Attend this film fest: 11th Annual Boston Turkish Film Festival @ the MFA

In recent years Turkey has emerged as a major player on the world stage, but its presence on the screen has been felt for much longer. Now in its 11th year, the Boston Turkish Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts brings the newest and best films from this vibrant and eclectic national cinema. It opens with Once Upon a Time in Anatolia by reigning Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a crime thriller set in the rolling steppes of Turkey's Wild East. Will it combine the genre vision of Sergio Leone with the mystic reflexivity of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami? You'd expect no less from a film in this festival, at the Museum of Fine Arts, 469 Huntington Ave, Boston | Thursday, March 22 @ 7 pm | $11; $9 students, seniors | 617.369.3907 or mfa.org.