‘Blue Bicycle’ to compete at Berlin Film Festival

A Turkish film titled “Mavi Bisiklet” (Blue Bicycle) will compete at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Ümit Köreken, the film will compete in the “Generation Kplus” category, the main theme of which is children and youth, to win the “Crystal Bear Award.” 

The film’s script was written by Köreken and Nursen Çetin and it will make its world premiere at the festival. 
 
The film was made in 2015 in the central Anatolian province of Konya’s Akşehir district. Children in the film were selected from neighboring villages who took basic cinema and acting classes for a long time. Actors in the film include Selim Kaya, Eray Kılıçarslan, Bahriye Arın, Mustafa Küçükibiş, Burak Vurdumduymaz, Beren Yiğit, Fatih Koca, Mustafa Şimşek, Nursen Çetin Köreken and Turan Özdemir. 

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