The annual Istanbul Film Festival on Monday announced that it had scrapped all its competitions this year due to a bitter row over a film about Kurdish rebels pulled from the event following intervention by Turkish authorities. Dozens of Turkish filmmakers, including Cannes Palme d'Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan, said earlier Monday they would boycott the Istanbul Film Festival over "censorship" after it withdrew the documentary. The documentary film "Bakur" ("North") was scheduled to be shown on Sunday afternoon, but that was cancelled at the last minute after the organisers received a letter from the Turkish culture ministry saying the film didn't have the necessary registration certificate. More than 100 filmmakers, including Ceylan who won the top prize last year for his epic drama "Winter Sleep", signed an open letter published in media Monday alleging "oppression and censorship" by the Turkish government.
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