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Throughout the year, Antalya is a province of festivals, film, football and fun. Antalya with its boulevards, surrounded with palm trees, marina with international awards, old city with its traditional architecture and modern places officiates as host of the International Beach Volleyball Tournament, International Opera and Ballet Festival, triathlon, golf tournaments, skiing competitions, archery, tennis, football tourism and many other sportive activities.
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
Turkey’s oldest and most appreciated film festival. It also offers opportunity for the public to meet with celebrities and the festival lasts in a mood of carnival.
Concerts and theatres performed in historical Aspendos Theatre in the mid 1950’s form the basis of Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Performances which the public pays huge attention and occurs in summer time becomes traditional and lasts in a mood of fiesta till the beginning of 60’s. Festival turns into “Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival” taking film under its constitution.
Keen interest is given to festival which is first performed in 1964. The basic mission of the festival is “to give material and moral support to Turkish film sector, to form basis for Turkish cinema in foreign platform by provoking Turkish film producers to produce qualified masterpieces. Going in this motto between 1964 – 1973, Golden Orange Film Festival takes visual arts under its constitution in 1974.
Adding the International Music Competition Akdeniz, Festival attains a new dimension in 1985.
The festival which has initiated another film competition for international films under the name of Euroasia International Film Festival is organized by Antalya Culture and Art Foundation. Institutor committee of the foundation is composed of 109 people including celebrities of business, politics, media and culture-art of Antalya.
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival takes place in September and October.
Other Festivals & Tournaments:
Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival; June
Aspendos Jazz Festivals; June
Kale/Camel Wrestling Festival; In June - first week of January
Greasy Men's Wrestling Festival The last week of May
Abdal Musa Festival; June 5-6
Alanya International Beach Voleyball Tournament; June 7 - 15km
Finike Festival; June 29 – July 01
Manavgat Tourism Festival - July
Ms. Kemer, Altinnar Beauty Festival; July 23 - 26
Alanya Triathlon Games; July 31 Second week of every Augusts International Folk and Song Contest.
Kemer Carnival: September
lbradi Grape Festival; September 3 - 4
Korkuteli Greasy Men's Wrestling Festival; First week of September
Altin Portakal (Golden Orange) Film Festival - October
Alanya international Triathlon Games; October 20-30
International St.Nicholas Syphosium in Demre; December 5 - 7
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