22nd Ankara International Film Festival
The 22nd Ankara International Film Festival was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey, which ran from March 17 to 27, 2011. Films were screened at Batı Movie Theater, Büyülü Fener Kızılay, Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center and the Goethe Institut Ankara, and the Street of Art events took place across the city. Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski was the guest of honor at the festival which included a retrospective of his work.
This edition of the Ankara International Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI, opened with a gala on the evening of March 16 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which the foundation special awards were presented, and the Emre Kartarı Jazz Band performed film music.
The festival concluded with an awards ceremony on March 27 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which Derviş Zaim, whose film Shadows and Faces won the top award, announced "I will try to live up to this honor and I will continue making films that take risks."
A total of 620 films were submitted to the competition and screening sections of this edition of the festival.
Awards
National Feature Film Competition Awards
- Best Film: Shadows and Faces directed by Derviş Zaim.
- Mahmut Tali Öngören Special Award: White as Snow directed by Selim Güneş.
- Best Director: Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces.
- SİYAD Best Film Award: Shadows and Faces directed by Derviş Zaim.
- Best Actor: Güven Kıraç for The Crossing.
- Best Actress: Popi Avraam for Shadows and Faces.
- Best Supporting Actor: Settar Tanrıöğen for Shadows and Faces & Majority.
- Best Supporting Actress: Sinem İslamoğlu for White as Snow.
- Onat Kutlar Best Script Award: Sedat Yılmaz for Press.
- Most Promising New Director: Sedat Yılmaz for Press.
- Most Promising New Script Writer: Selim Güneş for White as Snow.
- Jury Special Performance Prize: Didem Soylu, Buse Kılıçkaya, Seyham Arman & Ayta Sözeri Other Angels.
- Most Promising New Actor: Aram Dildar for Press & Bartu Küçükçağlayan for Majority.
- Best Cinematographer: Türksoy Gölebeyi for The Voice
- Best Art Director: Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces
- Best Original Music: Mehmet Cem Ünal & Safa Hendem for The Voice
- Best Editor: Aylin Zoi Tinel for Shadows and Faces
National Short Film Competition Awards
- Best Short Fiction Film: Bicycle directed by İ. Serhat Karaaslan.
- Best Short Experimental Film: Tananore Love directed by Ebru Güney.
- Best Short Animation Film: Istanbul directed by İdil Ar.
- Special Short Film Competition Jury Prize: 38 Degrees directed by Ömer Sinir.
National Documentary Film Competition Awards
- Best Student Documentary Film: Mada directed by Musa Ak.
- Best Professional Documentary Film: ...Leaving Behind directed by Mehmet Özgür Candan.
Foundation Special Awards
- Hasan Saltık
- Suna Kan
- Sezer Sezin
National Programmes
National Feature Film Competition
National Feature Film Competition Jury
- Ayla Kanbur
- Fadik Sevin Atasoy
- Erdal Beşikçioğlu
- Murat Özer
- Serdar Akar
SİYAD Jury
- Agah Özgüç
- Banu Bozdemir
- Fırat Sayıcı
Films in competition
- Majority directed by Seren Yüce.
- Shadows and Faces directed by Derviş Zaim.
- Tales From Kars directed by Özcan Alper, Ülkü Oktay, Emre Akay, Ahu Öztürk and Zehra Derya Koç.
- The Crossing directed by Selim Demirdelen.
- Lost Freedom directed by Umur Hozatlı.
- White as Snow directed by Selim Güneş.
- Press directed by Sedat Yılmaz.
- Black and White directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu.
- The Voice directed by Ümit Ünal.
- Other Angels directed by Emre Yalgın.
National Short Film Programmes
National Short Film Competition Jury
- Ceylan Özçelik
- Emrah Serbes
- Çiçek Kahraman
- Stavros Chassapis
- İnan Temelkuran
Films in programme
Fiction films in competition
- The Curse of The Apple directed by H.Doğan Ercan.
- The Cello directed by Necmettin Sancak.
- Gloomy Mornings directed by Serhat Eser Erdem.
- Silence directed by Aziz Çapkurt.
- Bicycle directed by İ. Serhat Karaaslan.
- Blood directed by İ. Serhat Karaaslan.
- The Father directed by Şenol Çöm.
- Coffee Job directed by Tuğçe Sönmez.
