SİYAD Turkish Cinema Awards announced: 'About Dry Grasses' stands out

The Film Critics Association (SİYAD) has announced the nominees for the 56th Turkish Cinema Awards. The nominees in 11 separate categories for domestic productions released in theaters during 2023 were determined by the votes of the association's members.

This year, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s film “About Dry Grasses” secured nominations in all 11 categories.

While Özcan Alper’s ‘Dark Night’ entered the top five productions of the year in ten categories, Zeki Demirkubuz’s “Life” also achieved ten nominations across nine categories.

The awards will be presented to their winners at a ceremony to be held on March 4.

Full list of 56th SİYAD Turkish Cinema nominees:

BEST FILM

• Suddenly
• About Dry Grasses
• Ela and Hilmi and Ali
• Life
• Dark Night

BEST DIRECTOR

• Melisa Önel (Suddenly)
• Zeki Demirkubuz (Life)
• Özcan Alper (Dark Night)
• Selcen Ergun (Snow and the Bear)
• Nuri Bilge Ceylan (About Dry Grasses)

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Melisa Önel / Feride Çiçekoğlu (Suddenly)
• Ziya Demirel / Nazlı Elif Durlu (Ela and Hilmi and Ali)
• Zeki Demirkubuz (Life)
• Özcan Alper / Murat Uyurkulak (Dark Night)
• Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Ebru Ceylan / Akın Aksu (About Dry Grasses)

BEST ACTRESS PERFORMANCE

• Defne Kayalar (Suddenly)
• Ece Yüksel (Ela and Hilmi and Ali)
• Miray Daner (Life)
• Merve Dizdar (About Dry Grasses)
• Nurcan Eren (Suna)

BEST ACTOR PERFORMANCE

• Aras Bulut İynemli (Atatürk 1881-1919: Part 1)
• Serkan Keskin (Ela and Hilmi and Ali)
• Burak Dakak (Life)
• Berkay Ateş (Dark Night)
• Deniz Celiloğlu (About Dry Grasses)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS PERFORMANCE

• Songül Öden (Atatürk 1881-1919: Part 1)
• Melis Birkan (Life)
• Pınar Deniz (Dark Night)
• Asiye Dinçsoy (Snow and the Bear)
• Ece Bağcı (About Dry Grasses)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR PERFORMANCE

• Denizhan Akbaba (Ela and Hilmi and Ali)
• Cem Davran (Life)
• Osman Alkaş (Life)
• Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu (Dark Night)
• Musab Ekici (About Dry Grasses)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Meryem Yavuz (Suddenly)
• Torben Forsberg (Atatürk 1881-1919: Part 1)
• Yunus Roy Imer (Dark Night)
• Florent Herry (Snow and the Bear)
• Cevahir Şahin-Kürşat Üresin (About Dry Grasses)

BEST MUSIC

• Branislav Jovancevic (Suddenly)
• Batu Şener (Atatürk 1881-1919: Part 1)
• Okan Kaya (Ela and Hilmi and Ali)
• Cansun Küçüktürk (Dark Night)
• Philip Timofeyev (About Dry Grasses)

BEST EDITING

• Zeki Öztürk / Ruşen Dağhan (Atatürk 1881-1919: Part 1)
• Selda Taşkın / Henrique Cartaxo (Ela and Hilmi and Ali)
• Zeki Demirkubuz (Life)
• Osman Bayraktaroğlu / Umut Sakallıoğlu (Dark Night)
• Oğuz Atabaş / Nuri Bilge Ceylan (About Dry Grasses)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Natali Yeres (Suddenly)
• Osman Çankırılı (Atatürk 1881-1919: Part 1)
• Sinem Şan (Life)
• Elif Taşçıoğlu / Elif Öner Rosenberg (Dark Night)
• Meral Aktan (About Dry Grasses)

BEST DOMESTIC FILM RELEASED ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS

• Mirror Mirror (Belmin Söylemez)
• Bursa Bülbülü (Hakan Algül)
• Chilingir Sofrası (Ali Kemal Güven)
• LCV (Please Respond) (İsmet Kurtuluş / Kaan Arıcı)
• Almost Entirely a Disaster (Umut Subaşı)

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

• Kavur (Fırat Özeler)
• Blue ID (Burcu Melekoğlu / Vuslat Karan)
• Searching for Rodakis (Kerem Soyyılmaz)
• Tavuri (Derviş Zaim)
• Translating Ulysses (Aylin Kuryel / Fırat Yücel)

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

• March 8, 2020 A Diary (Fırat Yücel)
• Under the Walnut (Begüm Aksoy)
• Dinamo Mesken (Ahmet Karanfil / Yusuf Anavatan)
• Sandes (Berkay Özdinç)
• Faces (Zeynep Demirhan)

SHORT FILM

• Conqueror of Europe (Onur Yağız)
• Me, You, He, We, You, They (Sevin Yaman)
• In Her Castle (Yasemin Demirci)
• Write a Poem (Suhan Sürmeli)
• Events That Never Happened in History (Ramazan Kılıç)

GIOVANNI SCOGNAMILLO FANTASTIC FILM AWARD

• Let's Not Go Out Hungry (Yiğit Hepsev)
• This Place Is Not For You (Ceyda Aşar)
• Kadıköy's Best Fortune Teller (Emine Yıldırım)
• Mitat (Süleyman Arda Eminçe)
• So Why Am I Still Here (Çağıl Saydam)

News Source: 12punto

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