The 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival () was a

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held in

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which ran from October 9 to 14, 2010. Prizes were awarded in four competitions in the course of the festival, at which 191 films were shown at 12 venues across the city with the theme ''Cinema and Social Interaction'' and Italian actress

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was the guest of honor. This edition of the

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was the second to be organised solely by the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (AKSAV), a cultural body affiliated with the Antalya Greater Municipality. It opened with at the Glass Pyramid Exhibition Center in Antalya with an awards ceremony and performances from Melike Demirağ and director

Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица, ; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s. He has competed at the Cannes ...

with

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. Kustrica, who was to have headed the International Feature Film Competition Jury, withdrew from the festival following claims that he had supported the Serbian genocide of Muslims in Bosnia from protestors, including Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism

Ertuğrul Günay Ertuğrul Günay (born 1 March 1948) is a Turkish politician. He served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey between 29 August 2007 and 24 January 2013. Biography Günay graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law with a degre ...

, who boycotted the opening gala, and director

Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like G ...

, who cancelled an out-of-competition screening of his film ''

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'' (). Other events included the four kilometer annual ''Parade of Stars'' led by Antalya Mayor

Mustafa Akaydın Mustafa Akaydın (born 24 April 1952, in Çorum) is a Turkish politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who served as the mayor of Antalya, Turkey. Prior to his political career, Akaydın held positions as a professor, general surgeon an ...

, who heads AKSAV, which featured

Eşref Kolçak Eşref Kolçak (28 January 1926 – 26 May 2019) was a Turkish actor. Biography Eşref Kolçak was born in Russia. His father was Harun Kolçakoğlu, and his mother was of Russian descent, his family moved to Turkey, Erzurum when he was 5 years ...

, Mujdat Gezen,

Erkan Can Erkan Can (born 1 November 1958) is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' On Board'' and '' Takva: A Man's Fear of God'', and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performanc ...

, Ilker Inanoglu and Sumer Tilmac in cars decorated with carnations, and a gala diner at which honorary awards were presented to

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and

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, and fashion designer Erol Albayrak presented his ''Cinema'' collection choreographed by Uğurkan Erez. Akaydın announced that this year the festival has been freed from the clutches of ''a certain group of people'' and has taken important steps to become ''a festival of the people''. Gardens of prisons in Antalya were used as a festival areas as part of social responsibility projects, with screenplay workshops organized for prisoners and screens set up for prisoners and artists to view the films together every night during the festival. The director

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and screenwriter

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of the Oscar-winning film '' Midnight Express'', which was set in a Turkish prison, as well as Billy Hayes, who wrote the source book, were invited to attend one such screening. According to new regulations, the winning filmmaker will be granted half of the TL 330,000 cash prize (TL 165,000) on March 31, 2011. The remaining amount will be granted only if the filmmaker starts working on a new project within two years after the prize win. An additional TL 70,000, billed by the organizers as the Antalya Incentive Prize, will be granted only if part of the movie is filmed in Antalya, thus bringing the sum to TL 400,000. The winner of the best director award will get TL 50,000, while best screenplay gets TL 30,000. A total of eight books, including biographies or tributes, were published for the festival under the name of Golden Orange Publications.

Awards

National Feature Competition

* Best Film: ''

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'' () directed by Seren Yüce * Best First Film: ''

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'' () directed by Tolga Karaçelik * Best Director: Seren Yüce for ''Majority'' () * Best Actor: Serkan Ercan for ''Toll Booth'' () & Bartu Küçükçağlayan for ''Majority'' () * Best Actress:

for '' Signora Enrica'' * Special Jury Award: ''

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'' directed by Sedat Yılmaz

International Feature Competition

* Best Film: ''

Cirkus Columbia ''Cirkus Columbia'' is a 2010 Bosnian drama film starring Miki Manojlović, Mira Furlan, Boris Ler and Jelena Stupljanin. The film is set in the Herzegovina part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s, after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, a ...

'' directed by

Danis Tanović Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or. Ta ...

