finalists 2024

Antakya 12th International Film Festival finalists

With the contributions of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey and the Hatay Metropolitan Municipality, in cooperation with the Ansam Cultural Association and Fotofilm culture and arts, the "Antakya 12th International Film Festival" to be held between 18 - 24 October 2024 will be held in Hatay - Antakya.

The pre-jury members of the festival are; Eda Arısoy, Elçin As, İrem Siyahgöz, Leila Norouzi, Lokman Zor, Meral Özdemir, Muhammed Toprak, Oğuz Han Öztay, Semih Salman, Tuğçe Talkan.

The films that will compete to win the Altındefne award in the feature, short, documentary, animation and experimental film categories will receive their awards at the closing ceremony on October 24th, and the valuable awards will find their owners this year.

Uzun Metraj Film / Narrative Feature
Barrier / Narrative Feature / Maqbool Ahmad Durrani / United States
DeadEnd / Narrative Feature / Otwin Biernat / Austria
Derun / Narrative Feature / Muge Ugurlar / Turkey
Dream! / Narrative Feature / Paul Spurrier / Thailand
Diana from Hong Kong / Narrative Feature / Naoki Fujimoto / Japan
I’am Where The Butterflies Sleep / Narrative Feature / Ceyhan Kandemir / Turkey
Summer Light / Narrative Feature / Kerem Kuşçu / Turkey
The Asylum Seekers / Narrative Feature / Michael Hapeshis / Cyprus
The Collaborator / Narrative Feature / Travis Hodgkins / United States
The Last Dinner / Narrative Feature / Levent Onan / Turkey
The Scream Of The Butterflies / Narrative Feature / Cengis T. Asilturk / Turkey
Triple A / Narrative Feature / Jihane El Bahhar / Morocco
Yakamoz / Narrative Feature / Ali Kerem Gulermen / Turkey

Kurmaca KısaFilm / Narrative Short Feature
21 weeks Later / Narrative Short Feature / Nasrin Mohammadpour /Iran
And that’s for this Christmas / Narrative Short Feature / Peter Vulchev / Bulgaria
Captaın's Daughter / Narrative Short Feature / Alexey Petrashevich / Russian
I Promise You Paradise / Narrative Short Feature / Morad Mostafa / Egypt
Katele / Narrative Short Feature / John Harvey / Australia
Morî / Narrative Short Feature / Yakup Tekintangac / Turkey
Omid / Narrative Short Feature / Didar Aglac Guzelkara / Turkey
On the Road / Narrative Short Feature / Özge Uçar Çığşar / Turkey
The Bride / Narrative Short Feature / Sonia Fathi / Iran
The Contact / Narrative Short Feature / Mert Erez / Turkey
The Doll / Narrative Short Feature / Emine Uysal Berger, Özgür Ceylan / Turkey
The Interpreter / Narrative Short Feature / Andrea M. Catinella / United Kingdom
The Red Carpet / Narrative Short Feature / Burak Varlık / Turkey
Trıvet / Narrative Short Feature / Abdurrahim Karabulut, Mahsun Celayir / Turkey
Vera’s Dream Of Sushi / Narrative Short Feature / Alexandra Valetova / Russian

Belgesel Film / Documentary Feature
Bay of Blood / Documentary Feature / Krishnendu – Bose / India
Between you and me / Documentary Feature / Özlem Mengilibörü, Muzaffer Can Mengilibörü / Turkey
Five Cities: Ankara / Documentary Feature / Gökçin Dokumacı, Alper Kaya / Turkey
Harvest Of Light / Documentary Feature / Esin Özalp Öztürk / Turkey
Hi Papa / Documentary Feature / Aleksandra Kretsan / Russian & German
Mama Turkey / Documentary Feature / Ebru Erke / Turkey
Of Color and Ink / Documentary Feature / Zhang Weimin / United States
On Melting Snow / Documentary Feature / Mojtaba Bahadori / Belgium
Searching for Rodakis / Documentary Feature / Saım Kerem Soyyılmaz / Turkey
The Edge of Night / Documentary Feature / Andrey Natotcinskii / Russian
The Fly Back / Documentary Feature / Reynaldo Antonio Morales / United States
The Last Keeper / Documentary Feature / Tom Opre / United States
Wild Women of Anatolia / Documentary Feature / Sedef Özoğuz, Aslı Özoğuz / Turkey
Wings on the Border / Documentary Feature / Didem Tütüncü / Turkey

Belgesel KısaFilm / Short Documentary
3rd aye / Short Documentary / Richard Philpott / United Kingdom
A Symphony For Women Not To Be Kılled / Short Documentary / Hakan Sarıgül / Turkey
Culture vs war. Liberov / Short Documentary / Kadim Tarasov / Ukraine
If They Ask What It Is; It Is A Leaf / Short Documentary / İdil Oğuzhan / Turkey
Raffai Anna / Short Documentary / Igor M. Toholj / Serbia
Remembering the Future / Short Documentary / Havvanur Korkut / United Kingdom
Save Generation Ua / Short Documentary / Roman Blazhan / Ukraine
Secret Heroine / Short Documentary / Ahmet Alan / Turkey
The Asifa Bano Story / Short Documentary / Mina Isabella, JafriMalik / United States
The Persistent / Short Documentary / Eren Aybars Arpacik / Turkey
Under The Walnut Tree/ Short Documentary / Begüm Aksoy, Deya Ar / Turkey
Who Am I? / Short Documentary / Ryan Kim / Korea
Would I Walk This Street Again / Short Documentary / Ebru Aksoy / Turkey
Yaren / Short Documentary / Mehmet Ali Poyraz / Turkey

Öğrenci Kısa Kurmaca Film / Student Short Film
A Poet's Quest / Student Short / Xiaolin Yang / 00:30:00 / China
Bolour / Student Short / Helia Behrooz / 00:16:12 / Iran
Drifting on the canal / Student Short / Yanhai(Baysalt) Gui / 00:09:16 / United Kingdom
Insane / Student Short / Canan Sennaroğlu / 00:15:00 / Turkey
I Loved The Trumpeter / Student Short / Danil Akutin / 00:20:39 / Russian
Lamb of Vengeance / Student Short / Gaosheng Xin / 00:22:11 / China
The Closed Room / Student Short / Eleonora Sarycheva / 00:22:41 / Russian
The Ghost Fire / Student Short / Zhan Yang / 00:15:00 / China
The Lightness of Death / Student Short / Yanhai Gui / 00:17:06 / United Kingdom
Yashar / Student Short / Sina Chamani / 00:14:59 / Iran

Animasyon Kısa Film / Animation Short Film
Anima # 1-4 / Animation Short / Vasco Diogo / Portugal
Bippy the Little Robot / Animation Short / Glenna C Burmer / United States
Judo Class / Animation Short / I-Jien Jane Kou / United States
Supertramp / Animation Short / Fabrizio Gammardella / United Kingdom
This Half-Light / Animation Short / Irene Kim-Ahiska / United States

Deneysel Kısa Film / Experimental Short Film
A child of our time / Experimental Short / Angelet Llonguet / 00:07:00 / Spain
Cloudcounting / Experimental Short / Suzanne Knop / 00:14:55 / United States
Film Rosa / Experimental Short / Silvia Bertocchi / 00:14:27 / Italian
From Afar / Experimental Short / Stephanie Yasemin Renique / 00:06:35 / United Kingdom
My Digital Truth / Experimental Short / Swen Werner / 00:09:01 / United Kingdom