Following the film screenings and the award ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a panel discussion on Turkish cinema took place, moderated by Peter Keough, film critic of the Boston Globe. Guest directors Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, Ben Hopkins, Yasemin Akıncı, Ramazan Dinler, Selman Naçar, and Gündüz Sevdi participated in the panel.
Winners of the jury and audience awards at the 10th Boston Turkish Documentary and Short Film Competition are:
Best Short Film Jury Award: Red Light - France is Good (Kırmızı Işık - Fransa Çok Güzel) by Yasemin Akıncı and The Next One (Sıradaki) by Gündüz Sevdi;
Best Short Film Audience Award: The Well (Kuyu) by Selman Naçar;
Best Documentary Jury Award: Migration (Koçer) by Ramazan Dinler;
Best Documentary Audience Award: Zülfü Livaneli: A Voice Between East and West (Zülfü Livaneli: Doğu ve Batı Arasında Bir Ses) by Orhan Çalışır, Cengiz Kültür and Dirk Meiβner.
The competition jury is comprised of distinguished experts in cinema, including Carter Long, Film Curator of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Peter Keough, film critic; and Jeremy Rossen, Curator of Harvard Film Archive.
More than 350 films are submitted and around 40 finalist films are screened each year throughout the competition.
The 11th Boston Turkish Documentary and Short Film Competition is set to take place between November 4-12, 2016 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston University, and the Goethe-Institut Boston. The competition deadline for submissions is June 15, 2016.
Boston Turkish Film Festival (BTFF) features critically acclaimed films, focusing on Turkish Cinema and Turkish filmmakers. It provides a rare opportunity for Turkish filmmakers to have a platform in the USA for their films to reach an international audience as well as film critics. The festival was initiated and has been programmed by Erkut Gömülü, partnering with the Turkish American Cultural Society of New England and the Film Program of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2001. Since then, BTFF has established continuity as the filmmakers who have been recognized by the festival continue to make their marks on the international film scene.
Celebrating its 15th year in 2016, BTFF is the first institutionalized Turkish film festival in North America, and thanks to the successful collaboration with the MFA Film Program, has also become one of the most notable and respected festivals on contemporary Turkish Cinema outside of Turkey. The Festival proudly continues the tradition of presenting high caliber films, as it has been growing steadily since its inception, offering U.S. and North America premieres of many films, while highlighting the works of emerging and established Turkish filmmakers.
The Festival also supports short films and documentaries through the annual Boston Turkish Documentary and Short Film Competition since 2006.
For more information about the Boston Turkish Film Festival and the competition, please visit:
www.BostonTurkishFilmFestival.org
www.BostonTurkishFestival.org/competition
Contact
Olivia Bennetz
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