Award ceremony in tent city cafeteria

11th International Antakya Film Festival’s ‘Altındefne’ winners announced

The 11th International Antakya Film Festival, the first large-scale art festival in the earthquake zone, was awarded. The award ceremony was held in the tent city cafeteria due to the 3-day ‘National Mourning’ declared. Directed by Alison Murray, ‘Ariel: Back to Buenos Aires’, directed by Alison Murray, was awarded the ‘Best Feature Film’ award. The awards were presented to the winners at the Nato Tent City cafeteria.

Jury members of the festival;

Feature Film / Murat Seker (head of jury), Didem Balcin, Ceylan Ozgu Ozcelik, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Terry Chor, Laura Lehmus, Valerie Bert, Kamran Rasoolzadeh

Short Feature / Ali Tanrıverdi, Tim Seyfi, Lila Gürmen, Eldiar Madakim, Fesih Alpagu

Documentary Film / Hayriye Savaşçıoğlu, Atsuko Suetomi, Kadir Kaymakçı, Adzhibaev Ibadylla,

Farhan Umedaly Yeşilçam / Mehmet Güleryüz, Burhan Gün, Çiğdem Vitrinel

The winners of the Golden Defne awards in the Feature, Short Film and Documentary Film categories were presented to their owners.

Narrative Feature

Best Film – Ariel: Back to Buenos Aires

Best Director – Push Puase / Ryoma Kosasa

Best Script – Ariel: Back to Buenos Aires / Alison Murray

Best Cinematography – Ariel: Back to Buenos Aires / Rodrigo

Pulpeiro

Best Music – Dito / Takashi Yuki

Best Actress – Nairu Yamamoto / Push Puase

Best Actor – Taner Cindoruk / Aga

Best Editing – Push Puase / Ryoma Kosasa

Best Art Director – A Three Storey Comedy / Sandra Mitrovic

Jury Special Award – Push Puase

Special Audience Award – Eflâtun / Cüneyt Karakuş

Greenpine award – Tebessüm / Sezgin Cengiz- Şiyar Gedik

Belgesel Film / Documentary Feature

Best Film

Under The Sky of Damascus / Heba Khaled, Talal Derki, Ali Wajeeh / Denmark

Jury special prize

Kaf Kaf / Metin Dağ / Turkey

Karanlıkta Kaybolanlar/ Can Diker / Turkey

Incentive prize

En Güzel Yabancı / Yakup Uygun, Ersin Karahaliloğlu / Turkey

Belgesel Kısa Film / Documentary Short Feature

Best Film

Astor Place, The American Dream / Giuseppe Malpasso / United States

Jury special prize

Yerin Ruhu / Burcu Dabak Özdemir / Turkey

Kısa Kurmaca Film / Narrative Short Feature

Best Film

Ida / Irina Voronova / Russian

Jury special prize

Curl / Helen Silvander / Sweden

Istanbul İstanbul / Demir Özcan / Turkey

Student Short Film

Best Film

Solidified Stairs / Xiao Liu / 00:29:53 / China

Jury special prize

Oblivion / Dmitry Alekseev / 00:06:42 / Russian

Animation Short Film

Best Film

The Last Tree / Zülfü Gül / Turkey

Jury special prize

Masha and the Bear. Think outside the box / Vladislav Bayramgulov / Russian

Experimental Short Film

Best Film

I Was There / Chi Jang Yin / United States

Jury special prize

Gaia / Olga Sokolova / Russian