Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentCelebrated Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2014 for “Winter Sleep” among many other accolades, is known to be rather reclusive.
But he had no hesitation in accepting to preside over the jury of the International Migration Film Festival’s first edition, thus contributing significantly to its launch.
He took questions from Variety about what moved him to participate.You have been on several film festival juries before, also as president, including Cannes, Venice, Sarajevo and Shanghai.
But this festival is different for various reasons. First off it’s a thematic event. The theme being migration, of course. How important was this aspect in your decision to head.
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