The festival promotes a wide spectrum of selections, from features, classics, works of master directors to films that premiered at Sundance in January and at Berlinale in February.

　　The festival will also show documentaries and children's films as well as movies vying for the Golden Tulip and FACE competitions.

　　The program includes a debut section, "Stories of Women," and " From Literature to the Silver Screen," which returned to the event after a long break.

　　A special section, "Am I Not a Citizen," in collaboration with the 13th Istanbul Biennial set to start in September, and "Reality is a Miracle: Carlos Reygadas" will also be held.

　　The opening ceremony of the festival was held at the Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Center on Friday evening with the participation of more than 2,000 people. Following the ceremony, the opening film "I'm So Excited" by Pedro Almodovar was screened.