After changing its name from Golden Orange to
Antalya International Film Festival, the 52nd sets off this Sunday at the Turkish coastal city. Until the 6th of December it will run its annual International and National competitions, as well as side programs like the Documentary and the Short Film Selection, and Special Screenings, to mention some.
The theme of this year’s festival is “Film and Social Interaction” and the festival program explores sub-themes such as “film and socio-political interaction”, “the interaction between film and national image” and “film and economic interaction” with thematic film screenings, panels, exhibitions, discussions and workshops.
Enclave by Goran Radovanovic
Ten films from a wide range of countries, from India to Sweden and from Palestine to Denmark, will vie for Golden Orange awards in this year΄s
International Competition. The section΄s Jury is chaired by filmmaker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Catherine Hardwicke and Dominique Deruddere, screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and actress
Anamaria Marinca. The section includes four Balkan titles:
Memories Of The Wind by
Özcan Alper (Turkey/France/Germany/Georgia, 2015)
Cold Of Kalandar by Mustafa Kara (Turkey/Hungary, 2015)
The
Turkish Film Competition is presenting 12 new features from already established, and other, less know Turkish directors, while the section΄s Jury consists of director/producer/scriptwriter
Ömer Vargı (President), actresses
Şerif Sezer and
Şebnem Bozoklu, film critic Elvis Mitchell, cinematographer
Mirsad Herović, art director
Naz Erayda and scriptwriter
Tarık Tufan.
The Search Engine by Atalay Taşdiken (Turkey, 2015)
Cold Of Kalandar by Mustafa Kara (Turkey/Hungary, 2015)
Memories Of The Wind by
Özcan Alper (Turkey/France/Germany/Georgia, 2015)
The Team - For The Love Of Neighborhood by Emre Şahin (Turkey, 2015)
The Coop by Ufuk Bayraktar
Antalya΄s opening film will be
Türkan Şoray΄s
Not So Far Away (Turkey, 2015), with
Mama by Julio Medem (Spain/France, 2015) screened as the last film event closing the festival.
The
Turkish Out Of Competition program features
91.1 by Mustafa Haktanır (Turkey, 2015),
Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu΄s
Snow Pirates (Turkey, 2015),
Murat Saraçoğlu΄s
Homeland (Turkey, 2015) and
Point Of Conscience by Olgun Özdemir (Turkey, 2015), while, there may not be this year a Documentary Competition, but the
Documentary Selection will present a bunch of anticipated local feature and short docs:
Ah Yalan Dünyada by Atalay Taşdiken & Hacı Mehmet Duranoğlu (Turkey, 2015)
Anatolian Tales by Emin Fırat Övür (Turkey, 2015)
Story by Muhammet Beyazdağ (Turkey, 2014, 23΄)
Godesbana by Nursena Şimşek (Turkey, 2015, 10΄)
School Of Natural Life by Yahya Ercan ( Turkey, 2015, 21΄)
Motel Hasankeyf by Valeria Mazzucchi (Turkey/Switzerland, 2015, 27΄)
Wetland by Alkim Ün (Turkey, 2015)
A City Where The Streets Are Paved With Coins by Orçin Uzun (Turkey, 2015, 15΄)
About Timur by Özgü Özbudak (Turkey, 2015, 15΄)
Zerk by İnan Erbil (Turkey, 2015, 15΄)
Snow Pirates by Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu
10 Turkish short films are inluded in the
Short Film Selection this year:
Azad by Yakup Tekintangaç (Turkey, 2015, 16΄),
Fish Pond by Ezgi Kaplan (Turkey, 2015, 16΄),
Unmade Bed by
Eytan Ipeker (Turkey, 2015, 11΄), Hurşit by Selcen Yılmazoğlu (Turkey, 2015, 8΄),
Nursing Home by Ahmet Toklu (Turkey, 2015, 11΄),
The Jungle by
Onur Saylak & Doğu Akal (Turkey, 2015, 13΄),
Tick Tock by Zeynep Koçak (Turkey/USA, 2015, 9΄), Kite by Serdal Altun (Turkey, 2015, 12΄),
A Long Day by Cenk Ertürk (Turkey, 2015, 12΄) and
Zilan by Mehmet Mahsum Akyel (Turkey, 2015, 6΄).
Other Balkan co-productions screened in Antalya International Film Festival 2015 are
The Lobster by
Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece/UK/Ireland/Netherlands/France, 2015) at the
Panorama section,
Baskin by Can Evrenol (Turkey/USA, 2013) at the
Midnight Screenings sections and the classic
Yilmaz Guney film
Hope ((Turkey, 1970) as a
Special Screening.
This year΄s honorary prizes include some internationally acclaimed professionals and Turkish legends. The
Lifetime Achievement Award is being handed to Jeremy Irons and Catherine Deneuve, while, filmmaker/scriptwriter
Erden Kıral, actress Ayşen Gruda and actor Kayhan Yıldızoğlu will all receive
Lifetime Honors. All the awards will be given during the festival΄s opening gala.
Closing, Antalya΄s industry section,
Antalya Film Forum will run from 2 to 5 December, offering among others pitching and Work in Progress platforms, masterclasses, presentations and industry meetings.
