Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World

Annual film festival organized by TÜRKSOY
Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World
Established2021
Founded byTÜRKSOY
Websitehttps://korkutatafilmfestivali.com/

Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World is an annual film festival hosted by TÜRKSOY since 2021.[1] Its name comes from Korkut Ata, Turkic narrator in the Book of Dede Korkut.

1st Film Festival

The first film festival was held in Istanbul, Turkey in 10–12 November 2021, with award ceremony on 12 November.[1]

  • Best Film: Azerbaijan “In Between Dying” directed by Hilal Baydarov [az]
  • Best Documentary:
    1. Iran “Twins” directed by Muhammed Alimuradi
    2. Uzbekistan “People's Courage” directed by Ali Hamroyev
    3. Russia “Linguist directed” by Eduard Novikov
  • Best Film Director: Kyrgyzstan Artykpai Suyundukov with "Shambala” (ky)
  • Special Award of the Jury: Turkey “Mavzer” directed by Fatih Özcan, Uzbekistan “Passion” directed by Rashid Malikov
  • Contributions to Turkic Culture:

2nd Film Festival

Second film festival was held in Bursa, Turkey in 1–5 November 2022.[2][3] Bursa was the 2022 capital for the Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World. The competition was held in two categories: feature films and documentary films. Also, four screening categories were held: historical panorama, contemporary human landscape, turquoise documentary zone and animation.[4]

  • Best Film: Uzbekistan Kadının Kısmeti [ru] directed by Dilmurod Masaidov [ru]
  • Best Film Director: Azerbaijan Vagif Mustafayev with "Life Seems to Be Beautiful"
  • Best Scenario: Turkey Commitment Hasan by Semih Kaplanoğlu
  • Best Documentary:
    1. Uzbekistan “Inson” directed by Furqat Usmonov
    2. Kazakhstan “Avrasya'nın Hükümranları” script by Aigul Cherendinova
    3. Turkey Balkanların Türkçe Hafızası by İsmet Arasan [tr]
  • Best actress: Kyrgyzstan Kalipa Tashtanova
  • Best actor: Kazakhstan Kayrat Kemalov
  • Fidelity Awards: Turkey Türkan Şoray, Turkey Osman Sınav
  • Special Award: Uzbekistan Yulduz Rajabova [uz]
  • Contributions to Turkic Culture: Kyrgyzstan Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, Turkmenistan Arslan Eyeberdiev, Uzbekistan Rano Shodiyeva [uz], Kazakhstan Kanat Torebay, Turkey Mehmet Bozdağ

3rd Film Festival

Third film festival was held in Baku, Azerbaijan between 8-11 October 2023. [5] A special visit was planned to Shusha, as it was the 2023 capital for the Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World.[6]

  • Best Film: Turkey "Star Dust" directed by Ahmet Sonmez
  • Best Director: Kyrgyzstan Asel Juraeva for "God Gave"
  • Best Screenplay: Uzbekistan "Abdulla Oripov"
  • Best Documentary:
    1. Azerbaijan "The Last"
    2. Kazakhstan "Argau"
    3. Uzbekistan "My Apartment"
  • Best Actress: Azerbaijan Tehmine Rafaella in "Maryam"
  • Best Actor: Turkmenistan Ahmet Amandurdiyev in "Red Apple"
  • Special Award of TURKSOY: Azerbaijan Fakhraddin Manafov
  • Special Award of the Festival: Azerbaijan Hamida Omarova, Azerbaijan Ogtay Mirgasimov, Azerbaijan Orman Aliyev [az], Azerbaijan Agasi Memmedli, Kazakhstan Azamat Satybaldy, Uzbekistan Firdavs Abdulhalikov, Turkey Serdar Gökhan, Turkey Metin Günay, Turkmenistan Khodzhakuli Narliev, Turkmenistan Maya-Gozel Aimedova and Turkmenistan Charlıyar Seyidli
  • Special Award of the Jury: Kazakhstan "Jambyl" directed by Dosjan Janbotaev and Turkey "Always 33 Years Old" directed by Murat Pay

References

  1. ^ a b "Award Ceremony of the Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World". www.turksoy.org. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Korkut Ata'nın "Vefa Ödülü" Türkan Şoray ve Osman Sınav'a". www.turksoy.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Korkut Ata Türk Dünyası Film Festivali ödülleri sahiplerini buldu: Türkan Şoray ayakta alkışlandı". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Film Festivalleri". www.kameraarkasi.org. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ^ Koordinatörlüğü, TRT Yeni Medya Kanal. ""3. Korkut Ata Türk Dünyası Film Festivali" 8 Ekim'de başlayacak - Avrasya'dan - Haber". TRT Avaz. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  6. ^ "The Third Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World came to an end". www.turksoy.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.