Directed by Women Festival 16-19th September

Directed by Women Festival ,which brought together the directors and films of women in International and National level in Istanbul, took place on 16-19th September. Danish Cultural Institute has cooperated with the festival in order to support the participation of women in film industry. The festival included screenings from films and documentaries directed by women on national and international level as well as workshops. Danish Cultural Institute Turkey team had the chance to participate to the festival. The festival has got a lot of attention from the people. In 4 days, 1847 people has attended the festival and many media houses in Turkey have published the festival and its success.

Danish Cultural Institute Cooperation Film Screenings

In the festival, Danish Cultural Institute Cooperation Screenings were shown and the films have received a lot of positive remarks from the audience. The program for the screenings can be seen below.

How to Pitch Workshop by Tanne Sommer

Moreover, “How to pitch” workshop has taken place for two days during the festival. Tanne Sommer, Danish director and scriptwriter, has shared with the audience her experience with pitching for a fantasy series in Greenland for Netflix. She and her team has received the chance to produce the pilot episode for the series. During the workshop, Tanne has taught the audience how to pitch by introducing them the key elements for pitching. After the introduction from Tanne, the audience was asked to create their own pitching in groups. Later on, they have received comments and suggestions by Tanne so that they could improve themselves for their future projects for pitching.

 

As Danish Cultural Institute Turkey team, we are very glad to take part in a festival that empowers women and supports the inclusion of women in film festival. Furthermore, raising awareness of Danish directors’ participation and success in the film industry has also been achieved by our 5 Danish film screenings and the pitching workshop by Tanne Sommer. The exchange of knowledge and culture between Danish films and directors as well as their experience with big media companies such as Netflix has received a lot of attention from Turkish audience.