& '' Dooman River'' directed by Zhang Lu * Best Director: Lancelot von Naso for ' () * Best Actor:

Nik Xhelilaj Kreshnik Xhelilaj (born 5 March 1983), known professionally as Nik Xhelilaj, is an Albanian-born Turkish actor. He began his international career with the film The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider, directed by Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani, and has st ...

for ''

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'' () * Best Actress:

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for ''

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'' () * Special Jury Award:

Meryem Uzerli Meryem Sarah Uzerli (; born 12 August 1983) is a German Turkish model and actress best known for her starring role as Hürrem Sultan in ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (2011-2013), Kovan (2018) and RU (2024). She is the recipient of two Golden Butterfly ...

(actress) for ''Journey of No Return'' ()

Honorary Awards

* Cinema Labor Award: Necmettin Çobanoğlu * Yıldırım Önal Memorial Award:

Yıldız Kenter Ayşe Yıldız Kenter (11 October 1928 – 17 November 2019) was a Turkish actress and lecturer who was of English descent from her maternal side. Kenter was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Early years Ayşe Yıldız Kenter was born to diplom ...

(actress) * Social Responsibility in Arts Award:

Müjdat Gezen Müjdat Gezen (born October 1943) is a Turkish theatre actor and writer. Private life He was born on October 1943 in Istanbul. He studied in Vefa High School where he met Uğur Dündar and Kemal Sunal, who became lifelong friends. After gradua ...

(actor, entrepreneur, writer and poet) * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Zeki Alasya Zeki Alasya (18 April 1943 – 8 May 2015) was a Turkish actor and film director. Alasya was of Turkish Cypriot descent and was related to Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha. Filmleri 1957 Bir Avuç Toprak 1958 Iftira 1959 Gurbet 1960 Tas Beb ...

and

Metin Akpınar Metin Akpınar (born 2 November 1941) is a Turkish actor. He has been one of the most successful comedians in Turkey. Biography He was born in Aksaray, Istanbul, and he graduated from Pertevniyal High School. He pursued his university career i ...

(theatre and film comedy duo ) * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Gülşen Bubikoğlu Gülşen Bubikoğlu (born 5 December 1954) is a Turkish actress, one of the leading ladies of Turkish cinema Cinema of Turkey or Turkish cinema (also formerly known as ''Yeşilçam'', which literally means ''Green Pine'' in Turkish lang ...

(actress) * Lifetime Achievement Award:

Nur Sürer Nur Sürer (born 21 June 1954) is a Turkish actress. Her debut role was in ''Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde'', directed by Erden Kiral. She is known for her more politically themed roles, notably with regard to prison conditions and women's right ...

(actress) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Safa Önal (screenwriter) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Ertem Göreç (director and screenwriter) * Honorary Award:

Megan Mylan Megan Mylan is an Oscar-winning documentary film director, known for her films ''Simple as Water', Lost Boys of Sudan (film), Lost Boys of Sudan''

(documentarian) * Honorary Award:

(filmmaker) * Honorary Award:

(filmmaker)

Programmes

National Feature Competition

Fifteen nominees, including nine by first time directors, were initially selected from the record forty-seven films which were submitted for the National Feature Competition of this edition of the festival, but ''

'' () directed by

had to be withdrawn under competition rules after winning the Grand Jury Best Picture award at the

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National Feature Competition Jury

Kadir İnanır Kadir İnanır (born 15 April 1949) is a Turkish people, Turkish film actor and Film director, director. Biography İnanır was born on 15 April 1949 in Fatsa, a town in Ordu Province, Ordu province of Turkey. In the Turkish movie industry (Ye� ...

Tomris Giritlioğlu Tomris Giritlioğlu (1957 – 23 September 2024) was a Turkish film director and producer, who directed the 1999 film '' Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds''. Early life and education Giritlioğlu was born in 1957 in Kadınhanı, Konya, and educated at ...

Meltem Cumbul Meltem Cumbul (born 5 November 1969) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress and acting teacher. Biography Her family is of Circassian descent. Her aunt is Turkish folk music singer. Currently, Meltem Cumbul is teaching the acting method of Eri ...

Meral Okay Meral Okay (, née Katı; September 20, 1959 – April 9, 2012) was a Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter. Early life Okay was born on September 20, 1959, in Ankara to military judge Ata Katı and Türkan as the second child. During h ...

