Films Participating in the National Competition of the Golden Orange Film Festival Announced

The films competing for the "Golden Orange" in the National Feature Film, National Short Film, and National Documentary Film competitions at the 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival have been announced.

The 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will run from October 24 to November 2, 2025, featuring 12 films in the National Feature Film Competition. Films will compete in the following categories at the Golden Orange Film Festival: Best Film, Dr Avni Tolunay Jury Special Award, Behlül Dal Best First Film Award, Best Director, Cahide Sonku Award, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Art Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. All films in the national selections will meet cinema lovers for the first time in Turkey at the Golden Orange Film Festival.

12 Films Will Compete for the Golden Orange at the National Feature Film Competition!

The founding chair of the Animation and Cartoon Department at Bahçeşehir University's Faculty of Communication, Prof. Dr Nazlı Eda Noyan, screenwriter, author, and academic, Hüseyin Kuzu, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Suncem Koçer, a faculty member at Koç University's Department of Media and Visual Arts, notes that the National Feature Film Competition showcases a diverse range of films representing various cinema cultures and is rich in diversity.

Among the films in the "National Feature Film Competition" are: 'Aldığımız Nefes', directed by Şeyhmus Altun and produced by Fevziye Hazal Yazan and Şeyhmus Altun; 'Bağlar, Kökler ve Tutkular', directed by Sunay Terzioğlu and produced by Timur Harzadın; 'Barselo', directed by Erdem Yener and produced by Hüseyin Yener, 'Doğudan Fragmanlar', written and directed by K. Erkan Yazıcı and produced by Mahpare Tanın and Myrıam Carrel, 'En Güzel Cenaze Şarkıları’', directed by Ziya Demirel and produced by Anna Maria Aslanoğlu and Emre Oskay, 'Erken Kış', directed by Özcan Alper and produced by Emre Oskay and Soner Alper, 'Kanto', directed by Ensar Altay and produced by Süleyman Civliz and Ensar Altay, 'Noir', directed by Ragıp Ergün and produced by Özlem Öcalmaz Yıldız, Jeanne-Peri Foucault, Ozan Yıldız and Ragıp Ergün, 'Kesilmiş Bir Ağaç Gibi', produced by Sinem Altındağ, Tunç Davut, Faruk Güven, Hakkı Yazıcı, and Cem Yılmazer, 'Parçalı Yıllar', written and directed by Hasan Tolga Pulat, produced by Tuncay Kaymaz and Tayfun Burus, 'Sahibinden Rahmet', written and directed by Emre Sert and Gözde Yetişkin, produced by Kerem Çelebi, Emre Sert, Gözde Yetişkin, and Ender Sevim, 'Tavşan İmparatorluğu' directed and produced by Seyfettin Tokmak.

Films in the Short and Documentary Film Competitions at the Golden Orange Film Festival Announced

The preliminary selection committee consists of Prof. Senem Duruel Erkılıç, faculty member at the Department of Radio, Cinema, and Television, Faculty of Communication, Mersin University; film writer and Digiturk Cinema Channels program manager Okan Arpaç; and documentary filmmaker and academic Ayşegül Selenga Taşkent.

Among the films in the “National Short Film Competition” are; 'Adako', directed and produced by Alina Evirgen, 'Akşam Yemeği', directed by Okan Akgün and produced by Suat Köçer, 'Bimba', directed by Sandra Peso and produced by Anna Maria Aslanoğlu, 'Defne', directed by Hamdi Furkan Yıldırım and produced by Sait Dindar, Faruk Ulusoy, and Hamdi Furkan Yıldırım, 'Eudaimonia', directed by Gizem İbak and produced by Burhan Gün, directed by Nuh Lalbay, 'Giderayak', directed by Mehmet Oğuz Yıldırım, produced by Ahmet Toğaç, Sami Yıldırım, and Mehmet Oğuz Yıldırım, 'Kudret', directed by Deniz Koloş, produced by Deniz Koloş, Cengiz Karadağ, Onur Güler, and Simay Antep, 'Ölüm Bizi Ayırana Dek', directed by Hazan Beklen and produced by Dorukhan Acar, 'Soğuk Beyaz', and directed by Özer Arslan and produced by Hüseyin Göçmez, 'Verdiğiniz Bilginin Doğruluğu İçin Teşekkür Ederiz'.

