Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns to the Cannes Film Festival, a competition that made him known internationally, with his new film «Winter Sleep»
Despite the fact that the first time he presented a film at a major festival was at the Berlinale, where in 2000 he fought for the Golden Bear with his second film «May clouds«Cannes has been the contest where he has achieved his greatest achievements.
In 2003 the Turkish director presented «Far«, A film that won the Grand Jury Prize and the award for best ex aequo for its two protagonists, Muzaffer Özdemir and Emin Toprak.
Since then, all his films have been presented in the French competition, obtaining an award, in 2006 his film «Climates»Received the Fipresci Award, in 2008 he won the award for best director for«Three monkeys»And his last film to date,«Once upon a time in anatolia»In 2011 he won the Grand Jury Prize ex aequo with the Dardenne brothers' The Boy on the Bicycle.
This year Nuri Bilge Ceylan will return to the official section of the Cannes film festival with "Winter Sleep", a film starring Haluk bilginer, Melissa Sozen, Demet Akbag y Nadir Saribakak, to try to get a new award, to be able to be the Palme d'Or that to date has resisted him.