Mavi Boncuk |
The organizers of the Altın Portakal (Golden Orange) International Film Festival introduced the new statuette to be awarded to the winners of future editions of the festival.
The new festival award is a 33-centimeter angular and stylized statuette of the goddess Venus holding a golden orange in her hand and is based on the festival's first award, presented to Turkish film critic-director Halit Refiğ at the first edition of the festival in 1964, when his film “Gurbet Kuşları” (Birds of Foreign Lands) was named the best film at the national competition.
Selection Jury (57 submitted, 12 short listed) : Alin Taşçıyan, Atalay Taşdiken, Serkan Çakarer ve Sevin Okyay.
Festival National Jury: Yılmaz Erdoğan actor, director (jury president)
Belmin Söylemez, Bülent Emin Yarar, Ebru Ceylan, Hayk Kirakosyan, İskender Pala, Meral Çetinkaya, Selim Atakan and Songül Öden.
National Competion Films/Director
Balık / Derviş Zaim,
Çekmeköy Underground / Ayşim Türkmen Keskin (first film)
Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku / Çiğdem Vitrinel
Guruldayan Kalpler / Ömer Uğur
İtirazım Var / Onur Ünlü
İyi Biri /Ayhan Sonyürek
Klama Dayika Min - Annemin Şarkısı / Erol Mintaş (first film)
Kumun Tadı / Melisa Önel (first film)
Kuzu / Kutluğ Ataman
Neden Tarkovski Olamıyorum / Murat Düzgünoğlu
Oflu Hoca’yı Aramak - O.H.A. / Osman Levent Soyarslan (first film)
Sivas / Kaan Müjdeci (first film)