The 18th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival ( tr, 18. Uluslararası Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali) was a film festival held in Adana, Turkey from September 17 to 25, 2011. Cash prizes totalling 936,000 Turkish Liras, the highest amount given by a film festival in Turkey, were awarded for all categories, for the first time in Turkey, in three competitive sections, nearly 220 films were shown both in and out of competition in a selection described by critic Ali Koca as "one of the event’s strongest in recent years," following disappointment with the previous year's hastily rescheduled event, and there were also a range of lectures, workshops and other events, including the 1st International Golden Boll Film Congress, said to be the first to be organised during a film festival. This edition of the

International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival Adana Golden Boll Film Festival ( tr, Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali), known between 2016 and 2018 as International Adana Film Festival (), is a film festival in Adana, Turkey, that was held five times between 1969 and 1974 and every year since 2 ...

, which was founded in 1969 and is organised by the Adana Metropolitan City Municipality and accredited by FIPRESCI, was the first to accept digital submissions from filmmakers for its national feature competition. It began with an opening gala at the Merkez Park open-air theater on September 17 at which speeches were made by Adana Metropolitan City Municipality Deputy Head Zihni Aldırmaz and Development Minister Cevdet Yılmaz, Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Turkish actors Kadir İnanır and Nebahat Çehre, and Turkish filmmaker Ali Özgentürk, and a concert was given by the trio of Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan. Turkish actors and actresses

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were among those who toured the city in old style roadsters as part of the annual "Love Cortege" while the annual Solidarity Night for Cinema took place at Mimar Sinan Amphitheatre. The festival closed with an awards ceremony hosted by academic Özlem Gürses and actor Murat Başoğlu at the Adana Merkez Park Amphitheater. The festival also played host to the 1st International Golden Boll Film Congress, coordinated by Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts Film Design Department and headed by Honorary Presidents Ö. Lütfi Akad, at the Adana Seyhan Hotel from September 21 to 24 on the theme of ''Turkish Cinema: Views from Turkey and the World'', and the

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, also run by the Adana Metropolitan City Municipality, was officially opened in a restored historic mansion on Şeyhan Street.

Awards

The festival's Best Actor award was dedicated in honour of Adana-born actor Cem Erman who died shortly before the start of the festival. * Best Film: '' The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family'' ( tr, Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi) directed by Onur Ünlü * Best Director:

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for '' September'' ( tr, Eylül) * Best Screenplay: Onur Ünlü for ''The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family'' ( tr, Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi) * Best Actor: Durukan Ordu for '' Future Lasts Forever'' ( tr, Gelecek Uzun Sürer) * Best Supporting Actor: Tuna Orhan for ''

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'' ( tr, Memleket Meselesi) * Best Actress: Hatice Aslan for ''

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'' ( tr, Vücut) and Görkem Yeltan for ''September'' ( tr, Eylül) * Best Supporting Actress: Şeyla Halis for ''The Body'' ( tr, Vücut) * Most Promising Newcomer (male):

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for ''The Body'' ( tr, Vücut) and Gün Koper for '' Love and Revolution'' ( tr, Aşk ve Devrim) * Most Promising Newcomer (female): Deniz Denker for ''Love and Revolution'' ( tr, Aşk ve Devrim) * Best Editing: Taner Sarf for ''September'' ( tr, Eylül) * Best Art Director: Adalı Aksoy for ''Love and Revolution'' ( tr, Aşk ve Devrim) and ''

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'' ( tr, Saklı Hayatlar) * Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast Performance: ''The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family'' ( tr, Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi) * Best Music:

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for ''Future Lasts Forever'' ( tr, Gelecek Uzun Sürer) * Best Cinematography:

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for ''Future Lasts Forever'' ( tr, Gelecek Uzun Sürer) * Best Sound Effects: Burak Topalakçı for ''

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'' ( tr, Kaybedenler Kulübü) and ''September'' ( tr, Eylül) * Special Jury Award: ''Love and Revolution'' ( tr, Aşk ve Devrim) directed by F. Serkan Acar * Adana Audience Award: '' Simurg'' directed by Ruhi Karadağ * Yılmaz Güney Award: ''Future Lasts Forever'' ( tr, Gelecek Uzun Sürer) directed by Özcan Alper * Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Best Film Award: ''Future Lasts Forever'' ( tr, Gelecek Uzun Sürer) directed by Özcan Alper

Honorary Awards

Three Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented at the opening ceremony. * Lifetime Achievement Award: Kadir İnanır (Turkish actor) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Nebahat Çehre (Turkish actor) * Lifetime Achievement Award: Ali Özgentürk (Turkish producer, director & screenwriter) The festival also curated retrospectives of the recipients films and commissioned books from film critic Burçak Evren about their respective careers.

