The 22nd Ankara International Film Festival was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey, which ran from March 17 to 27, 2011. Films were screened at Batı Movie Theater, Büyülü Fener Kızılay, Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center and the Goethe Institut Ankara, and the Street of Art events took place across the city. Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski was the guest of honor at the festival which included a retrospective of his work.
This edition of the Ankara International Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI, opened with a gala on the evening of March 16 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which the foundation special awards were presented, and the Emre Kartarı Jazz Band performed film music.
The festival concluded with an awards ceremony on March 27 at the Ministry of Education Assembly Hall, at which Derviş Zaim, whose film Shadows and Faces () won the top award, announced "I will try to live up to this honor and I will continue making films that take risks."
A total of 620 films were submitted to the competition and screening sections of this edition of the festival.
Awards
National Feature Film Competition Awards
Best Film: Shadows and Faces () directed by Derviş Zaim. Mahmut Tali Öngören Special Award: White as Snow () directed by Selim Güneş. Best Director: Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces (). SİYAD Best Film Award: Shadows and Faces () directed by Derviş Zaim. Best Actor: Güven Kıraç for The Crossing (). Best Actress: Popi Avraam for Shadows and Faces (). Best Supporting Actor: Settar Tanrıöğen for Shadows and Faces () & Majority (). Best Supporting Actress: Sinem İslamoğlu for White as Snow (). Onat Kutlar Best Script Award: Sedat Yılmaz for Press. Most Promising New Director: Sedat Yılmaz for Press. Most Promising New Script Writer: Selim Güneş for White as Snow (). Jury Special Performance Prize: Didem Soylu, Buse Kılıçkaya, Seyham Arman & Ayta Sözeri Other Angels (). Most Promising New Actor: Aram Dildar for Press & Bartu Küçükçağlayan for Majority (). Best Cinematographer: Türksoy Gölebeyi for The Voice () Best Art Director: Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces () Best Original Music: Mehmet Cem Ünal & Safa Hendem for The Voice () Best Editor: Aylin Zoi Tinel for Shadows and Faces ()
National Short Film Competition Awards
Best Short Fiction Film: Bicycle () directed by İ. Serhat Karaaslan. Best Short Experimental Film: Tananore Love () directed by Ebru Güney. Best Short Animation Film: Istanbul () directed by İdil Ar. Special Short Film Competition Jury Prize: 38 Degrees () directed by Ömer Sinir.
National Documentary Film Competition Awards
Best Student Documentary Film: Mada directed by Musa Ak. Best Professional Documentary Film: ...Leaving Behind () directed by Mehmet Özgür Candan.
Foundation Special Awards
Hasan Saltık (founder of Kalan Müzik) Suna Kan (violinist) Sezer Sezin (actress)
National Programmes
National Feature Film Competition
Films in competition
A pre-selection jury consisting of Sevilay Çelenk, Barış Kılıçbay and İnci Demirkol selected 10 films, from the 20 submissions received, to compete in the National Feature Film Competition.
Majority () directed by Seren Yüce. Shadows and Faces () directed by Derviş Zaim. Tales From Kars () directed by Özcan Alper, Ülkü Oktay, Emre Akay, Ahu Öztürk and Zehra Derya Koç. The Crossing () directed by Selim Demirdelen. Lost Freedom () directed by Umur Hozatlı. White as Snow () directed by Selim Güneş. Press directed by Sedat Yılmaz. Black and White () directed by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu. The Voice () directed by Ümit Ünal. Other Angels () directed by Emre Yalgın.
National Short Film Programmes
National Short Film Competition Jury
Ceylan Özçelik
Emrah Serbes
Çiçek Kahraman
Stavros Chassapis
İnan Temelkuran
Films in programme
A pre-selection jury consisting of Bülent Özkam, Cumhur Canbazoğlu and Prof. Dr. Oğuz Onaran selected 15 fictional, 7 animation and 13 experimental films to compete in the National Short Film Competition. Also 23 films were selected to be shown out of competition.