Local film Saturn Opposite to open Istanbul Film Festival

In another first, the international competition includes two Turkish films - Dervis Zaim's portrait of a 17th century Ottoman miniature painter, Cenneti Beklerken (Waiting For Heaven), and Sirri Süreyya Onder & Muharrem Gulmez's musical Beynelmilel (International), set in the aftermath of the 1980 military coup.

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