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

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTurkey, which hosts the largest number of migrants in the world, is launching the International Migration Film Festival that aims to boost awareness of their plight and will also serve as a primer of global cinematic output on this timely topic.There are currently an estimated roughly 4 million migrants in Turkey, most of whom are refugees from war-torn Syria.

The festival is a Turkish government initiative being organized by a team of independent local film event professionals. For its first edition the team has assembled a rich lineup of more than 40 films from 25 countries and recruited some big names including Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who serves as jury president (see interview), F.

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