The seventh edition of the Antalya Film Forum, the co-production market and project development sidebar of the 57^th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (3-10 October), will be held from 5-7 October, entirely online. Spanning five different platforms, and introducing one new one intended for series development, the Antalya Film Forum invites 29 projects at various stages of production to come and be presented. Headed up by Olena Yershova Yıldız, it seeks to bring together independent directors, producers and screenwriters from Turkey with professionals from the international film industry, and to create funding opportunities for new and emerging film projects.

In the Pitching for Feature Films in Development platform, eight projects (from among the 60 or so submitted) that are currently at the development stage, and have a director and producer from Turkey attached, were selected to be presented. Two of them will receive cash awards, worth TL 30,000 (€3,400) each, while one more will be given the Film Standartları Post Production Award.

The selection of the platform comprises the following projects:

The Ashes – Hüseyin Karabey
Producer: Hüseyin Karabey

Bonds – Soner Sert
Producer: Seçkin Akyıldız

A Deserved Kiss – Murat Uğurlu
Producer: Asena Bulduk

Not as You Know It – Vuslat Saraçaoğlu
Producer: Vuslat Saraçaoğlu

Seven – M Tayfur Aydın
Producer: Diloy Gülün

Unknown – Lusin Dink
Producers: Özcan Alper, İbrahim Karatay

The Witch – Erman Bostan
Producer: Nilüfer Küyel

When the Sun Comes Out – Zeynep Güzel
Producers: Beste Yamalıoğlu, Armağan Lale, Cansu Menlikli

A new pitching category is being introduced this year, the Series/Short Series Pitching Platform, which aims to reflect the growing role and importance of series in the audiovisual industry by identifying new talents and encouraging the development of original and creative content. The platform received 35 submissions in its inaugural year, and six have been selected to duke it out for the TL 30,000 (€3,400) BluTV Award, which will support the production of a pilot episode, and the Color up - Color Correction Award.

The selection of the platform comprises the following projects:

Berlinist
Creators, producers: Levent Çetin, Serdar Kökçeoğlu
Scriptwriter: Serdar Kökçeoğlu
Director: Levent Çetin

Giving Birth to a Criminal
Creators, scriptwriters: Ahmet İlker Coşkun, Deniz Bayraktaroğlu
Producer: Deniz Bayraktaroğlu

Keys & the Story of Era
Creator, scriptwriter, director, producer: Doğacan Aktaş

Matryoshka
Creator, scriptwriter, director: Mustafa Haktanır
Producer: Yonca Ertürk

Men of Istanbul
Creator, scriptwriter, director: Ali Kemal Güven
Producer: Seda Özkaraca

A Slow-cooked Heart
Creator, director: Can Evrenol
Scriptwriter: Jamie Grefe
Producer: Bora Yüksel

In the Feature Work in Progress section, five projects, out of the 16 submitted, will be eligible to win two cash prizes of TL 80,000 (€9,000) and TL 40,000 (€4,500), the TRT Award, valued at TL 50,000 (€5,600), and the Başka Sinema Distribution and Promotion Award.

The participants in Feature Work in Progress are as follows:

Corridor – Erkan Tahhuşoğlu
Producers: Zeynep Koray, İris Tahhuşoğlu, Yunus Yunusoğlu

Dialogue – Ali Tansu Turhan
Producers: Ali Tansu Turhan, Burcu Uğuz

Snow and the Bear [+lee también:
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Producer: Nefes Polat

Time of Impatience [+lee también:
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Producer: Aydın Orak

Zuhal [+lee también:
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Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu

Also, seven projects will be screened as part of Documentary Works in Progress, and they will be going head to head for prizes totalling TL 60,000 (€6,700) in cash, along with the Postbıyık Sound Post Production Award and the Başka Sinema Distribution Award. The participants are as follows:

Drifting – Somnur Vardar
Producer: Somnur Vardar

Duet – İdil Akkuş, Ekin İlkbağ
Producer: Ali Bilgin

Leave the Door Open – Ümran Safter
Producer: Suraj Sharma

Life Beyond Borders – Haydar Demirtaş
Producers: Haydar Demirtaş, Can Deniz Şahin, Hasan Demirtaş

Les Enfants terribles [+lee también:
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Producers: Nadir Öperli, Delphine Morel, Anke Petersen

Witch Trilogy 15+ – Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
Producer: Armağan Lale

Within the Shadow of Memories – Şafak Şahin
Producer: Emek Yıldırım Şahin

Finally, three projects have been shortlisted for the Sümer Tilmaç Antalya Film Support Fund, and one of them will end up receiving support of TL 150,000 (€16,750) from the city of Antalya, in addition to a Post Production Award sponsored by Fono Film. The stipulations are that at least two-thirds of the film must be shot in the region, and this footage must be featured in the final cut.

The projects selected are as follows:

Apollon by Day, Athena by Night – Emine Yıldırım
Producers: Dilde Mahalli, Emine Yıldırım

Before the Dark – İsmet Akgün
Producer: Okan Üzey

Summer Dreams – Aytaç Uzun
Producer: Nermin Aytekin