Boston Turkish Film Festival

Boston Turkish Arts & Culture Festival 2023 | Documentary and Short Film Competition Nov 17 - Dec 3

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NON-COMPETITION

STEPS ACROSS BORDERS

steps across borders

Directed by Ahmet Lüleci

Doc. / 50 min. / 2026 / In English

The legendary Stockton Folk Dance Camp's 78th anniversary happens at the University of the Pacific, CA - USA. Over 200 people in person celebrates the country's most powerful educational folk dance event for one last time in its only location for 78 years.

Selected Festivals and Awards

  • FICOCC (Five Continents International Film Festival), Venezuela (2026): Best Documentary – Feature Film
  • FICC CIFF, Mexico (2026)
  • Sweden Film Award (2026)
  • Replay International Film Festival, Austria (2026)
  • Tokyo Lift-off Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan (2026)
  • Los Angeles Film and Documentary Awards, USA (2026)

Director Ahmet Lüleci

ahmet luleci

Ahmet Lüleci is the founder of the film production company Boston Film, which he created to fulfill his passion in the arts as a producer for TV and cinema. He has produced and directed many successful shows nationally and internationally. He was the founder and artistic director of the award winning Boston based Collage Dance Ensemble and served as the international art director of the “Outside the Box” International Arts Festival in Boston. He also serves as head adjudicator for dance at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod held yearly in Wales. He has won many awards for his work in the arts, including the 2002 Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts & Humanities from the Assembly of Turkish American Associations. He is the winner of Crash Art’s “Dance Straight Up!,” “Ten’s the Limit,” and Boston Dance Umbrella’s “Boston Moves” awards for choreography. His choreography won the gold medal at the “Hong Kong Open Dance Competition” and first prize in the European Ethnic dance competition. Ahmet Lüleci started his career as a dancer and choreographer, and he has taught dance in over 20 countries in five continents. He has choreographed and danced professionally in Montreal, Canada and Los Angeles, CA. He has a degree in music from Ankara Gazi University and a degree in fine arts from Suffolk University in Boston MA. He continues his passion for the arts as a documentarian.



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2026
7:00 p.m.

Goethe-Institut Boston
170 Beacon Street


TICKET INFORMATION:

GET YOUR DAILY PASS
With the DAILY PASS you can watch any or all the films screened on November 7

OR

BUY A COMPETITION PASS
With the COMPETITION PASS you can watch all the films screened
at the Goethe-Institut Boston on October 30 & Nov. 6-8


 

 

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