Since it began five years ago the Istanbul Photo awards have seen more than one hundred thousand images come across its desk. The contest open to international photographers focuses on news and sports. This year, winners announced on Thursday included everything from migrants crossing into Mexico to a surfer riding a big wave in Portugal.

#Istanbul #PhotoAwards #Showcase

Avid cinema fans are gearing up as one of the coolest film events, Tribeca Film Festival is back with its 18th edition attracting not only up and coming filmmakers but also established international directors and name-brand stars looking to do something besides superhero movies. This year Tribeca offers hot topics like gender discrimination to gun violence aiming to draw the audience in with personal stories.

Erik Davis, Managing Editor of Fandango 02:38

#Tribeca #FilmFestival #Showcase

Imagine, if animals from woolly mammoths to rats, pigeons and even elephants could talk. The Museum of London's latest show they get the chance to do exactly that. And they do it by borrowing the voices of some of the UK's best-known names including supermodel Kate Moss and actor Pam Ferris. Showcase's Miranda Atty went on this audio-visual journey where the animals are the narrators of their own history through time.

#TheBeasts #London #Showcase

Istanbul-based creative company Atolye, describes itself as a 21-century creative services organization. It's a community that brings together a strategic design studio and a creative hub, to solve problems and create a positive impact. They also propose a well-networked and hands-on model for organizations.

Kerem Alper, Co-founder of ATOLYE 0:47

Engin Ayaz, Co-founder of ATOLYE 01:52

#Atolye #Design #Showcase

In this episode of Showcase;

Cremona: The City of Violins 01:09

Atolye: Creative Services Organization 06:32

Kerem Alper, Co-founder of ATOLYE 07:43

Engin Ayaz, Co-founder of ATOLYE 08:47

Shortcuts 12:36

Tiny museum with a big heart 13:53

Samuel Fuller: Visionary Director 18:38

Da Vinci: 500 years of genius 22:21

#Cremona #Atolye #Showcase

A small city in the Po Valley of northern Italy has been churning out world-class violins for five hundred years. Famous for his coveted Stradivarius violins which can fetch up to 16 million dollars the seventeenth-century luthier Antonio Stradivari set a standard for handcrafted stringed instruments that many local artisans continue to emulate to this day.

#Cremona #Violin #Showcase

It's not every day an artist gets to design their own shoe with a global sportswear brand. But that's exactly what Daniel Arsham has done. The American artist recently partnered with Adidas the first visual artist to do so and he released his revolutionary carbon four D printed shoe. Arsham sat down with Showcase's Aadel Haleem in Doha ahead of last month's opening of the National Museum of Qatar to discuss FutureCraft 4D and blending art with architecture.

#DanielArsham #Fashion #Showcase

Ernest Hemingway once said, "There is no friend as loyal as a book" while Roald Dahl believed that, if a person was going to get anywhere in life, they have to read a lot of books. And so, more than two decades ago, UNESCO declared April the 23rd 'World Book Day'. The idea behind that was to promote reading and literacy around the world. Showcase producer Nursena Tuter visited a library here in Istanbul which is doing just that.

#WorldBookDay #Literature #Showcase

In this episode of Showcase;

The Enduring Legacy of Bauhaus 01:02

Daniel Arsham in Doha 03:54

World Book Day 11:06

Hugo Setzer, President of the International Publishers Association 15:07

Qatar National Library 20:57

#DanielArsham #Bauhaus #Showcase

It's not every day an artist gets to design their own shoe with a global sportswear brand. But that's exactly what Daniel Arsham has done. The American artist recently partnered with Adidas the first visual artist to do so and he released his revolutionary carbon four D printed shoe. Arsham sat down with Showcase's Aadel Haleem in Doha ahead of last month's opening of the National Museum of Qatar to discuss FutureCraft 4D and blending art with architecture.

#DanielArsham #Fashion #Showcase