Flying Broom Women's Film Festival
Ankara, Turkey
May 2 - 9, 2002

Other Festivals: Toronto-Images | Women In the Director's Chair - Chicago | Siena Short Film Festival - Italy | New Orleans Film & Video Festival | Moscow Film Festival for Children & Young People | Ann Arbor Film Festival | Vancouver Int'l Film Festival | New York Comedy Film Festival | Créteil Women's Film Festival - France | Quinte Film Alternative - Belleville | Philadelphia L & G Film Festival

A wonderfully fun film festival, well organized by an energenic and fun group of women. The festival, in its fifth year, was created by the Flying Broom Feminist Organization in Ankara Turkey. Their mission is to improve communication between women, and this film festival is just one of many of their activities. Their website had lots of details about their activities.

If you are ever invited to this festival, you would be a fool not to attend.

Overlooking the city of Ankara with my guide, Ayca Otman, a wonderful hostess.
Banners promoting the festival were all over the city of Ankara. Here are some of the visiting filmmakers with friends.

Festival Director, Sevna Akpinar, along with Assistant Directors Ebru Sormaz and Semiramis Yilmaz - thanked all the women who helped make the festival such a success. Seven days of films and seven nights of fun!

More photos to come.

Kathrin Feistl, Sevna Akpinar, Usdan & Natalie - at a dinner with the Turkish Ministry of Culture.
Ogun Duman, me, and Festival Assistant Director, Ebru Sormaz - at the Closing Night Party.