Migration Film Festival announces lineup

Turkey's International Migration Film Festival on June 8 announced the entries that will compete in the feature films category. 

In a statement, the organizers said eight films will be vying in the category during the festival, which will be held online from June 14-21.

This year's festival jury president is celebrated Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who has won several awards, including best film and best director at the Cannes Film Festival.

The festival's closing ceremony and awards ceremony will be held on June 21.

Among the films that will be vying for an award are For Sama, a 2019 movie by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.

The film, which won for best documentary at several events including BAFTA, Cannes and the British Independent Film Awards, tells the story of a young mother during the Syrian civil war.

Afghan director Hassan Fazili's Midnight Traveler chronicles his own journey when he was forced to flee his home country for Europe with his wife and two daughters after the Taliban put a bounty on his head. The movie received awards at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals.

Omar And Us is a drama film directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er.

The movie, which premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival, focuses on a retired Turkish soldier facing his own prejudices after becoming neighbors with two refugees close to the Turkish-Greek border.

The film casts Turkish actors Menderes Samancilar and Cem Bender as well as Syrian migrant actors living in Turkey.

Scent Of My Daughter by Turkish director Olgun Özdemir tells the story of three people with different backgrounds: Beatrice, who lost all of her family in a terrorist attack in Nice in 2016,...