Director Seren Yüce's "Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer" (The Swaying Waterlily) competed in the World Film Competition section while Hande Gözde Kural's "Toz" (Dust) and Görkem Yeltan's "Yemekteydik ve Karar Verdim" competed in First Film section for the big prize. Moreover, Can Yüzel's "Yaktın Beni" (You Ruined Me) competed for the big prize in the Regard section.
In the “Turkish Film Focus” section of the festival, films by Nuri Bilge Ceylan "Kasaba" (Town) and "Koza" (Coccon), Ufuk Bayraktar "Kümes" (The Coup), Emre Konuk "Çırak" (Apprentice), Bedir Afşin "Son Kuşlar" (Last Birds) and Turkish classics by master director Ömer Lütfi Akad "Vesikalı Yarim" (My Notorious Love) and "Gelin" (Bride) was screened.
Mavi Boncuk |
Monday September 5, 2016
2016 Montreal World Film Festival Awards
AWARDS OF THE 40th WORLD FILM FESTIVAL, MONTREAL 2016
Jury
Pierre-Henri Deleau, film festival director, producer, France
Claude Gagnon, director, Canada
Goran Markovic, director, Serbia
Donald Ranvaud, producer, Italy / UK
Eliseo Subiela, director, Argentina
FEATURE FILMS
Grand Prize of the Americas (Best Film):
100,000$ - USTAV REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE / THE CONSTITUTION by Rajko Grlic (Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Macedonia)
Special Grand Prix of the jury:
50,000$ - HAUS OHNE DACH / HOUSE WITHOUT ROOF by Soleen Yusef (Germany, Kurdistan)
Best Screenplay:
RÜZGARDA SALINAN NILÜFER / SWAYING WATERLILY by Seren Yüce (Turkey)
FULL LIST
Ufuk Bayraktar "Kümes" (The Coup)Montreal International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious festivals in the world of cinema, is hosting Turkey as a "guest country" and will screen a total of 11 Turkish films during this year's festival. A reception was given to celebrate Turkey being a guest country and the screening of 11 Turkish films at the 40th edition of the international festival. Hosted by Turkey's Ambassador to Canada Selçuk Ünal and Turkey's culture and tourism attaché to Toronto Derya Şerbetçi, the reception was overseen by Turkish directors Bedir Afşin and Gözde Kural, producer Gökçe Işıl Tuna and actress Öykü Karayel.
Speaking at the reception, which attracted great attention from Canadian film critics and the art world, ambassador Ünal said Turkish cinema celebrated its 100th anniversary last year and is one of the fastest developing cinema industries in the world. "Turkish cinema has earned great success in recent years. Turkish films have been featured and awarded at the most prestigious festivals in the world. Today, the Turkish cinema industry, whose budget is more than TL 3 billion ($1 billion), has doubled the number of films it produced in Turkey compared to 10 years ago. Turkish cinema delivers Turkish stories to the entire world. Following the U.S. and India, Turkish cinema is the third biggest country considering the number of films produced a year,"Ünal added.