Isabel Coixet’s ‘Three Goodbyes’ to Open Revamped Istanbul Film Festival

Expected guests include "The Worst Person in the World” actor Anders Danielsen Lie, Mike Figgis, Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg and Italy's Gianfranco Rosi

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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Isabel Coixet’s Rome-set drama “Three Goodbyes,” starring Italian A-listers Alba Rorhwacher and Elio Germano, will open the 45th Istanbul Film Festival that will run April 9-19. 

The festival — which is being revamped under a new format that aims to make it more international — has also announced this year’s guests, including “The Worst Person in the World” actor Anders Danielsen Lie, British director Mike Figgis, Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg and prominent Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny.

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