The press conference of the 7th Malatya International Film Festival was held on October 10th, Tuesday, at Shangri-La Bosphorus Hotel. The conference was attended by the Governor of Malatya Ali Kaban, Mayor Ahmet Çakır, Festival Director Suat Köçer, Mayor of Yeşilyurt, Mayor of Battalgazi, Festival’s Executive Committee President Ertan Mumcu, National Jury President Hülya Koçyiğit, Program Director Alin Taşçıyan, Malatya Film Platform Director Sermin Çakmak Afşin, Belkıs Özener, the festival sponsors and many press members.
The competition films, 12 projects shortlisted for Malatya Film Platform, official selections, events and the festival’s surprises were announced at the press conference.
First speaker at the conference was Governor Kaban, who underlined the great contributions of the festival to the Turkish cinema and Malatya.
“Malatya International Film Festival is a promising festival which has been improving since its first edition and is carrying the current culture into the future. Our main duty is to support the festival and cinema. And we’ll continue to carry out this duty for a greater recognition of MIFF at both national and international levels,” Mayor Çakır said.
And the Festival Director Suat Köçer announced the festival’s innovations and its official selection.
NATIONAL COMPETITION JURY PRESIDENT: HÜLYA KOÇYİĞİT
The national film competition line-up was announced by the veteran actress Hülya Koçyiğit, the National Feature Film Competition Jury President of the 7th Malatya International Film Festival.
NATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION:
Grain / Semih Kaplanoğlu
More / Onur Saylak
Minus One / Orhan Oğuz
Something Useful / Pelin Esmer
The Bank of Broken Hearts / Onur Ünlü
Murtaza / Özgür Sevimli
Yellow Heat / Fikret Reyhan
Brothers of Silence / Taylan Mintaş
Serial Cook / Ümit Ünal
Stone / Orhan Eskiköy
Confrontation / Nejla Demirci
Zer / Kazım Öz
NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION:
The All Seeing Blind / Nuri Cihan Özdoğan
Warm In The Cold / Durmuş Soykut
Ground Level / Ayris Alptekin
The Theory of Almodovar / Halit Eke
The Well / Rıdvan Yavuz
Refugee /Ramazan Kılıç
Toprak / Onur Yağız
Return From The Hunt / Recep Çavdar
The Sacrifice / Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar
The Valley / Can Erkan
Wicked Girl / Ayçe Kartal
Story of A Job Interview / Alkım Özmen
The festival’s international short and feature film selections will attract people from all walks of life.
“Every festival includes the most distinguished films in their selections, but Malatya International Film Festival aims a larger audience. We chose the films that will attract people from all walks of life,” Alin Taşçıyan said, and announced the international competition films.
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION:
The Blockage / Mohsen GHARAEI
Centaur / Aktan Abdykalykov
Pomegranate Orchard / Ilgar Najaf
Pela Janela / Caroline Leone
Dede / Mariam Khatchvani
Cargo / Gilles Coulier
Son Of Sofia / Elina Psikou
Grain / Semih Kaplanoğlu
Blue Silence / Bülent Öztürk
More / Onur Saylak
Mothering / Roqiye Tavakoli
Life and Nothing More / Antonio Méndez Esparza
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION:
The All Seeing Blind / Nuri Cihan Özdoğan
Hofre Moshtarak / Asma Ebrahimzadegan
Voice / Darioush Najafi Gol (Arturan)
Misappropriation / Ana Maria Ferri
Night Guest / Ziregul Kubandıkkızı
Nest / Ünal Altunyaymak
Summer Time With My Mother / Diana Lu
Arin / Mizgin Müjde Arslan
Once Upon a Time in Odessa / Vladek Zankovsky
Verge / Selman Nacar
Malatya Film Platform will highly contribute to the film production
12 shortlisted films for the first edition of Malatya Film Platform have been announced by the platform’s director Sermin Çakmak Afşin. “We had a few main motives while planning the first edition of Malatya Film Platform. Workshops will be held between 11-15 November. The platform will be attended by Fabienne de Aguado, one of the founders of the Centre for Cinematographic Scripts (CÉCI) and a tutor at Torino Film Lab, John Morrissey, the producer of American History X, awarded film director Erdem Tepegöz, and Etienne de Ricaud, the founder of Caractères Productions,” Afşin said.
Shortlisted Projects for the Malatya Film Platform:
Shortlist for Ertem Eğilmez Family Films Production Support Award:
- AMERİKA OTOBÜSÜ/DERYA DURMAZ
- ALİ’NİN TABİATI/LEVENT ÇETİN
- CEVİZ AĞACI/FAYSAL SOYSAL
- JULİA’YA AŞIK OLMAK/ALP KAMBER
- KAPLUMBAĞA TERBİYECİSİ/ORHAN İNCE
- OKUL TRAŞI/FERİT KARAHAN
Shortlist for TRT Pre-production Support Award:
- ANADOLU PARSI / ORÇUN KÖKSAL
- KAPAN / SEYİD ÇOLAK
- MAVZER / FATİH ÖZCAN
- ASİ VE MAVİ / RUHİ KARADAĞ
- BİRLİKTE ÖLECEĞİZ / MELİK SARAÇOĞLU, HAKKI KURTULUŞ
- YURT / NEHİR TUNA
NATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION JURY
Hülya Koçyiğit (Jury President)
Ebru Ceylan
Taner Birsel
Hayk Kirakosyan
Selim Evci
NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION JURY
Serdar Sidar Karakaş
Fırat Sayıcı
Sinan Sertel
Yonca Ertürk
Zeynep Gülru Keçeciler
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION JURY
Nacer Khemir (Jury President)
Seçil Büker
Fatemah Motamed-Aria
Intishal Al Timimi
Edvinas Pukšta
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION JURY
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Reshad Strik
Gulbara Tolomushova
Deniz Eyüboğlu Aydın
Ettienne De Ricaud
MALATYA FILM PLATFORM JURY
Elif Dagdeviren
Serkan Yildirim
Cemil Yavuz
Nazif Tunc
Atalay Tasdiken
NETPAC JURY:
Jeffrey jeturian
Maja Bogojevic
Sabire Soytok
EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR KEMAL SUNAL PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Asım Demirkök Gazeteci
Dilaver Gür
Abdullah Ergün
SİYAD JURY:
Coşkun Çokyiğit
Münir Emre Göker
Rıza Oylum
THE HONOR AWARDS
The festival director Suat Köçer announced that the honor awards that couldn’t be presented last year due to the postponement of the festival will be presented this year. The festival will honor Turkish cinema’s three veteran figures: Unforgettable veteran actor Halil Ergün, who starred in many notable films; Belkıs Özener, who embellished Yeşilçam with her unforgettable songs; Mesut Uçakan, veteran film director who gained a genuine place in Turkish cinema with his unique approach and films.
