Friday, April 13, 2012

2012 Istanbul Film Festival

NATIONAL COMPETITION
Beyond The Hill won Best National Film Award
BEYOND THE HILL | Director: Emin Alper *** 1/2
CAN | Director: Raşit Çelikezer ****
HOME | Director: Muzaffer Özdemir
I FLEW, YOU STAYED | Director: Mizgin Müjde Arslan
INSIDE | Director: Zeki Demirkubuz
NIGHT OF SILENCE | Director: Reis Çelik
POMEGRANATE, THE | Director: Ümit Ünal
PRESENT TENSE | Director: Belmin Söylemez
SHIPS | Director: Elif Refiğ
TRACE, THE | Director: M. Tayfur Aydın S
VOICE OF MY FATHER | Directors: Orhan Eskiköy & Zeynel Doğan
WHERE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE? | Director: Veli Kahraman

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
The Loneliest Planet won Best Film International Competition Award
ALBERT NOBBS | Director: Rodrigo García ** 1/2
BONSÁI | Director: Cristián Jiménez *** 1/2
CRACKS IN THE SHELL | Director: Christian Schwochow
CUT | Director: Amir Naderi
DEATH OF A SUPERHERO | Director: Ian FitzGibbon
DELAY, THE | Director: Rodrigo Plá *** 1/2
LONELIEST PLANET, THE | Director: Julia Loktev
OSLO, AUGUST 31ST | Director: Joachim Trier *** 1/2
ROYAL AFFAIR, A | Director: Nikolaj Arcel
SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO | Director: Robert Guédiguian
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Director: Andrea Arnold ** 1/2

OUT OF COMPETITION

EXTREMELY TRAGIC STORY OF CELAL TAN AND HIS FAMILY | Director: Onur Ünlü IN FLAMES | Director: Murat Saraçoğlu
LAST STOP SALVATION | Director: Yusuf Pirhasan
TO BETTER DAYS | Director: Hasan Tolga Pulat
VELVET | Director: Erdoğan Kar

OTHER AWARD WINNERS
Oslo, August 31st wins Special Jury Prize in international competition.
The Golden Tulip Best Director Award was given to Zeki Demirkubuz for Inside (Yeralti) and M. Tayfur Aydin’s Trace (Iz–Rec) received the Special Jury Prize in the National Competition.
Sanem Oge scooped Best Actress for her performance in Present Tense (Simdiki Zaman) and Engin Gunaydin took Best Actor for his turn in Inside(Yeralti). Best Screenplay went to Beyond the Hill and Orhan Eskikoy’s Voice of my Father.
Türksoy Golebeyi won the Best Director of Photography Award for lighting Inside (Yeralti) and the same film also saw a Best Editing award for Zeki Demirkubuz. Best Music went to Mustafa Biber for Trace (Iz-Rec).
Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights and Elper’s Beyond the Hill took home FIPRESCI awards while the Film Award of the Council of Europe (FACE) worth €10,000, given in cooperation with the Council of Europe and Eurimages, was awarded to Bence Fliegauf’s Just the Wind. There were People’s Choice Awards for Albert Nobbs and Inside.
In the Human Rights in Cinema competition the Special Jury Prize was shared by Anca Damian’s Crulic –The Path to Beyond and Emanuele Crialese’s Terraferma.

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