Second Short Film Competition

Second Short Film Competition

The Sabancı Foundation has organized its second Short Film Competition with the theme “Child Labor” and it was open to films with a duration of 5 minutes or less, and the winners have received their awards. The awards ceremony for the competition organized with the motto “Short Film, Long Impact” to raise awareness of social issues using the power of arts was hosted by Güler Sabancı, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sabancı Foundation, and Zerrin Koyunsağan, General Manager of the Sabancı Foundation, on January 17, 2018.

The competition with the theme “child labor” also drew great interest in its second year 395 films were submitted for the competition. The winners were selected from a 15-film shortlist by a jury consisting of Ai Weiwei, Antonio Saura, Bergüzar Korel, Calin Peter Netzer and Gürcan Keltek. 

The first prize goes to “Nilüfer” by Tolga Özdemir

Tolga Özdemir won the competition with “Nilüfer” and received his award from Güler Sabancı, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sabancı Foundation. Şeref Akçay, who won the second prize with "Between the Lines”, received his award from Zerrin Koyunsağan, General Manager of the Sabancı Foundation. Mehmet İsmail Çeçen and Ramazan Akkuş, who came third with “Mist”, received their award from Danis Tanovic, world-famous director and the Opinion Leader of this year’s Competition. 

The honorable mention went to “Hand” by Nahid Abbaszade, who received the award from Zeynep Atakan, the Art Director of the Competition.

You can learn all details of the competition, which has the motto “Short Film Long Impact”, on www.kisafilmuzunetki.org and follow the latest news on our social media accounts: facebook.com/kisafilmplatformu, twitter.com/kisafilmplat, instagram.com/kisafilmplatformu.

For the catalog of the Short Film Competition please click here.

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