22nd Ankara International Film Festival

22nd Ankara International Film Festival

Festival Poster
Location Ankara, Turkey
Festival date March 17–27, 2011
http://www.filmfestankara.org.tr/en
Ankara Film Festival

21st

The 22nd Ankara International Film Festival was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey, which ran from March 17 to 27, 2011. Films were screened at Batı Movie Theater, Büyülü Fener Kızılay, Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center and the Goethe Institut Ankara, and the Street of Art events took place across the city. Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski was the guest of honor at the festival which included a retrospective of his work.[1][2][3]

This edition of the Ankara International Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI, opened with a gala on the evening of March 16 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which the foundation special awards were presented, and the Emre Kartarı Jazz Band performed film music.[4][5]

The festival concluded with an awards deremony on March 27 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which Derviş Zaim, whose film Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler) won the top award, announced "I will try to live up to this honor and I will continue making films that take risks."[6][7]

A total of 620 films were submitted to the competition and screening sections of this edition of the festival.[8][9]

Awards

National Feature Film Competition Awards

National Short Film Competition Awards

National Documentary Film Competition Awards

Foundation Special Awards

National Programmes

National Feature Film Competition

National Feature Film Competition Jury

SİYAD Jury

  • Agah Özgüç
  • Banu Bozdemir
  • Fırat Sayıcı

Films in competition

A pre-selection jury consisting of Sevilay Çelenk, Barış Kılıçbay and İnci Demirkol selected 10 films, from the 20 submissions received, to compete in the National Feature Film Competition.[9]

National Short Film Programmes

National Short Film Competition Jury

Films in programme

A pre-selection jury consisting of Bülent Özkam, Cumhur Canbazoğlu and Prof. Dr. Oğuz Onaran selected 15 fictional, 7 animation and 13 experimental films to compete in the National Short Film Competition. Also 23 films were selected to be shown out of competition.[8]

Fiction films in competition
Experimental films in competition
Animation films in competition
Out of competition screenings

National Documentary Film Programmes

National Documentary Film Competition Jury

Films in programme

A pre-selection jury consisting of Ahmet Gürata, Bülent Özkam and Ersan Ocak selected 7 student and 11 professional documentaries to compete in the National Documentary Film Competition. Also 2 documentaries were selected to be shown out of competition.[8]

Student films in competition
Professional films in competition
Out of competition screenings

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "22nd Ankara International Film Festival". AIFF. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  2. ↑ "Debuts dominate Ankara film fest competition bill". Today's Zaman. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Ankara counting down to 22nd film festival". Today's Zaman. 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  4. ↑ "22nd Ankara Film Festival kicks off". Hürriyet Daily News. 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Ankara film festival offers assorted lineup in 22nd year". Today's Zaman. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  6. ↑ ""Shadows and Appearances" Wins Best Film at Ankara Film Festival". TRT. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  7. ↑ "Zaim’s ‘Gölgeler ve Suretler’ big winner at Ankara film fest". Today's Zaman. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "National feature film competition results". AIFF. 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The competition films have been announced". AIFF. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-01-31.