21st Ankara International Film Festival

Awards

Foundation special awards

• Aziz Nesin Endeavour Award: Turkish actress Filiz Akın
• Mass Media Award: NTV culture and art programme Gece Gündüz produced and presented by Yekta Kopan
• Oak of Art Award: Turkish poet Gülten Akın

National feature film competition awards

• Best Film Award: Men on the Bridge () directed by Aslı Özge
• Best Movie Director Award: Pelin Esmer for 10 to 11 ()
• Best Leading Actor Award: Mert Fırat for Love in Another Language ()
• Best Leading Actress Award: Saadet Işıl Aksoy for Love in Another Language ()
• Best Supporting Actor Award: Volga Sorgu for Black Dogs Barking ()
• Best Supporting Actress Award: Selen Uçar for A Step into the Darkness ()
• Best Screenplay Award: Pelin Esmer for 10 to 11 ()
• Cinema Writers Association Best Film Award: Black Dogs Barking () directed by Mehmet Bahadır Er and Maryna Gorbach
• Mahmut Tali Öngören Special Award: On the Way to School () directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan

National documentary film competition awards

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

National Programmes

National Feature Film Competition

Films in Competition

• 10 to 11 () directed by Pelin Esmer.
• Black Dogs Barking () directed by Mehmet Bahadır Er and Maryna Gorbach.
• How Are You? () directed by Özlem Akovalıgil.
• Love in Another Language () directed by İlksen Başarır.
• Men On The Bridge () directed by Aslı Özge.
• On the Way to School () directed by Orhan Eskiköy.
• The Pain () directed by Cemal Şan.
• Piano Girl () directed by Murat Saraçoğlu.
• The Ringing Ball () directed by M. Egemen Ertürk.
• A Step into the Darkness () directed by Atıl İnaç.
• There () directed by Hakkı Kurtuluş and Melik Saraçoğlu.

Out of Competition Screenings

• The Hopeless () directed by Yılmaz Güney.
• The Crab Game () directed by Ali Özgentürk.

National Documentary Film Competition

National Documentary Film Competition Jury

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

Amateur Films in Competition

• Baghdad () directed by Berrak Samur
• On the Coast () directed by Merve Kayan and Zeynep Dadak
• The Silence Time () directed by Çiğdem Mazlum and Sertaç Yıldız
• The Wall () directed by Emre Karadaş and Deniz Oğuzsoy
• A Fatal Dress: Polygamy () directed by Müjde Arslan
• The Song Of Romeika () directed by Yeliz Karakütük
• The Cling () directed by Musa Ak
• The Colors of Zilan () directed by Nagihan Çakar

Professional Films in Competition

• Prison No 5: 1980–1984 () directed by Çayan Demirel
• The Children of September () directed by Meltem Öztürk and Hülya Karcı
• Bullet and Pen () directed by Mustafa Ünlü
• Lady Mukhtar () directed by Didem Şahin
• Miraz directed by Rodi Yüzbaşı
• An Argonaut in Ordu () directed by Rüya Arzu Köksal
• Silicosis () directed by Ethem Özgüven, Petra Holzer and Selçuk Erzurumlu
• The Last Season: Shawaks () directed by Kazim Öz
• Coffee Futures () directed by Zeynep Devrim Gürsel

Out of Competition Screenings

• 4857 directed by Ethem Özgüven, Petra Holzer and Selçuk Erzurumlu
• Thoughts on the Cinema of Halit Refiğ () directed by Çetin Tunca.
• Istanbul Is Naked () directed by Zafer Biçen.
• Leyla and Mecnun Abroad () directed by Zeynep Özkaya.
• Memduh Ün: Big World Of Small People () directed by Çetin Tunca.
• The Losers () directed by Gül Büyükbeşe Muyan.
• Passion of Metin Erksan () directed by Sadık Battal.

International Programmes

Power and Rebellion

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.

• The Commute () directed by Elías León Siminiani.
• Rabbit à la Berlin () directed by Bartosz Konopka.
• Living on Your Feet: The Struggles of Cipriano Mera () directed by Valentí Figueres.
• Confessions of an Economic Hitman directed by Stelios Kouloglou.
• Kavalar - The White Zone () directed by Ralf Küster.
• Stammheim () directed by Reinhard Hauff.
• If.... directed by Lindsay Anderson.
• Burn! () directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
• Red Psalm () directed by Miklós Jancsó.
• United Red Army () directed by Kôji Wakamatsu.
• Rosa Luxemburg directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
• Entranced Earth () directed by Glauber Rocha.
• Viva Maria! directed by Louis Malle.

Masters

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.