Competition Sections

National Feature Film Competition

Fourteen Turkish films made in the preceding year were selected by the Pre-Evaluation Board to compete in the festival's National Feature Film Competition.

National Feature Film Competition Jury

*Jury Head: Derviş Zaim (Turkish Cypriot director) * Beste Bereket (Turkish actress) * Bülent Vardar (Turkish author & academician) * Ebru Ceylan (Turkish screenwriter & actress) *

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(Turkish director & screenwriter) * Taner Birsel (Turkish actor) *

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(Turkish author)

National Feature Film Competition Selection

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'' ( tr, Memleket Meselesi) directed by İsa Yıldız & Murat Onbul *'' Future Lasts Forever'' ( tr, Gelecek Uzun Sürer) directed by Özcan Alper *''

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'' ( tr, Yurt) directed by Muzatffer Özdemir *''

'' ( tr, Kaybedenler Kulübü) directed by

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*'' Simurg'' directed by Ruhi Karadağ *'' Snake'' ( tr, Mar) directed by Caner Erzincan *''

'' ( tr, Vücut) directed by Mustafa Nuri *'' The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family'' ( tr, Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi) directed by Onur Ünlü *'' Turkish Passport'' ( tr, Türk Pasaportu) directed by Burak Cem Arlıel *'' Velvet / The Great Mother'' ( tr, Kadife / Büyük Ana) directed by Erdoğan Kar

National Student Films Competition

Seven documentary films, seven animation films, ten experimental films, ten fictional films by undergraduate students studying at cinema and television departments of Turkey's communications and fine arts faculties were selected from the 180 films that were submitted to compete in the festival's National Student Films Competition.

Mediterranean Short Film Competition

Twelve documentary films, eighteen animation films, fourteen experimental films and forty-two fictional films were selected from the 526 films from 25 countries that were submitted to compete in the festival's Mediterranean Short Film Competition.

Screening Sections

Retrospective: Derviş Zaim

Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim, who headed the National Feature Film Competition Jury, received a retrospective of six of his works. *'' Dot'' ( tr, Nokta) *''

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Shadows and Faces ''Shadows and Faces'' ( tr, Gölgeler ve Suretler) 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, ...

'' ( tr, Gölgeler ve Suretler) *''

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'' ( tr, Tabutta Rövasata) *''

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-winning film, as well as an exhibition of his photographic works. *''

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ''Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'' ( tr, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da) is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film, co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan based on the true experience of one of the film's writers, telling the story of a grou ...

'' ( tr, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da) directed by

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World Cinema

A selection of nine internationally acclaimed films, including the latest from American director Woody Allen. *'' Above Us Only Sky'' (german: Über uns das All) directed by

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*'' Amnesty'' directed by Bujar Alimani *''

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'' directed by Ari Bafalouka *'' Karen Cries in a Bus'' ( es, Karen llora en un bus) directed by Gabriel Rojas Vera *'' Man without a Cell Phone'' directed by Sameh Zoab *'' Midnight in Paris'' directed by Woody Allen *''

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*'' The House'' ( sk, Dom) directed by

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'' ( pl, Jutro będzie lepiej) directed by Dorata Kedzierzawska

The Desert of the Real

A selection of critically acclaimed documentaries were screened under the title "The Desert of the Real" ( tr, Gerçeğin Çölü).

''I am Asian, I am African''

Tunisian film critic Hassouna Mansouri and Lebanese director

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were among the panel for the related discussion at the Metropolitan Municipality Theater Hall.

External links

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References

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21st century in Adana

Awards

Awards

Honorary Awards

Competition Sections

National Feature Film Competition

National Feature Film Competition Jury

National Feature Film Competition Selection

National Student Films Competition

Mediterranean Short Film Competition

Screening Sections

Retrospective: Derviş Zaim

Turkish Premiere: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

World Cinema

The Desert of the Real

''I am Asian, I am African''

See also

External links

References