COMPETITION TITLES UNVEILED IN 23RD ADANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Selections have been announced for the National Feature Film Competition at the 23rd Adana International Film Festival, an event organized by the Adana Metropolitan Municipality. Of the 55 submissions received, just 12 have been selected to compete before the jury.
The competition entry judged Best Film will win a cash prize of TL 350,000. This year, total prize money of TL 840,000 will be awarded across all the festival competitions. The awards will be announced and presented at the Festival Awards Ceremony on the evening of Saturday 24th September.
Mavi Boncuk |
Within the official selection, six titles will world premiere and another three have their Turkish premiere in Adana. A further five films stand out as directorial debuts. Among the competition titles, Erhan Tuncer’s debut film, Ağustos Böcekleri ve Karıncalar (Cicadas and Ants), will world premiere in Adana. Another first film is Mehmet Can Mertoğlu’s Albüm (Album), which screened in the International Critics’ Week section of the 69th Cannes Film Festival and came away with the France 4 Visionary Award. Album will have its Turkish premiere in competition at Adana. Firsttime director Kıvanç Sezer’s feature, Babamın Kanatları (My Father’s Wings), world premiered in the main competition of the 52nd Karlovy Vary Film Festival this year, but will be shown in Turkey for the first time in Adana. More titles that will world premiere in the competition include Handan Öztürk’s Bana Git De (Tell Me to Go) and Hiner Saleem’s Dar Elbise (Tight Dress). So, too, is Çağdaş Çağrı’s debut film, Geçmiş (The Past). İftarlık Gazoz (61!), the latest offering from director Yüksel Aksu, ranks among the other official selections. Director Reha Erdem’s Koca Dünya (Big Big World) was selected to compete in the Horizons section of the upcoming 73rd Venice Film Festival, but will have its Turkish premiere in Adana. Mehmet Salih, the debut film by Güven Beklen, will also world premiere during the festival. Director Çağan Irmak is another familiar name in the competition line-up with his latest feature, Nadide Hayat (A Unique Life). Derviş Zaim’s Rüya (Dream), on the other hand, joins the list of titles set to world premiere during the competition. This brings us to the final official selection for the competition, which is the Cemil Ağacıkoğlu directed feature, Tarla (The Field).