Fifth Short Film Competition

Fifth Short Film Competition

The Sabancı Foundation organized the Short Film Competition for the fifth time this year, again with the motto "Short Film Long Impact", and the winners have been announced. The theme of this year’s competition was “Changing Climates, Changing Lives” and the award ceremony was hosted by Güler Sabancı, Chairperson of Board of Trustees of the Sabancı Foundation, and Nevgül Bilsel Safkan, General Manager of the Sabancı Foundation, and Zeynep Atakan as the art director.

13 works made it to the finals in the Competition, which attracted great attention once again this year. The award winners were decided by the Jury consisting of director-screenwriter Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, award-winning actress Belçim Bilgin, world-renowned Georgian director Ana Urushadze, film critic Barbara Lorey de Lacharrière and filmmaker Mirsad Purivatra, who is also the founder and festival director of Sarajevo Film Festival.

Anıl Gök won the first prize with his film "Water is Life."

The award winners, i.e. Anıl Gök awarded the first prize for his film “Water if Life,” Ömer Faruk Güler the second prize for his film “Fresh Milk,” and Aral Ariel Goldenberg the third prize for his film “Leaving for Holiday", were announced respectively by Güler Sabancı, Chairperson of Board of Trustees of the Sabancı Foundation, Nevgül Bilsel Safkan, General Manager of the Sabancı Foundation, and Tamara Kotevska, as the Opinion Leader of the Competition. The films “Who Cares” directed by Yeliz Gürkan and “No!” directed by Can Yeşiloğlu were awarded the Honorable Mention, as announced by the Art Director Zeynep Atakan. The winners were awarded the following prizes: First Prize TRY 20 thousand, Second Prize TRY 15 thousand, and Third Prize TRY 10 thousand.

You can learn all details of the competition, which has the motto “Short Film Long Impact”, on www.kisafilmuzunetki.org and follow the latest news on our social media accounts: facebook.com/kisafilmplatformu, twitter.com/kisafilm_sv, instagram.com/kisafilmplatformu.

For the catalog of the Short Film Competition please click here.

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