Danis Tanovic’s Cirkus Columbia won best picture in the international competition of this year’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Oct 9-14), while Seren Yuce’s Majority took best film in the national competition.

Majority, about the conflict between a young man from a middle-class family and his authoritarian father, had previously won the Luigi De Laurentis Award for best first film at the Venice film festival earlier this year.

It also won the best director prize for Yuce in Antalya and best actor for Bartu Kucukcaglayan, who split the prize with Toll Booth’s Serkan Ercan. Toll Booth also took prizes for best first film and best cinematography.

In total, the Turkish festival screened 191 films from 35 countries, including 14 new Turkish feature films in the national competition.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

National feature film competition:

Best Picture: Majority – directed by Seren Yuce

Best First Film: Toll Booth – directed by Tolga Karaçelik

Jury Special Award: Press – directed by Sedat Yılmaz

Best Director: Seren Yuce (Majority)

Best Screenplay: Ilksen Basarir, Mert Firat (Merry Go Round)

 Best Cinematography : Ercan Ozkan (Toll Booth)

 Best Music: Mircan (White As Snow)

 Best Actress: Claudia Cardinale (Signora Enrica)

Best Actor: Serkan Ercan (Toll Booth) & Bartu Kucukcaglayan (Majority)

Best Supporting Actress: Aysen Gruda (Paper)

Best Supporting Actor: Cengiz Bozkurt (The Crossing), Riza Akin (Hair)

Best Film Editing: Aylin Zoi Tinel (Shadows And Faces) 

Best Art Direction: Nihat Dusko (Hayda Bre) 

International Feature Film Competition:

Best Picture: Cirkus Coloumbia – directed by Danis Tanovic - Bosnia

Best Director: Lancelot Von Naso (Ceasefire) – Germany

Best Actress: Emma Suares (Mosquito Net) – Spain

Best Actor: Nik Xhelilaj (The Albanian) – Albania

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