Antalya Golden Orange International Film Festival

Throughout the year, Antalya is like a city of festivals. Every year, national and international festivals, unique arts and cultural festivals, concerts, local festivals, sporting events, exhibitions and performances all take place in the city. this. All the festivals make Antalya an extremely attractive tourist destination.

Festivals in Antalya combine tourism with cultural activities. Most of the festival participants are foreign tourists. Of all Antalya's internationally renowned festivals, the Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival, and the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival are the most prominent.

First held in 1964 under the initiative of Dr Avni Tolunay, the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival has grown over the years to become the heart of Turkish cinema, marking an important launch in the careers of many outstanding filmmakers, such as Yılmaz Güney, Atıf Yılmaz, Ömer Kavur, Halid Refiğ, Yavuz Özkan, Zeki Ökten, Yavuz Turgul, Erden Kıral, Ömer Lütfi Akad, Şerif Gören, Yılmaz Duru, Memduth Eğilmez, Nuri Bilm, Derviş, Emeilmez, Nuri Bilm Ceviş E Demilmez, Nuri Bilm, Derviş E Derilmez, Nuri Bilm.

Films that have become classics of Turkish cinema such as Gurbet Kuşları (Bird of Exile), Düğün (Wedding), Endişe (Anxiety), Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım (Girl in the Red Riding Hood), Maden (Region), mine), Sürü (The Herd), Dul Bir Kadın (The Widow), Bir Yudum Sevgi (The Grave of Love), Aaahh Belinda (Oh, Belinda), won the Golden Orange award.

Presented by the Film Festival with the aim of making a tangible contribution to Turkish cinema, the Antalya Film Forum has transformed Antalya into a center of the national film industry, providing support to a large number of films. Young and independent filmmaker. The event consists of four different platforms: Fiction Film Promotion, Fiction Films in Progress, Documentaries in Progress, and the Sümer Tilmaç Antalya Film Foundation. The Antalya Film Forum has played an important role in the production and creation of many Turkish films, including national and international film festival winners.

Every year, the festival features international stars such as István Szabó, Francis Ford Coppola, Emir Kusturica, Catherine Deneuve, Bob Rafelson, Abbas Kiarostami, Bahman Ghobadi, Asghar Farhadi, Theresa Russell, Krzysztof Zanussi, Helen Mirren … Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is a member of the Federation of International Associations of Film Producers, FIAPF.

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is organized by ANSET, under the sponsorship of Antalya City Government.

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is the most important national film festival in Turkey. The festival considers a selection of feature films from Asian, European and Middle Eastern countries. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center, organized solely by the Antalya Arts and Culture Foundation, includes an international part of the main content of the festival.

Film categories for competition:

• International Feature Film Competition,
• National Feature Film Competition,
• National Short Film Competition.

Rule

• Films are completed in the 12 months prior to the start of the Festival.
• The films will have their premiere at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.
• Films selected for the Festival Program may not be shown online to the public on any digital platforms within or outside the country's borders (Turkey) prior to its official screening at the Antalya Film Festival.
• The team of programmers, under the direction of the Artistic Director, select and invite films to screen in the International section of the Festival, as well as in other non-competitive Festival sections.