Antalya IFF | The National Films Slate in Competition

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Antalya IFF | The National Films Slate in Competition

ARAMA MOTURU (Dir: Atalay Taşdiken), World premiere
ARTIK HAYALLERİM VAR (Dir: Nefin Dinç), Documentary
ÇIRAK (Dir: Emre Konuk) İlk Film, World premiere
KALANDAR SOĞUĞU (Dir: Mustafa Kara), Türkiye Prömiyeri
KÜMES (Dir: Ufuk Bayraktar), İlk Film
MİSAFİR (Dir: Mehmet Eryılmaz)
MUNA (Dir: Serdar Gözelekli) 
PİA (Dir: Erdal Rahmi Hanay), World premiere
RÜZGARIN HATIRALARI (Dir: Özcan Alper),National premiere
SAKLI (Dir: Selim Evci)
SARMAŞIK (Dir: Tolga Karaçelik)

TAKIM: MAHALLE AŞKINA (Dir: Emre Şahin)


The 52nd International Antalya Film Festival, which was previously the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, will be held between Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 this year. 

Director and screenwriter Ömer Varg[1] will head the jury of the festival’s National Feature Film Competition, according to a written statement made by the festival office. 

[1] Born in 1953, Vargı began his career in film production in 1974 with Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören’s “Endişe” (Anxiety) as the first assistant to Gören. He began directing commercials in 1977 and has made over 700 commercials to date. In 1982, he became a partner in the Filma-Cass production company and continued to make commercials as well as feature films. He directed his first feature film, “Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak” (Everything’s Gonna Be Great) in 1998 which was followed by “İnşaat” (Under Construction) in 2003. “Kabadayı” (Love and Honor) is his third feature film.

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52nd. Antalya IFF Competition Films

Turkish actresses Şerif Sezer and Şebnem Bozoklu, American film critic Elvis Mitchell, and Bosnian cinematographer Mirsad Herović, known for his work on numerous hit Turkish movies, including the Cem Yılmaz comedy “Yahşi Batı” (The Ottoman Cowboys), will be on the panel judging domestic competition entrants at this year's Antalya International Film Festival, organizers. 

They will be joined by art director Naz Erayda, whose credits include Semih Kaplanoğlu's international award-winning Yusuf Trilogy, and scriptwriter Tarık Tufan (who co-penned director Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun's “Wrong Rosary” and “Yozgat Blues”), in the national feature-length film competition jury, which will be chaired by director, producer and scriptwriter Ömer Vargı. The festival also announced its seven-member international feature competition jury on Thursday night. Oscar-nominated Icelandic director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson will be chairing the panel, which will also include “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke and screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, best known for his work on “Jaws.” Belgian director Dominique Deruddere and Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca (“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”) are also on the panel.