- The Paper Murderers directed by Selin Cevizli.
- The Uşak Thing directed by Yusuf Emirdar.
- Movie or Movie directed by Şükrü Apaydın.
- Moment directed by Ayşegül Okul.
- Waiting directed by Burak Çevik and Kutay Denizler.
- Endeavour directed by Bahadır Erturun.
- The Stairway directed by İbrahim Sena Kandazoğlu.
Experimental films in competition
- The Crow directed by Alper Öztekin.
- Fragment directed by Ali İhsan Elmas.
- Nothing directed by Eytan İpeker.
- Shadow directed by Bilgi Diren Güneş.
- Tananore Love directed by Ebru Güney.
- Life in Parentheses directed by Zafer Ulufer.
- Ankara Nox directed by Özlem Mengilibörü.
- Pent Pa directed by Demet Öztürk.
- About The Old World directed by Bilal Çakay.
- 38 Degrees directed by Ömer Sinir.
- Memories From The Future directed by Hüseyin Mert Erverdi.
- Highway Screening directed by Yoel Meranda.
- Expectations directed by Ethem Özgüven.
Animation films in competition
- Müsait in Somewhere directed by Orhan Başara.
- Grain directed by Anıl Tortop.
- Slumberland directed by Işık Dikmen.
- Istanbul directed by İdil Ar.
- One Random Day in Istanbul directed by Nurbanu Asena.
- The Owl Who Had a Wish Tangled to its Foot directed by Burak N. Kurt.
- Wind directed by Murat Kılıç.
Out of competition screenings
- For Rent directed by Emre Karapınar and İsmail Onay.
- Big Little directed by Emre Karakaş and Kevser Kulalıgil.
- Dis-Ko directed by Yasin Fatih Bayram.
- Untitled directed by Mehmet Nuri Çetin.
- The Ottoman directed by Hakan Burcuoğlu.
- Success directed by Selim Akgül.
- The Separation directed by Erdem Çiçek.
- Road to School directed by Yiğitalp Ertem.
- Beast directed by Can Sever.
- Egoist directed by Tuğçe Tunç.
- American Billiard directed by Orhun Bora Çetin.
- The Stranger directed by Sedat Azazi and Bilal Çakay.
- Five Stone directed by Kenan Tekeş and Rıza Barut.
- Ş's Death directed by Hatice Aydoğdu.
- Elif directed by Ferit Ürük.
- The Walkman directed by Emre Karataş.
- Gren directed by Volkan Karagül.
- The Puppet directed by Kemal Tezcan.
- 5 Liras directed by İ. Serhat Karaaslan.
- Vantila-tograph/Gift to Ahmet Uluçay directed by Y.Ilgaz Irmak.
- I Know I Don't Smell Good directed by Cenk Ertürk.
- Letter directed by Göktan Göktaş.
National Documentary Film Programmes
National Documentary Film Competition Jury
- Ali Karadoğan
- Emel Çelebi
- Kurtuluş Özgen
- Necla Algan
- Thomas Balkenhol
Films in programme
Student films in competition
- My Father Is Making History directed by Haydar Demirtaş.
- Autumn in Bayrampasa directed by Cem Terbiyeli.
- Gülay Master directed by Selin Altay.
- Nasty Age directed by Cahit Çeçen.
- Mada directed by Musa Ak.
- Life Birds directed by Hüdai Ateş.
- Urbanbugs directed by Aykut Alp Ersoy.
Professional films in competition
- ...Leaving Behind directed by Mehmet Özgür Candan.
- One Step Beyond directed by Tülin Dağ.
- A Philately Story directed by Ümit Topaloğlu.
- Daredevils directed by Serdar Güven.
- Dream Gang directed by Seyfettin Tokmak and Kenan Kavut.
- While Everyone Else Sleeps directed by Erdem Murat Çelikler.
- İfakat directed by Orhan Tekeoğlu.
- Offside directed by Reyan Tuvi.
- My Letter to Pippa directed by Bingöl Elmas.
- Selahattin's Istanbul directed by Aysim Türkmen.
- Brutal Consciences directed by Cenk Örtülü and Zeynel Koç.
Out of competition screenings
- We Won’t Let You Touch Our Water directed by Cihat Bilen.
- Your Son, Erdal directed by Tunç Erenkuş.