• Achilles and the Tortoise () directed by Takeshi Kitano.
• The White Ribbon () directed by Michael Haneke.
• Eden Is West () directed by Costa-Gavras.
• Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! directed by Peter Greenaway.
• The Army of Crime () directed by Robert Guédiguian.
• The Dust of Time () directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos.

From All Over the World

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.

• Opium War directed by Siddiq Barmak.
• Backyard () directed by Carlos Carrera.
• Tales from the Golden Age () directed by Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu & Ioana Uricaru.
• The Last Days of Emma Blank () directed by Alex van Warmerdam.
• The Investigator () directed by Attila Gigor.
• Johnny Mad Dog directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire.
• Mary and Max directed by Adam Elliot.
• Metropia directed by Tarik Saleh.
• Breathless (Korean: Ddongpari) directed by Yang Ik-june.
• Tears of April () directed by Aku Louhimies.
• The Other Bank (Gagma Napiri) directed by George Ovashvili.
• Letters to Father Jaakob () directed by Klaus Härö.
• Revanche directed by Götz Spielmann.
• Samson and Delilah directed by Warwick Thornton.

A Country: Brazil

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

• The Year My Parents Went on Vacation () directed by Cao Hamburger.
• Brainstorm () directed by Luiz Bolognesi.
• Estamira directed by Marcos Prado.
• BirdWatchers () directed by Marco Bechis.
• Estômago: A Gastronomic Story () directed by Marcos Jorge.
• Elite Squad () directed by José Padilha.
• Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures () directed by Marcelo Gomes.

In Memoriam: Eric Rohmer

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

• Pauline at the Beach () directed by Eric Rohmer.
• The Green Ray () directed by Eric Rohmer.

Immortals at Cinema's Century

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

• The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz () directed by Luis Buñuel.
• Simon of the Desert () directed by Luis Buñuel.
• Yojimbo () directed by Akira Kurosawa.
• Throne of Blood () directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Midnight Cinema

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

• Mom () directed by Andres Muschietti.
• Dead Snow () directed by Tommy Wirkola.
• Deadspiel directed by Jay Molloy.
• Full Employment () directed by Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel.

Afghan Dreams

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

State of the World

• Painful Years () directed by Anne-Mieke van den berg.
• The Heretics directed by Joan Braderman.
• The Real World Of Peter Gabriel directed by Georg Maas & Dieter Zeppenfeld.
• Listening to The Silence directed by Pedro Flores.
• Tobacco Girl () directed by Biljana Garvanlieva.

