Awards Presented at the 25th İzmir International Short Film Festival
The awards have been presented at the 25th İzmir International Short Film Festival. In the National Fiction Short Film Competition, the Best Film Award went to Almost Certainly False, directed by Cansu Baydar. In the International Fiction Short Film Competition, the Best Film Award was presented to Crust, directed by Jens Kevin Georg.
The İzmir International Short Film Festival met with its audience for the 25th time from 11 to 17 November. This year, a total of 4,222 films from 130 countries were submitted to the festival’s national and international competitions in the categories of fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental film. However, due to an insufficient number of submissions, the festival did not open a competitive section in the experimental category. A total of 32 films competed for the Golden Cat Awards, and the festival concluded with an awards ceremony celebrating this year’s winners.
The jury of the National Fiction Short Film Competition consisted of Emre Kavuk, Vildan Erşen, and Görkem Yeltan. Based on the jury’s decision, the Best Film Award was presented to Almost Certainly False, directed by Cansu Baydar. In the International Fiction Short Film Competition, the jury was composed of Martin Markov, Romanna Lobach, Nazlı Bulum, and Celine Roustan. The Best Film Award in this category went to Crust, directed by Jens Kevin Georg.
The full list of award-winning films at the 25th İzmir International Short Film Festival is as follows:
National Fiction Short Film
Best Film: Almost Certainly False (Dir. Cansu Baydar)
Second Prize: We Need to Talk About Dilan (Dir. Umut Şilan Oğurlu)
Third Prize: Perfect (Dir. Ece Dizdar)
Best Director: Minus One – Ömer Ferhat Özmen
Best Cinematography: Almost Certainly False – Barış Özbiçer
Best Art Direction: Minus One – Hülya Karakaş
Best Editing: We Need to Talk About Dilan – Doruk Kaya
Best Screenplay: Morî – Yakup Tekintangaç
Best Actor: Almost Certainly False – Rahaf Armanazi
International Fiction Short Film
Best Film: Crust (Dir. Jens Kevin Georg)
Second Prize: Street Light (Dir. Romain Dumont)
Third Prize: 154 (Dir. Andrea Sbarbaro, Riccardo Copreni)
National Documentary
Best Documentary: İyi Ölüm (Dir. Hasan Ete)
Special Mention: Ufku & Ülviye (Dir. Erkan Tahhuşoğlu)
National Animation Film
Best Animation Film: Cut from the Dead (Dir. Elif Dönmez, Deniz Koçyiğit)
Special Mention: Echo (Dir. Mehveş Topçuoğlu)
National Projects
First Prize: Ölüm Bizi Ayırana Dek (Dir. Deniz Koloş, Onur Güler)
Special Mention: Seçim Günü (Dir. Deniz Cengiz)
İzmir Projects
First Prize: Sucuk Olmak (Dir. Volkan Durmuş, Onur Kemal Karakuş)
Special Mention: Motivasyon (Dir. Mustafa Gönülver, Sezer Koç)
Special Mention: Bir Pazar Akşamında Nergis Kokusu (Dir. Çağıl Saydam, Hazal Bayar, Tuncer Mert)
Production Support Award (The TamTam, Rollart Film)
Mustafa Jones (Dir. Yiğit Erkol, Evrim İnci)
Son Zamanlarda Hep Yanlış (Dir. Ahmet Arslan, Ekrem Ayhan Çakay)
İzmir Film Lab – Serpil Altın Film Sustainable Film Production Consultancy & Fono Film Post-Production Award
Ev Seni Acıtan Yerdir (Dir. Atakan Yılmaz, Ceren Taşci)
Sucuk Olmak (Dir. Volkan Durmuş, Onur Kemal Karakuş)
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