Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival

Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival is an event organized by HIF Corp. The purpose of LATFF is to promote awareness of Turkish Cinema in the West Coast, to provide future networking relations among young filmmakers, and to give the creative crew members (Director, Writer, Producer and Director of Photography) the opportunity to showcase their work in the heart of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival has only one competition section for short films. Festival screens internationally awarded Turkish feature films beside the short film competition. Every year, Festival collaborates international film festivals and screens international short films during the Festival. LATFF's advisory board is made up of important American and Turkish scholars and film industry professionals. Our board includes scholars from two prominent film schools in the United States, Barbara Boyle who is the Associate Dean of Entrepreneurship and Special Initiatives for the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA and Kathy E. Smith who is the Chair of the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts at USC. Elvis Mitchell, a well-known film critic and LACMA film curator is another American industry professional on our board. The board members from Turkey include internationally awarded independent film director, Derviş Zaim; recipient of the Golden Bear Award from the Berlin Film Festival, director Semih Kaplanoğlu; well-known Turkish actress, Belcim Bilgin; World Film Critics Association (FIPRESCI) Vice President, Alin Taşciyan; and Hollywood-based award-winning composer, Rahman Altin.