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HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 21: The Hollywood Turkish Film Festival is a project that Turkey’s film sector has long dreamt of, according to the festival’s organizer. (01:18-01:48) - Speaking at the festival’s opening ceremony in Hollywood on Friday, Barbaros Tapan said the event would offer a platform for Turkish cinema to be introduced to Hollywood. “Every year, Oscar-nominated [Turkish] films come to Los Angeles, but they aren’t promoted very well,” Tapan said, adding that without good PR, a good film can be lost in the flood of movies seeking attention in Hollywood. Prominent Turkish actor Secuk Yontem hailed the festival, with Anadolu Agency as its global communication partner, saying he hoped it would be a regular event. “I feel that it will grow a great deal,” he said. Turkish actors such as Selcuk Yontem, Kaan Urgancioglu, Demet Akbag and Meryem Uzerli also attended. The first Hollywood Turkish Film Festival began by screening Turkey’s foreign-language Oscar nominee Ayla, which focuses on the relationship between a Turkish soldier and a Korean orphan during the Korean War. (Footage by Mucahit Oktay/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)