Despite the somehow negative numbers in terms of annual tickets sold and the generally low quality at the film industy, Turkish cinema continues to produce internationally acclaimed gems: Semih Kaplanoğlu’s Honey (Bal, 2009) won the Golden Bear for Best Film prize at Berlinale 2010 Competition. Honey is the third and last link in Kaplanoğlu’s ‘Yusuf’ triology and it tells the story of the 6-year-old Yusuf, whose beekeeper father goes missing in the woods.
Sinema.com announces the national release date of Honey as March 12. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope the date doesn’t change!
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Damla Okay
Cinema in Turkey 