Mavi Boncuk |
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival, scheduled to take place Oct. 16-23, continues to initiate new projects and empower Turkish cinema.
The Antalya Film Festival previously known as Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkish: Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali) is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, is the most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center (Antalya Kültür Merkezi, AKM), has been organised solely by the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı, AKSAV) and has included an international section within the main body of the festival.
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival
National Featue Film Competition
ALBÜM / Mehmet Can Mertoğlu debut film
BABAMIN KANATLARI / Kıvanç Sezer debut film
EŞİK / Ayhan Salar debut film
GENÇ PEHLİVANLAR / Mete Gümürhan debut film
MAVİ BİSİKLET / Ümit Köreken debut film
ORHAN PAMUK’A SÖYLEMEYİN KARS’TA ÇEKTİĞİM FİLMDE KAR
ROMANI DA VAR / Rıza Sönmez debut film
RAUF / Barış Kaya- Soner Caner debut film
TOZ / Gözde Kural debut film
RÜYA / Derviş Zaim
RÜZGARDA SALINAN NİLÜFER / Seren Yüce
SİYAH KARGA / Tayfur Aydın
TEREDDÜT / Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Film Talent Marketing Rounds (FILM TMR), introduced to the public by Antalya. This new platform helps enable the Turkish film industry in terms of communications and commercial activities. FILM TMR aims to help Turkish films to reach out to people around the world via TV distributors and online film buyers.
FILM TMR is open to all completed films, independent from the festival selection. The new platform will bring film distributors, TV buyers, online film distributors and all buyers of international film festivals together to watch all Turkish films shot after January 2015.
FILM TMR began to take final shape during last year's festival and in meetings that took place throughout the year. The newly initiated platform takes place Oct. 16-23 at the Glass Pyramid, which is the new center of the festival. All Turkish productions shot after January 2015 can apply online to become a part of FILM TMR until Sept. 29.
Recently, the festival has revealed its highly anticipated festival poster and announced that Gérard Depardieu, one of the most beloved and respected actors in contemporary cinema, will attend the festival as a special guest. In addition, the Golden Orange Award will be given to the two legendary names of Turkish Cinema, actor Yılmaz Gruda and director Feyzi Tuna. Dubbing artists Altan Karındaş and Toron Karacoğlu will receive Golden Orange Labor Award, while Emel Sayın will receiving this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival, scheduled to take place Oct. 16-23, continues to initiate new projects and empower Turkish cinema.
The Antalya Film Festival previously known as Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkish: Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali) is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, is the most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center (Antalya Kültür Merkezi, AKM), has been organised solely by the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı, AKSAV) and has included an international section within the main body of the festival.
The 53rd International Antalya Film Festival
National Featue Film Competition
ALBÜM / Mehmet Can Mertoğlu debut film
BABAMIN KANATLARI / Kıvanç Sezer debut film
EŞİK / Ayhan Salar debut film
GENÇ PEHLİVANLAR / Mete Gümürhan debut film
MAVİ BİSİKLET / Ümit Köreken debut film
ORHAN PAMUK’A SÖYLEMEYİN KARS’TA ÇEKTİĞİM FİLMDE KAR
ROMANI DA VAR / Rıza Sönmez debut film
RAUF / Barış Kaya- Soner Caner debut film
TOZ / Gözde Kural debut film
RÜYA / Derviş Zaim
RÜZGARDA SALINAN NİLÜFER / Seren Yüce
SİYAH KARGA / Tayfur Aydın
TEREDDÜT / Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Film Talent Marketing Rounds (FILM TMR), introduced to the public by Antalya. This new platform helps enable the Turkish film industry in terms of communications and commercial activities. FILM TMR aims to help Turkish films to reach out to people around the world via TV distributors and online film buyers.
FILM TMR is open to all completed films, independent from the festival selection. The new platform will bring film distributors, TV buyers, online film distributors and all buyers of international film festivals together to watch all Turkish films shot after January 2015.
FILM TMR began to take final shape during last year's festival and in meetings that took place throughout the year. The newly initiated platform takes place Oct. 16-23 at the Glass Pyramid, which is the new center of the festival. All Turkish productions shot after January 2015 can apply online to become a part of FILM TMR until Sept. 29.
Recently, the festival has revealed its highly anticipated festival poster and announced that Gérard Depardieu, one of the most beloved and respected actors in contemporary cinema, will attend the festival as a special guest. In addition, the Golden Orange Award will be given to the two legendary names of Turkish Cinema, actor Yılmaz Gruda and director Feyzi Tuna. Dubbing artists Altan Karındaş and Toron Karacoğlu will receive Golden Orange Labor Award, while Emel Sayın will receiving this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.