Turkish winds blow at Italian Fest

Italy's oldest film event Trento Film Festival is being organized for the 61st time this year. Turkey is the guest of honor at this year's festival, which will screen a total of 12 Turkish short and long films. On the first day of the festival on April 17, an exhibition featuring Italian photographer Stefano Ferracci's 29 works and Luca Chiste's Cappadocia photos drew great interest. Turkish band Baba Zula, which took the stage as part of the festival, also made music for the silent film Austrian director Ernst Marischka's "Enis Aldjelis," one of the first feature films made in Istanbul in 1917. The festival's director Luana Bisesti said that Turkey was very significant to them in terms of cinematography, adding, "Turkey has many high-quality films. We were thinking to host it in our festival."