Among the films in the “National Documentary Film Competition” are; 'Berona', directed and produced by Barış Altı, and 'KEÇİ501', directed by Evrim Çervatoğlu and produced by Sibel Seniha Özorhon, Kuzey Yücehan Sevgican, and Evrim Çervatoğlu, directed by Ali Urgancı and produced by Kaan Urgancıoğlu, 'Kendal'a Bir Heykel', directed by Aslı Atasoy and produced by Aslı Atasoy and Hakan Kasırga, 'Kitabın Rüyası', directed by Tolga Oskar, produced by Bayazıt Yüksekdam and Tolga Oskar, 'Nilgün', directed by Tayfun Belet, produced by Nur Deriş and Tayfun Belet, "Roman Gibi’', directed by Güneş Kazdal and Jehan Barbur, and produced by Jehan Barbur, 'Tanıştığıma Memnun Oldum', directed by Feyyaz Yıldırım, produced by Ferahnaz Ör, Meryem Yavuz, Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç, Melda Çınar, and again Feyyaz Yıldırım, 'The Making Of Michel Petite', directed and produced by Selin Aktaş and Murat Kadir Toy, 'Üstad Mehmed Siyah Kalem', written and directed by Rıza Oylum, produced by Murat Yıldırım and Rıza Oylum, 'Yerli Yurtsuz'

The awards for the 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will be announced at the closing ceremony on Saturday, November 1, 2025.

National Feature Film Competition

Aldığımız Nefes — Director: Şeyhmus Altun | Producer: Şeyhmus Altun, Fevziye Hazal Yazan Bağlar, Kökler ve Tutkular — Director: Sunay Terzioğlu | Producer: Timur Harzadın Barselo — Director: Erdem Yener | Producers: Hüseyin Yener, Erdem Yener Doğudan Fragmanlar — Director: K. Erkan Yazıcı | Producer: Mahpare Tanın, Myrıam Carrel En Güzel Cenaze Şarkıları — Director: Ziya Demirel | Producers: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu , Emre Oskay Erken Kış — Director: Özcan Alper | Producers: Emre Oskay, Soner Alper Kanto — Director : Ensar Altay | Producers: Süleyman Civliz, Ensar Altay Noir — Director: Ragıp Ergün | Producers: Özlem Öcalmaz Yıldız,Jeanne-Peri Foucault, Ozan Yıldız, Ragıp Ergün Kesilmiş Bir Ağaç Gibi — Director: Tunç Davut | Producers: Sinem Altındağ, Hakkı Yazıcı, Cem Yılmazer, Tunç Davut, Faruk Güven Parçalı Yıllar — Director: Hasan Tolga Pulat | Producers: Tuncay Kaymaz, Tayfun Burus Sahibinden Rahmet — Directors Emre Sert, Gözde Yetişkin | Producers: Kerem Çelebi, Emre Sert, Gözde Yetişkin, Ender Sevim Tavşan İmparatorluğu — Director & Producer: Seyfettin Tokmak

National Short Film Competition

Adako — Director & Producer: Alina Evirgen Akşam Yemeği — Director: Okan Akgün | Producer: Suat Köçer Bimba — Director: Sandra Peso | Producer: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu Defne — Director: Hamdi Furkan Yıldırım | Producers: Sait Dindar, Faruk Ulusoy, Hamdi Furkan Yıldırım Eudaimonia — Director: Gizem İbak | Producer: Burhan Gün Giderayak — Director: Nuh Lalbay Kudret — Director: Mehmet Oğuz Yıldırım | Producers: Ahmet Toğaç, Sami Yıldırım, Mehmet Oğuz Yıldırım Ölüm Bizi Ayırana Dek — Director: Deniz Koloş | Producers: Deniz Koloş, Cengiz Karadağ, Onur Güler, Simay Antep Soğuk Beyaz — Director: Hazan Beklen | Producer: Dorukhan Acar Verdiğiniz Bilginin Doğruluğu İçin Teşekkür Ederiz — Director: Özer Arslan | Producer: Hüseyin Göçmez

National Documentary Film Competition

Berona — Director& Producer: Barış Altı KEÇİ501 — Director: Evrim Çervatoğlu | Producers: Sibel Seniha Özorhon, Kuzey Yücehan Sevgican, Evrim Çervatoğlu Kendal’a Bir Heykel — Director: Ali Urgancı | Producer: Kaan Urgancıoğlu Kitabın Rüyası — Director: Aslı Atasoy | Producers: Aslı Atasoy, Hakan Kasırga Nilgün — Director: Tolga Oskar | Producers: Tolga Oskar, Bayazıt Yüksekdam Roman Gibi — Director: Tayfun Belet | Producers: Tayfun Belet, Nur Deriş Tanıştığıma Memnun Oldum — Directors: Güneş Kazdal, Jehan Barbur | Producer: Jehan Barbur The Making Of Michel Petite — Director: Feyyaz Yıldırım | Producers: Ferahnaz Ör, Feyyaz Yıldırım, Meryem Yavuz, Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç, Melda Çınar Üstad Mehmed Siyah Kalem — Directors& Producers: Selin Aktaş, Murat Kadir Toy Yerli Yurtsuz — Director & Screenwriter: Rıza Oylum | Producers: Rıza Oylum, Murat Yıldırım