The 22nd Boston Turkish Film and Music Festival

This year’s festival takes place online and in person, with six films screening at the MFA. Things kick off on March 24 with the internationally renowned director Tayfun Pirselimoğlu’s Kerr, Turkey’s entry for Best International Feature at the 2023 Academy Awards and Best Foreign Language Film at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. On March 25, film critic Peter Keough moderates a panel discussion with the directors of Patrida and Maffy’s Jazz following the double-feature screening of their films. Things wrap up at the Museum on March 26 with Emin Alper’s Burning Days, one of the most acclaimed Turkish films of 2022. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at the 75th-annual Cannes Film Festival and has since received several awards at both national and international film festivals. Following the screenings at the MFA, the festival continues online through April 9. Go to festival website for the full schedule of online and in-person screenings. Festival will continue with a special music program at the Goethe-Institut Boston from April 1st thru 29th with concerts by distinguished musicians.

All online films in the program are accessible in New England States (MA, RI, MN, NH, CT, VT). Most of the films in the program will make their North America, US or East Coast premiers.

This program is supported in part by a grant Boston Cultural Council administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.