Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Turkish officials are trying to unravel the mystery of a funded film festival that didn't take place yet gave a best music award to a film with no music. The festival was billed as international to run in Ankara Dec. 14-20, allegedly organized by the Public Works Ministry, the Radikal reported Thursday. Advertisement Abdurrahman Celik, general manager for the Culture Ministry's movie copyrights board, told the daily newspaper the festival received $16,500 from the Ministry of Culture, but neither the jury members nor the award winners attended the event "I am having the festival committee and their actions investigated," he said. "If there is a problem, the money will be taken back with interest." Red flags were raised when the two directors of a film received plaques awarding them best music soundtrack although their film has no music, the Radikal said. Professor Ruken Ozturk of Ankara University was supposed to be a juror, but said she refused as some films listed on the program didn't even exist. "Everything about the festival was wrong," she said.
