Our Radio, Television and Cinema department returned with proud news from the 24th Izmir Short Film Festival held between 14-19 November 2023.
RTS Department students Dalya Keleş and Didem Nur Yayman won an honorable mention in the Film Lab National category with their short film project titled “Gateway”.
One of our graduates, Tilbe Cana İnan, won the Best Screenplay award in the Fiction category with her film “How to Lose”.
Our graduate Can Merdan Doğan won the 2nd Best Film award with her film “The Longest Night”.
The Izmir Short Film Festival ended with the award ceremony held on Saturday, November 18th. Hosted by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and held at the Historical Gas Factory, the award ceremony featured important names from the film industry handing out awards to young filmmakers. Organized with the contributions of the Ministry of Culture, General Directorate of Cinema, Izmir Chamber of Commerce, Karşıyaka Municipality, Balçova Municipality and Narlıdere Municipality, the Izmir Short Film Festival provided Izmir residents with a 6-day week full of cinema. Film screenings were held at the French Cultural Center, Tarık Akan Youth Center, Karaca Cinema and İstinye Art Renk Cinema, while the Film Lab section of the festival was organized at the Izmir Chamber of Commerce İzQ Entrepreneurship Center.
In addition to physical screenings in theaters, over 20,000 viewers were reached through online screenings attended by short film viewers from all over Turkey. The Izmir Short Film Festival, which especially attracted young moviegoers, hosted 300 films in screenings. In addition to screening halls, screenings at Izmir University of Technology allowed university students to watch short films in locations far from the city center.
In İzmir Film Lab events, short film producers had the chance to participate in training on many technical and artistic subjects. In addition, in the project competitions organized, short film producers and directors had the opportunity to present their projects to the jury in İzmir and National categories.
A total of 20 awards in 8 categories were presented to their owners in the Izmir Short Film Festival and Izmir Film Lab competitions:
Izmir Film Lab Izmirli Category
Honorable Mention / Corridor – Ayşe Çelikkaya, Aşkım Barış Ferhatoğlu (Red Digital Cinema Camera Equipment award)
Production Support Award / In Search of Lost Time – Nuda Doğan, Lütfü İrdem
Best Project / A Very Proper Girl – Seda Kanburoğlu
Izmir Film Lab National Category
Honorable Mention / A Quiet Night – İpek Karan, Gülşah Karan
Honorable Mention / Gravity – Dalya Keleş, Didem Nur Yayman
Best Project / Defect – Pelin Büyüktaş, Eda Türkay
International Category
It Turns Blue – Shadi Karamroudi / İran
Super – Nikolas Kouloglou / Yunanistan
On Purpose – Adas Burksaitis / Litvanya
National Category
Animation
Special Jury Prize / Our Love is Immortal – Ender Yıldızhan
Best Animated Film / Wolf’s Box – Uğur Savaş
Experimental
Special Jury Prize / March 8, 2020 A Diary – Fırat Yücel
Best Experimental Film / Clup Eterna – Bora Güler
Documentary
Best Documentary / Duvar – Evrim İnci
Fiction
Best Editing / This Is Not the Place for You – Doruk Kaya, Günce Durmaz
Best Art Direction / Which Night I Grew Up – Güzin Erkaymaz
Best Cinematography / I Don’t Need Another Defeat – Kağan Şahin
Best Player / İnci Daşdemir – I Don’t Need Another Defeat, Let’s Not Go Out On An Empty Stomach
Best Scenario / How to Get Lost – Tilbe Cana İnan
Best Director / Nefes – Cem Terbiyeli
Youth Award / Unexpected Events in History – Ramazan Kılıç
Best 3rd Film Award / Unexpected Events in History – Ramazan Kılıç
Second Best Film / The Longest Night – Can Merdan Doğan
Best Film / Pets – Deniz Uymaz
Another Cinema Distribution Award
I Am Not A Supermarket – Ekrem Ayhan Çakay
Club Eterna – Bora Güler
Wall – Evrim İnci
The Longest Night – Can Merdan Dogan
Finally – Official Order
Wolf’s Box – Ugur Savas