Kutlug Ataman΄s Lamb won five awards, including Best Film and Best Actress at the 51st Antalya Golden Orange FF (the Turkish Oscars), while Onur Unlu was awarded Best Director for Let`s Sin.

Despite political turbulence the region is facing, the 51st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, one of the deepest-rooted festivals in Europe and Asia, and one of the oldest and longest-running in Turkey celebrated 100 of Turkish Cinema by kicking off on a high not, lasting 9 whole days.

The International Competition, specialised on feature films produced in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, included the drama Court by Indian Chaitanya Tamhane, awarded at the last Venice FF. National Competition screened -among others- Venice Special Jury winner Sivas by Kaan Mujdeci, and Kutlug Ataman’s The Lamb. The competition sections where completed by the National Documentary Film Competition and the National Short Film Competition.

This year, the festival launched again the Antalya Film Forum, a co-production and project development market organized with the aim of reinforcing the international brand value of Antalya Golden Orange FF, support the production of local titles, to strengthen networking and solidarity between the actors of the industry, and, finally, to host prominent names of the world cinema via Master Classes and panel discussions. 

The festival’s focus country for 2014 was Spain, presenting tributes to Spanish directors along with a selection of successful Spanish films of recent times. Also, 2014 marked the campaign of expanding the festival across the year, through the net. Meetings with Cinema & TV students, and activities on social media are the first step towards this.

Awards of the 51st Antalya Golden Orange FF:

Best Film Award to Lamb by Kutlug Ataman, Turkey/Germany/France, 2014

Best Director Award to Onur Unlu for Let΄s Sin, Turkey, 2014

Best First Film Award to Song Of My Mother by Erol Mintas, Turkey/France, 2014

Best Actress Award to Nesrin Cavadzade for Lamb 

Best Actor Award to Serkan Keskin for Let΄s Sin and Feyyaz Duman for Song Of My Mother

Best Screenplay Award to Onur Unlu for Let΄s Sin

Best Supporting Actress Award to Nursel Kose for Lamb

Best Supporting Actor Award to Aziz Capkurt for Song Of My Mother 

Best Cinematography Award to Vedat Ozdemir for Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku by Cigdem Vitrinel

Best Editing Award to Giorgos Mavropsaridis for Sivas by Kaan Mujdeci, Turkey/Germany, 2014

Best Art Direction Award to Osman Ozcan for Why Can΄t I Be Tarkovsky, Turkey, 2014

Best Music Award to Basar Under for Song Of My Mother 

International Competition Best Film Award to Test by Alexander Kott, Russia, 2014

National Competition Audience Award to A Good Fellow by Ayhan Sonyurek, Turkey, 2014

International Competition Audience Award to White God by Kornel Mundruczo, Hungary, 2014

Lifetime Achievement Award to Abbas Kiarostami

Best Short Film Award to A Cup of Turkish Coffee by Nazlı Eda Noyan and Daghan Celayir, Turkey, 2014