6th Bosphorus Film Festival | National Cinema

Mavi Boncuk | The highly anticipated national competition films and juries of the 6th Bosphorus Film Festival National Competition films announced.

This year, 10 films will be judged by the jury: “Güvercin” by Banu Sıvacı, “Tuzdan Kaide” by Burak Çevik, “Sükut Evi” by Cafer Özgül, “Anons” by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, “Halef” by Murat Düzgünoğlu, “Babamın Kemikleri” by Özkan Çelik, “Son Çıkış” by Ramin Matin, “Güven” by Sefa Öztürk Çolak, “Kaos” by Semir Aslanyürek and “Borç” by Vuslat Saraçoğlu.

“Sükut Evi” by Cafer Özgül will have its world premiere at our festival and “Son Çıkış” by Ramin Matin, that had its world premiere at Tokyo Film Festival will be screened for the first time in Turkey at Bosphorus Film Festival. And the films “Anons”, “Babamın Kemikleri”, “Güven” and “Kaos” will have their Istanbul premieres at Bosphorus Film Festival.

The Best Film of the National Feature Film Competition will receive the Grand Prix worth 100,000 TL, and monetary awards will also be provided to winners of “”Best Director”, “Best Actor”, “Best Actress”, “Best Screenwriting”, “Best Cinematography” and “Best Editing” sections.

Hosting a special selection of the best films of the year, The National Feature Film Competition will provide one film with a 100,000 TL worth Grand Prix. And 18 films will be competing for the awards 50,000 TL worth in total at the Short Fiction and Documentary Film Competition.  

Serdar Akar is the jury president

Under the presidency of Serdar Akar; the director of “Gemide” and the scriptwriter of “Laleli’de Bir Azize”, two cult films of 90’s, who also won many rewards with his forthcoming films such as “Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar”, “Maruf” and “Barda”; the National Feature Film Competition jury members; the actress Begüm Birgören, who has starred in TV series such as “Kırık Kanatlar”, “Ömre Bedel”, “Kaçak”, “Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz” and in movies such as “Sen Ne Dilersen”, “Türkan”, “Nokta”, “Kendime İyi Bak”; Andaç Haznedaroğlu, the last year’s winner of The Best Film Award at Bosphorus Film Festival and the director of films “Her Şey Aşktan” and “Acı Tatlı Ekşi”; Ercan Mehmet Erdem, the scriptwriter of the TV series “Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi” and the feature film “Behzat Ç. Ankara Yanıyor” and Mehmet Aksın, the director of photography who shot films such as “Gemide”, “Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar” and “Anlat İstanbul” will select the best film of the year.