October 14, 2020

The 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Awards


Mavi Boncuk |

The 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ended with a ceremony on Oct. 10. Competing in the National Feature Film Competition category, Azra Deniz Okyay’s film “Hayaletler” (Ghosts) was the big winner of the festival.

The closing ceremony of the festival was organized in an open area next to the Glass Pyramid.

Actor Ercan Kesal, the head of the National Feature Film Competition jury, said that they had no difficulty in choosing the films and that they decided unanimously. This year at the festival, the awards were not handed out due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the winners themselves received the awards instead that an official brought to them in a box.

The Best Picture Award went to Okyay’s film “Ghosts.” For the same film, Okyay won the best director award, Ayris Alptekin won the Best Editing award and Emrah Özdemir won the Best Supporting Actor Award. The Best Supporting Actress Award was shared between Nalan Kuruçim for her performance in the same film and Nezaket Erden for her role in the film, “İnsanlar İkiye Ayrılır” (Two Types of People).

Dr. Avni Tolunay Special Jury Prize was presented to “Çatlak” (Fractured) directed by Fikret Reyhan, while the Behlül Dal Best First Feature Film Award went to Ferit Karol’s “Kumbara” (Penny Bank).

The winner of the Best Screenplay Award was presented to Tunç Şahin for the film “Two Types of People.”

The Best Actor Award of the festival went to Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan for his role in “Gelincik” (Weasel), and the Best Actress Award was shared by the actresses of the film “Fractured,” Canan Atalay, Elif Ürse, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Süreyya Kilimci and Tuğçe Yolcu.

Directed by Erdem Tepegöz, “Gölgeler İçinde” (In the Shadows) left the night with five awards. Hayk Kirakosyan won the Best Cinematography Award, Greg Dombrowski won the Best Music Award and Armen Ghazaryan won the Best Art Director Award.

The film also bagged the Film-Yön Best Director Award given by the Film Directors Association Jury and the Cinema Writers’ Association (SİYAD).

57TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 

COMPETITION AWARDS

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

Best FilmQuo Vadis, Aida? dir. Jasmila Žbanić

Best Director: Massoud Bakhshi (Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness)

Best Actor: Ali Suliman (200 Meters), Salim Daw (Gaza Mon Amour)

Best Actress: Natasa Stork (Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time)

NATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

Best FilmGhosts / Hayaletler, dir. Azra Deniz Okyay

Dr. Avni Tolunay Special Jury PrizeFractured / Çatlak, dir. Fikret Reyhan

Behlül Dal Best First Film Award: Ferit Karol (Penny Bank / Kumbara)

Best Director: Azra Deniz Okyay (Ghosts Hayaletler)

Cahide Sonku Award: Asiye Dinçsoy, Betül Esener, Dudu Yetik (It’s All About Peace and Harmony Dirlik Düzenlik)

Best Screenplay: Tunç Şahin (Two Types of People İnsanlar İkiye Ayrılır)

Best Actress: Tuğçe Yolcu, Süreyya Kilimci, Elif Ürse, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Canan Atalay (Fractured / Çatlak)

Best Actor: Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (Weasel Gelincik)

Best Cinematography: Hayk Kirakosyan (In the Shadows Gölgeler İçinde)

Best Music: Greg Dombrowski (In the Shadows Gölgeler İçinde)

Best Editing: Ayris Alptekin (Ghosts Hayaletler)

Best Art Director: Armen Ghazaryan (In the Shadows Gölgeler İçinde)

Best Supporting Actress: Nalan Kuruçim (Ghosts Hayaletler), Nezaket Erden (Two Types of People İnsanlar İkiye Ayrılır)

Best Supporting Actor: Emrah Özdemir (Ghosts Hayaletler

Turkish Film Critics’ Association (SİYAD) Award: In the Shadows / Gölgeler İçinde, dir. Erdem Tepegöz

Film Directors’ Association (Film-Yön) Best Director Award: In the Shadows / Gölgeler İçinde, dir. Erdem Tepegöz

NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION

Best FilmPhases of Matter / Maddenin Halleri, dir. Deniz Tortum

Special Jury PrizeMimaroglu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island / Mimaroğlu, dir. Serdar Kökçeoğlu

NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Best FilmMamaville, dir. Irmak Karasu

Special Jury PrizeThe Thousand and One Nights / Binbir Gece Masalları, dir. Mahsum Taşkın

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