10/10/2022 - Martín Boulocq’s The Visitor has scooped the Best International Film Award, while Emin Alper’s Burning Days pocketed nine prizes at the major Turkish gathering

Özcan Alper’s Black Night has emerged as the winner of the 59^th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, snagging two awards in the National Feature Film Competition: Best Film and Best Screenplay, for Murat Uyurkulak and Özcan Alper. At the leading Turkish gathering, which unspooled from 1-8 October, Bolivian director Martín Boulocq was also crowned with the Best Film Award in the International Feature Film Competition, for The Visitor.

Furthermore, Belmin Söylemez’s sophomore feature, Mirror Mirror, received the Special Jury Award along with the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress, for Laçin Ceylan. The Best First Film Award was given to Snow and the Bear [+see also:
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Burning Days [+see also:
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In the International Feature Film Competition, the Special Jury Award was bestowed upon Valeria Is Getting Married [+see also:
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabe…
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Here is the complete list of winners at the 59^th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival:

National Feature Film Competition

Best Film
Black Night - Özcan Alper (Turkey/France/Germany)

Dr Avni Tolunay Special Jury Prize
Mirror Mirror - Belmin Söylemez (Turkey)

Behlül Dal Best First Film Award
Snow and the Bear [+see also:
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interview: Selcen Ergun
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Best Director
Emin Alper - Burning Days [+see also:
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interview: Emin Alper
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Cahide Sonku Award
Çiğdem Mater - Burning Days

Best Screenplay
Murat Uyurkulak, Özcan Alper - Black Night

Best Actress
Merve Dizdar - Snow and the Bear

Best Actor (ex aequo)
Selahattin Paşalı - Burning Days
Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu - RSVP (Please Respond) (Turkey)

Best Supporting Actress
Laçin Ceylan - Mirror Mirror

Best Supporting Actor
Erol Babaoğlu - Burning Days

Best Cinematography
Christos Karamanis - Burning Days

Best Music
Stefan Will - Burning Days

Best Editing
Özcan Vardar, Eytan İpeker - Burning Days

Best Art Direction
Meral Efe Yurtseven, Yunus Emre Yurtseven - Iguana Tokyo (Turkey/Germany/Japan)

Turkish Film Critics’ Association (SİYAD) Award
Burning Days - Emin Alper

Film-Yön Best Director Award
Emin Alper - Burning Days

International Feature Film Competition

Best Film
The Visitor - Martín Boulocq (Bolivia/Uruguay)

Special Jury Award
Valeria Is Getting Married [+see also:
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Best Director
Damian Kocur - Bread and Salt [+see also:
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interview: Damian Kocur
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Best Actress
Marina Foïs - The Beasts [+see also:
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interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabe…
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Best Actor
Pejman Jamshidi - Dustland (Iran)

National Documentary Film Competition

Best Film
Who is Mihri - Berna Gençalp (Turkey)

Special Jury Prize
Duet - Ekin İlkbağ, İdil Akkuş (Turkey)

National Short Film Competition

Best Short Film
You All & I Alone - Barış Kefeli, Nükhet Taner (Turkey)

Special Jury Award
Hell Is Empty, All the Devils Are Here - Özgürcan Uzunyaşa (Turkey)