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First Teaser Trailer for Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Latest 'The Wild Pear Tree'

"What a father keeps hidden is revealed in the son." An official international teaser trailer has debuted for the new film from acclaimed Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, titled The Wild Pear Tree ...
Deadline.com

Turkey Submits Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Movie ‘About Dry Grasses’ To International Feature Oscar Race

About Dry Grasses, the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan that played in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was submitted by Turkey on Friday to represent the country in the Oscar ...
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "About Dry Grasses": A dive into the hinterlands through the eyes of ‘Samet’

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, "About Dry Grasses," which brought Merve Dizdar the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival and had its Turkish premiere at the Golden Boll, takes us once again ...
IndieWire

Cannes Review: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘Winter Sleep’ is Three Hours-Plus and Worth the Trip

Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan specializes in slow-burn narratives set against poetically desolate landscapes, but his movies always have a clear direction. From the melancholic romance of ...
The Week

Revisiting Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'Uzak', a tale of loneliness — his most autobiographical film

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who was once a photographer, is an intuitive filmmaker who is blessed with the gift of knowing how long to hold a shot ...
The Film Stage

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Returning to Cannes with his first film in five years, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses earned a Best Actress prize for Merve Dizdar. (At 3 hours and 17 m... Cannes Review: About Dry Grasses is a ...