20 NEW PROJECTS FROM OUR CINEMA AT FILM FORUM

The co-production and project development platform at the 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival features a total of 20 projects in 5 categories at this year's Film Forum.

The finalists for Film Forum, the co-production and project development platform of the 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, have been announced. The festival will be held between October 24 and November 2, 2025. A total of 172 applications were submitted to the Forum, where the preliminary selection committee consists of director Nazlı Elif Durlu, documentary filmmaker Esin Özalp Öztürk, academic Ayça Çiftçi, screenwriter and educational director Özgür Şeyben, and director and screenwriter Handan İpekçi. This year, 20 projects will be evaluated by industry professionals.

Film Forum, Turkey's leading sectoral support platform, will bring together directors, producers, and screenwriters with international film professionals while supporting Turkish cinema with a total of 1.1 million TRY this year.

Film Forum First: The First Feature Film Development Platform Film Forum is also increasing its support for Turkish cinema with a new section this year: The First Feature Film Development Platform is being launched to bring new names and works to our cinema and is evaluating four projects in its first year.

Film Forum, which aims to increase the production capacity of Turkish cinema and bring innovative and original projects to cinema professionals, will hold its final presentations on October 27-28, 2025.

Feature Film Pitching Platform

“Benim Adım Beyaz ve Çobanların O Eşeği” Director: Ro Çil, Producer: Bilal Bay “Huzursuzlar” Director Benhür Balhova, Producer: Berfin Demirat “Köpekler İçin Gece Müziği” Director: Ramin Matin, Producer: Selda Durna “Mevsimlerin Ardından” Director: Mustafa Kara, Producer: Olena Yershova

Sümer Tilmaç Antalya Screenplay Support Fund Pitching Platform

“Azap Serası” Director: İlcan Edgar Özuluca Producer: Kaan Kocabey “Garagoyun” Director: Hakkı Kurtuluş Producer: Melik Saraçoğlu “Geçmişin Gölgesi” Director: Savaş İlhan, Producer: Dilek İyigün “Şifacı” Director: Ahmet Faruk Arslan, Producer: Halil Kardaş

First Feature Film Development Platform

“Bilenme” – Director: Burkay Doğan “Bir Baba ve Oğulun Ölümü” – Director: Zekeriya Aydoğan “İşgal” – Director: Seren Gel “İzaner’i Beklerken” – Director: Sidar İnan Erçelik

Work in Progress Fiction Film Platform

“Dans Eden Melekler” – Director: Ferit Kılıç, Producer: Diloy Gülün “Hakikatin Ölümü” – Director: Hüseyin Karabey, Producer: Cem Doruk “Perşembe Gecesi Çok Karanlık” – Director: Onur Sefer, Producer: Sinem Kanat “Varlık” – Director: Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar, Producer: Çağla Çağlar

Work in Progress Documentary Film Platform

“Kökleri Ararken” – Director: Can Adiloğlu, Producer:Mahir Kalaylıoğlu “Sucuk Olmak” – Director: Volkan Durmuş, Producer: Serpil Altın “Uzaklarda” – Director: Muhammet Tayfur Aydın “Zor Zanaat” – Director: Levent Çetin, Producer: Deniz İnceoğlu