Director Ragıp Türk’s film Taş ve Tüy (Stone and Feather) won the best film award at the 63rd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival on Saturday night, collecting six awards in total, DHA and İHA reported.
The closing and awards ceremony was held at the Glass Pyramid (Cam Piramit) in Antalya. The festival is organised by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality.
Besides best film, Taş ve Tüy won best screenplay for Türk, best editing (shared with Kadim Mavi), the Cahide Sonku award for Melda Tuzluca, the Film-Yön directors’ association award and the Sungu Çapan national film critics award, the reports said.
Acting and directing awards
Yeşim Ustaoğlu was named best director for Artakalan, whose lead Öykü Karayel won best actress. The film also took the awards for best cinematography (Kırıl Prodonov) and best art direction (Osman Özcan and Görkem Canbolat).
The best actor award was shared by Mehmet Günsür and Mert Fırat for Hakikatin Ölümü. Duygu Köse won best supporting actress for Bir Anne Hakkında, which also earned Büşra Bülbül the best first film award. İlhan Şen and Erol Babaoğlu shared best supporting actor for Cinlerin Düğünü.
Kadim Mavi received the Dr. Avni Tolunay jury special award, and Can Kuman won best music for the same film. The national jury was chaired by director Derviş Zaim.
Other categories
In the documentary competition, Arda Sarıgül’s Mükellef won best documentary, while Soner Alan’s Kısa Akıl was named best short film. In the international feature competition, Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas Vignale shared best director for Nehir Treni (River Train), and Magdalena Laubisch won best actress, according to both agencies.
The festival’s national competition line-up was announced earlier this autumn; see our report on the Golden Orange national competition films.
Sources
- Altın Portakal’da gecenin kazananı ‘Taş ve Tüy’ oldu (DHA via Son Dakika)
- Altın Portakal’da ödüller sahiplerini buldu: ‘Taş ve Tüy’ 6 ödülle zirvede (Cumhuriyet)
- Altın Portakal’da "Taş ve Tüy"e 6 ödül (İHA via Habertürk Yerel)
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