Turkish film directors have won numerous prestigious awards in the recent years . Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Best Director Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival with the film '' Üç Maymun '' . This was the fourth time that Ceylan received an award at Cannes , following the awards for the film '' Uzak '' ( which was also nominated for the Golden Palm ) at the festival of 2003 and 2004 , and the film '' İklimler '' ( also nominated for the Golden Palm ) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival . These three films , along with the other important works of Ceylan such as '' Kasaba '' ( 1997 ) and '' Mayıs sıkıntısı '' ( 1999 ) have also won awards at the other major international film festivals ; including the Angers European First Film Festival ( 1997 and 1999 ) , Ankara Film Festival ( 2000 ) , Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( 1999 , 2002 and 2006 ) , Bergamo Film Meeting ( 2001 ) , Berlin Film Festival ( 1998 ) , Brothers Manaki Film Festival ( 2003 ) , Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema ( 2001 ) , Cannes Film Festival ( 2003 , 2004 and 2006 ) , Chicago Film Festival ( 2003 ) , Cinemanila Film Festival ( 2003 ) , European Film Awards ( 2000 ) , Istanbul Film Festival ( 1998 , 2000 , 2003 and 2007 ) , Mexico City Film Festival ( 2004 ) , Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival ( 2003 ) , San Sebastián Film Festival ( 2003 ) , Singapore Film Festival ( 2001 ) , Sofia Film Festival ( 2004 ) , Tokyo Film Festival ( 1998 ) and the Trieste Film Festival ( 2004 )
2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
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