International Migration Film Festival Puts Millions of Refugees in Turkey in the Picture With Top Talents, Titles

, Lone Scherfig, Matt Dillon and Turkish star Tuba Buyukustun, her country’s first International Emmy Award Nominee, also known across the Middle East as Lamiss.

The International Migration Film Festival was initially supposed to be held in April in Gaziantep, the sprawling industrial city on Turkey’s southern border with Syria that has absorbed more than half a million migrants. Master classes, which are open primarily to refugees and migrants from around the world, are being held by, among others, Bosnian director Danis Tanovic, Mexican multi-hyphenate Michel Franco, and Oscar-winning British costume designer Sandy Powell.

“We hope to reach refugees around the world,” says Sungu, who points out that the initial plan was for the Migration Film Festival to travel from Gaziantep to other Turkish cities where “there are lots of migrants and refugees.”

Really? Will someone from film biz comment on this?

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