Murathan Mungan Murathan Mungan (born 21 April 1955) is a Turkish author, short story writer, playwright, and poet. Biography Mungan's family originates from Mardin. His father is an Arab and mother is a Bosniak. After receiving his BA from the Faculty of L ...

Gökhan Kırdar Gökhan Kırdar (born 2 June 1970) is a Turkish musician and film score composer. He attended Yıldız University in Istanbul to study architecture in 1988. However, he devoted himself to music and soon gained success with his soundtrack, rele ...

*Atilla Dorsay *Zinos Panagiotidis *Mehmet Aktekin

Films in competition

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'' () directed by Belma Baş *''

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'' () directed by İlksen Başarır *''

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'' () directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu *''

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'' () directed by

Sinan Çetin Sinan Çetin (born 1 March 1953) is a Turkish film director, actor, and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival. Çetin was born as one of the eight children of a customs officer. He is of matern ...

*'' The Crossing'' () directed by Selim Demirdelen *'' White as Snow'' () directed by Selim Güneş *'' Signora Enrica'' directed by Ali İlhan *''

'' () directed by Tolga Karaçelik *''

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'' () directed by Erhan Kozan *'' Hayde Bre'' directed by Orhan Oğuz *''Hair'' () directed by

Tayfun Pirselimoğlu Tayfun Pirselimoğlu (born 1959) is a Turkish screenwriter and film director. He has contributed to more than eight films including ''I Am Not Him'' and ''Haze (2010 film), Haze''. Bibliography *''Çöl Masalları'' (1996, Yapı Kredi Yayınl ...

*''

'' directed by Sedat Yılmaz *''

'' () directed by Seren Yüce *''

Shadows and Faces ''Shadows and Faces'' () is a 2010 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim, which tells the story of a young girl who is separated from her father, a Karagöz shadow play master, during the beginning of th ...

'' () directed by

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best S ...

International Feature Competition

Eleven nominees, including one Turkish film, were selected for the International Feature Competition of this edition of the festival. Serbian filmmaker

, who was to head the competition jury, was forced to withdraw from the festival after protests from various Turkish groups that claimed he supported the Serbian genocide of Muslims in Bosnia.

International Feature Film Competition Jury

(withdrawn)

Films in competition

*'' Brought by the Sea'' () directed by

Nesli Çölgeçen Nesli Çölgeçen (born 1955, Manisa) is a Turkish people, Turkish film director, and screenwriter. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1976. Since 1979 he has ...

*''

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'' () directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko *' directed by *''

Echoes of the Rainbow ''Echoes of the Rainbow'' (; romanisation: ''Shui Yuet Sun Tau''; literally "''Time, the Thief''") is a 2010 Hong Kong drama film directed by Alex Law and starring Simon Yam and Sandra Ng. It won the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in the Chil ...

'' (;

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: ''Shui Yuet Sun Tau''; literally "''Time, the Thief''") directed by Alex Law *'' Dooman River'' directed by Zhang Lu *''

'' () directed by Johannes Naber *''Hitler in Hollywood'' () directed by Frédéric Sojcher *''

'' directed by

*''Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio'' () directed by Isotta Toso *''

'' () directed by Agustí Vila *' () directed by Lancelot von Naso

National Documentary Competition

Twenty nominees were selected for the National Documentary Competition of this edition of the festival.

National Documentary Competition Jury

Megan Mylan Megan Mylan is an Oscar-winning documentary film director, known for her films ''Simple as Water', Lost Boys of Sudan (film), Lost Boys of Sudan''

Coşkun Aral Coşkun Aral (born May 1, 1956) is a Turkish war correspondent, photojournalist, television journalist and documentary film producer. Life and work Aral was born on May 1, 1956, in Siirt, Turkey. Aral finished the secondary school and the high ...

National Short Film Competition

National Short Film Competition Jury

*Mehmet Bahadır Er

External links

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References

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Awards

National Feature Competition

International Feature Competition

Honorary Awards

Programmes

National Feature Competition

National Feature Competition Jury

Films in competition

International Feature Competition

International Feature Film Competition Jury

Films in competition

National Documentary Competition

National Documentary Competition Jury

National Short Film Competition

National Short Film Competition Jury

See also

External links

References