References

References

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2. "Ankara welcomes films from around the world". [[Turkish Daily News]].
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4. "Coup documentaries dominate Ankara fest". [[Today's Zaman]].
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8. "'Köprüdekiler' director to speak at Ankara festival". [[Today's Zaman]].
9. "'Tears of April': the possibility of falling in love with the enemy". [[Today's Zaman]].
10. "Aziz Nesin Endeavour Award will be given to Filiz AKIN". AIFF.
11. "The Mass Media Award will be given to the TV Show "Gece Gündüz"". AIFF.
12. "Oak of Art Award will be given to Gülten AKIN". AIFF.
13. "11'e 10 Kala / 10 to 11". AIFF.
14. "Kara Köpekler Havlarken / Black Dogs Barking". AIFF.
15. "Kako Si? / How Are You?". AIFF.
16. "Başka Dilde Aşk / Love in Another Language". AIFF.
17. "Köprüdekiler / Men On The Bridge". AIFF.
18. "İki Dil Bir Bavul / On the Way to School". AIFF.
19. "Acı / The Pain". AIFF.
20. "Deli Deli Olma / Piano Girl". AIFF.
21. "Çıngıraklı Top / The Ringing Ball". AIFF.
22. "Büyük Oyun / A Step into the Darkness". AIFF.
23. "Orada / There". AIFF.
24. "Umutsuzlar / The Hopeless". AIFF.
25. "Yengeç Oyunu / The Crab Game". AIFF.
26. "Bağdat / Baghdad". AIFF.
27. "Bu Sahilde / On the Coast". AIFF.
28. "Dema Bêzar / The Silence Time". AIFF.
29. "Duvar / The Wall". AIFF.
30. "Kirasê Mirinê: Hewîtî / A Fatal Dress: Polygamy". AIFF.
31. "Romeyika'nın Türküsü / The Song Of Romeyika". AIFF.
32. "Tutunmak / The Cling". AIFF.
33. "Zilan' ın Renkleri / The Colors of Zilan". AIFF.
34. "5 Nolu Cezaevi: 1980–84 / Prison No 5: 1980–1984". AIFF.
35. "Eylül Çocukları / The Children of September". AIFF.
36. "Kurşun Kalem / Bullet And Pen". AIFF.
37. "Lady Muhtar / Lady Mukhtar". AIFF.
38. "Miraz". AIFF.
39. "Ordu'da Bir Argonot / An Argonaut in Ordu". AIFF.
40. "Silikozis / Silicosis". AIFF.
41. "Demsala Dawî: Şewaxan / The Last Season: Shawaks". AIFF.
42. "Neyse Halim Çıksın Falim / Coffee Futures". AIFF.
43. "4857". AIFF.
44. "Halit Refiğ Sineması Üzerine Düşünceler / Thoughts on the Cinema of Halit Refiğ". AIFF.
45. "İstanbul Çıplak / Istanbul Is Naked". AIFF.
46. "Leyla en Mecnun in den vreemde / Leyla and Mecnun Abroad". AIFF.
47. "Memduh Ün: Küçük İnsanların Büyük Dünyası / Memduh Ün: Big World Of Small People". AIFF.
48. "Kaybedenler / The Losers". AIFF.
49. "Metin Erksan'ın Tutkusu / Passion of Metin Erksan". AIFF.
50. "El Tránsito / The Commute". AIFF.
51. "Rabbit à la Berlin". AIFF.
52. "Vivir de pie. Las guerras de Cipriano Mera / Living on your feet. The struggles of Cipriano Mer". AIFF.
53. "Apology of an Economic Hitman". AIFF.
54. "Kavalar - Die Weisse Zone / Kavalar - The White Zone". AIFF.
55. "Stammheim - Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht / Stammheim". AIFF.
56. "If....". AIFF.
57. "Queimada / Burn!". AIFF.
58. "Még kér a nép / Red Psalm". AIFF.
59. "Jitsuroku rengô sekigun: Asama sansô e no michi / United Red Army". AIFF.
60. "Rosa Luxemburg". AIFF.
61. "Terra em Transe / Earth Entranced". AIFF.
62. "Viva Maria!". AIFF.
63. "Akiresu to kame / Achilles and the Tortoise". AIFF.
64. "Das Weisse Band - Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte / The White Ribbon". AIFF.
65. "Eden à l'Ouest / Eden Is West". AIFF.
66. "Rembrandt's J'accuse". AIFF.
67. "L'armée du crime / The Army of Crime". AIFF.
68. "I skoni tou hronou / The Dust of Time". AIFF.
69. "Opium War". AIFF.
70. "El traspatio / Backyard". AIFF.
71. "Amintiri din epoca de aur / Tales from the Golden Age". AIFF.
72. "De laatste dagen van Emma Blank / The Last Days of Emma Blank". AIFF.
73. "A Nyomozó / The Investigator". AIFF.
74. "Johnny Mad Dog". AIFF.
75. "Mary And Max". AIFF.
76. "Metropia". AIFF.
77. "Ddongpari / Breathless". AIFF.
78. "Käsky / Tears of April". AIFF.
79. "Gagma Napiri / The Other Bank". AIFF.
80. "Postia pappi Jaakobille / Letters to Father Jaakob". AIFF.
81. "Revanche". AIFF.
82. "Samson & Delilah". AIFF.
83. "O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias / The Year My Parents Went on Vacation". AIFF.
84. "Bicho De Sete Cabeças / Brainstorm". AIFF.
85. "Estamira". AIFF.
86. "La Terra Degli Uomini Rossi / BirdWatchers". AIFF.
87. "Estômago / Estômago: A Gastronomic Story". AIFF.
88. "Tropa de Elite / Elite Squad". AIFF.
89. "Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus / Movies, Aspirins and Vultures". AIFF.
90. "Pauline à la plage / Pauline at the Beach". AIFF.
91. "Le Rayon vert / The Green Ray". AIFF.
92. "Ensayo de un crimen / The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz". AIFF.
93. "Simón del desierto / Simon of the Desert". AIFF.
94. "Yojimbo / The Bodyguard". AIFF.
95. "Kumonosu-jô / Throne of Blood". AIFF.
96. "Mamá / Mom". AIFF.
97. "Død snø / Dead Snow". AIFF.
98. "Deadspiel". AIFF.
99. "Arbeit für Alle / Full Employment". AIFF.
100. "Addicted in Afghanistan". AIFF.
101. "Afghan Chronicles". AIFF.
102. "Yelda - The Longest Night". AIFF.
103. "Geslagen Jaren / Painful Years". AIFF.
104. "The Heretics". AIFF.
105. "The Real World Of Peter Gabriel". AIFF.
106. "Listening to The Silence". AIFF.
107. "Tabakmädchen / Tobacco Girl". AIFF.