21st Ankara International Film Festival

Summary

The 21st Ankara International Film Festival was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey that ran from March 11 to 21, 2010.

21st Ankara International Film Festival
Festival Poster
LocationAnkara, Turkey
Festival dateMarch 11–21, 2010
Websitehttp://www.filmfestankara.org.tr/en
Ankara Film Festival
20th

This edition of the Ankara Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI, opened with a gala on the evening of March 10 at the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, at which the foundation special awards were presented, and closed with a screening of The Dust of Time (Greek: Η Σκόνη του Χρόνου) directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos.[1]

11 films competed in the National Feature Competition, 28 films competed in the National Short Film Competition under fiction, experimental and animation categories and 17 films competed in the National Documentary Film Competition under amateur and professional categories. The festival films were shown at three venues, including Batı Movie Theaters, German Cultural Center and Çankata Municipality Contemporary Arts Center with the final awards being given out in a ceremony held at the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall.[2][3][4][5][6]

Among the filmmakers who were present to present their films at the festival were Siddiq Barmak, Aslı Özge and Aku Louhimies.[7][8][9]

Awards edit

Foundation special awards edit

National feature film competition awards edit

National documentary film competition awards edit

  • Best Documentary Film Award: Prison No 5: 1980–1984 (Turkish: 5 Nolu Cezaevi: 1980–84) directed by Çayan Demirel
  • Runner-up: The Children of September (Turkish: Eylül Çocukları) directed by Meltem Öztürk and Hülya Karcı

National Programmes edit

National Feature Film Competition edit

National Feature Film Competition Jury edit

SİYAD Jury edit

  • Ali Hakan
  • Bülent Vardar
  • Elif Tunca

Films in Competition edit

Out of Competition Screenings edit

National Documentary Film Competition edit

National Documentary Film Competition Jury edit

  • Hakan Aytekin
  • Hacı Mehmet Duranoğlu
  • Yaprak İşçibaşı
  • Özgür Şeyben
  • Mutlu Binark

Amateur Films in Competition edit

  • Baghdad (Turkish: Bağdat) directed by Berrak Samur[26]
  • On the Coast (Turkish: Bu Sahilde) directed by Merve Kayan and Zeynep Dadak[27]
  • The Silence Time (Turkish: Dema Bêzar) directed by Çiğdem Mazlum and Sertaç Yıldız[28]
  • The Wall (Turkish: Duvar) directed by Emre Karadaş and Deniz Oğuzsoy[29]
  • A Fatal Dress: Polygamy (Turkish: Kirasê Mirinê: Hewîtî) directed by Müjde Arslan[30]
  • The Song Of Romeika (Turkish: Romeyika'nın Türküsü) directed by Yeliz Karakütük[31]
  • The Cling (Turkish: Tutunmak) directed by Musa Ak[32]
  • The Colors of Zilan (Turkish: Zilan’ ın Renkleri) directed by Nagihan Çakar[33]

Professional Films in Competition edit

  • Prison No 5: 1980–1984 (Turkish: 5 Nolu Cezaevi: 1980–84) directed by Çayan Demirel[34]
  • The Children of September (Turkish: Eylül Çocukları) directed by Meltem Öztürk and Hülya Karcı[35]
  • Bullet and Pen (Turkish: Kurşun Kalem) directed by Mustafa Ünlü[36]
  • Lady Mukhtar (Turkish: Lady Muhtar) directed by Didem Şahin[37]
  • Miraz directed by Rodi Yüzbaşı[38]
  • An Argonaut in Ordu (Turkish: Ordu’da Bir Argonot) directed by Rüya Arzu Köksal[39]
  • Silicosis (Turkish: Silikozis) directed by Ethem Özgüven, Petra Holzer and Selçuk Erzurumlu[40]
  • The Last Season: Shawaks (Turkish: Demsala Dawî: Şewaxan) directed by Kazim Öz[41]
  • Coffee Futures (Turkish: Neyse Halim Çıksın Falim) directed by Zeynep Devrim Gürsel[42]

Out of Competition Screenings edit

  • 4857 directed by Ethem Özgüven, Petra Holzer and Selçuk Erzurumlu[43]
  • Thoughts on the Cinema of Halit Refiğ (Turkish: Halit Refiğ Sineması Üzerine Düşünceler) directed by Çetin Tunca.[44]
  • Istanbul Is Naked (Turkish: İstanbul Çıplak) directed by Zafer Biçen.[45]
  • Leyla and Mecnun Abroad (Turkish: Leyla en Mecnun in den vreemde) directed by Zeynep Özkaya.[46]
  • Memduh Ün: Big World Of Small People (Turkish: Memduh Ün: Küçük İnsanların Büyük Dünyası) directed by Çetin Tunca.[47]
  • The Losers (Turkish: Kaybedenler) directed by Gül Büyükbeşe Muyan.[48]
  • Passion of Metin Erksan (Turkish: Metin Erksan’ın Tutkusu) directed by Sadık Battal.[49]

International Programmes edit

Power and Rebellion edit

Power and Rebellion was selected as the basic theme of the festival in order, according to the organisers, to bring up the need for an uprise to the public agenda of the public, and because, In an era of uncertainty and abdication like today, we all need to watch these films and then think about our future once again.

Masters edit

The Masters programme exhibited new works by the world's most established and renowned filmmakers such as Robert Guédiguian, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Costa-Gavras, Michael Haneke.

From All Over the World edit

From All Over the World was a collection of premieres and prize-winning film selections which aims to present the best of current international filmmaking.

A Country: Brazil edit

A Country: Brazil was a lineup of 7 films, which aims to highlight the renaissance Brazilian Cinema has undergone in the 2000s.

In Memoriam: Eric Rohmer edit

In Memoriam: Eric Rohmer was a selection of two films screened in memory of the new wave auteur Eric Rohmer, who died that year.

Immortals at Cinema's Century edit

Immortals at Cinema's Century was a selection of four films screened to celebrate Akira Kurosawa’s 100th and Luis Buñuel’s 110th birthday.

Midnight Cinema edit

Midnight Cinema was a late night screenings of the most bizarre films of the horror and thriller genres.

Afghan Dreams edit

  • Addicted in Afghanistan directed by Jawed Taiman.[100]
  • Afghan Chronicles directed by Dominic Morissette.[101]
  • Yelda - The Longest Night directed by Roberto Lozano.[102]

State of the World edit

See also edit

External links edit

  • Official website for the festival

References edit

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  37. ^ "Lady Muhtar / Lady Mukhtar". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  38. ^ "Miraz". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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  40. ^ "Silikozis / Silicosis". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  41. ^ "Demsala Dawî: Şewaxan / The Last Season: Shawaks". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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  48. ^ "Kaybedenler / The Losers". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  49. ^ "Metin Erksan'ın Tutkusu / Passion of Metin Erksan". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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  100. ^ "Addicted in Afghanistan". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  101. ^ "Afghan Chronicles". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  102. ^ "Yelda - The Longest Night". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  103. ^ "Geslagen Jaren / Painful Years". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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  107. ^ "Tabakmädchen / Tobacco Girl". AIFF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-02-24.