Türkiye's Merve Dizdar wins best actress at Cannes

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 20, 2023/ ARCHIVE: Türkiye's Merve Dizdar won Best Actress Prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, May 27.The best actress award was won by Dizdar for Nuri Bilge Ceylan's “About Dry Grasses.”Türkiye’s award-winning director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest drama, About Dry Grasses, or Kuru Otlar Ustune, received a long standing ovation after its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.The drama focuses on a young teacher who hopes to be appointed to the Turkish metropolis Istanbul after his mandatory assignment at a small village in eastern Türkiye. The film, jointly produced by the Turkish public broadcaster TRT and ARTE France, premiered Friday. The more than three-hour film stars Deniz Celiloglu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici and Ece Bagci.(Footage by Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)