The Film Forum, held as part of the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, concluded with an awards ceremony on October 27. The platform, which provides support for new projects in the field of cinema, evaluated works that reached the finals from among 269 applications in the pre-production and production stages.
This year, five projects were awarded a total of 1 million 450 thousand TL in support. 450 thousand TL was awarded in the Feature Fiction Film Pitching Platform, while 250 thousand TL each was awarded in the First Feature Fiction Film Pitching Platform, the Sümer Tilmaç Antalya Screenplay Support Fund, the Work in Progress Fiction Film, and the Work in Progress Documentary Film platforms.
While local and international cinema professionals came together during the two-day Film Forum, two environment-focused awards encouraging sustainable film production were also presented for the first time this year.
AWARD-WINNING PROJECTS
The First Feature Fiction Film Pitching Platform Award was given to the project Tanrının Yükü (The Burden of God), directed and written by Kader Kaya. The jury highlighted the project's goal of moving a woman's struggle to be herself beyond stereotypical representations, based on an autobiographical story, and its approach that combines memory, archival footage, and sound design.
The Feature Fiction Film Pitching Platform Award went to the film Yağmur (Rain), directed by Atıl İnaç and produced by Derya Tarım. The project was deemed worthy of the award for its experimental narrative approach to the different identities a woman chooses or is forced to assume.
The Sümer Tilmaç Antalya Screenplay Support Fund Award was won by İffet Eren Danışman Boz's project Düş Kapanı (Dream Catcher). The film, produced by Eyüp Boz, tells the story of a woman trapped between her responsibilities and fears within her family, who discovers her own courage through a journey she takes with a visually impaired person.
The Work in Progress Fiction Film Platform Award was given to the project İskeletin Türküsü (The Ballad of the Skeleton), written and directed by Murat Uğurlu and produced by Ilgım Coşar. In the Work in Progress Documentary Film Platform, the project İsmigül, by director Yağmur Telli Yücel and producer Şule Barman, received the award.
The Green Production Award, presented at the Film Forum in collaboration with the Green Sets Possible Initiative, went to the project Cennetin Çiçekleri (Flowers of Heaven), directed and produced by Metin Kuru. In his speech at the ceremony, Kuru said, "Cennetin Çiçekleri is a questioning of justice rising from the Turkish geography."
The Climate-Sensitive Story Award, presented for the first time, was given to the project Sisler Krallığı (Kingdom of Mists) by director Aslı Akdağ and producer Banu Sıvacı. Akdağ stated that in the film, they tried to tell what could happen in a male-dominated world from the perspective of children.
News Source: 12punto
