Stars of Turkish Drama Intersection Set for MIPTV

LONDON: Endemol Shine Group will be heading to MIPTV 2016 with the three leads from its Turkish drama series Intersection.

Ibrahim Çelikkol, Belçim Bilgin and Alican Yücesoy will be in Cannes for MIPTV as guests of Endemol Shine Group. An exclusive screening of Intersection will be held on April 5 at 11 a.m. in Auditorium K at the Palais des Festivals. Intersection is a love story set in Istanbul, where money, success and power rule. It is produced by Endemol Shine Turkey for FOX Turkey.

Intersection, which premiered on FOX Turkey in January, is distributed by Endemol Shine International. It is directed by Gokcen Usta Caylar with Omer Faruk Sorak serving as the project designer/supervisor.

Cathy Payne, the CEO of Endemol Shine International, said, “The phenomena of Turkish drama has taken the world by storm with great casting and direction along with compelling story lines. There is always a great buzz when we bring talent to Cannes and we are very excited to launch Intersection to the international audience at MIPTV.”