EVERYTHING ABOUT CINEMA, FROM DOCUMENTARIES TO DIGITAL, FROM FINANCING TO PRESENTATIONS, AT GOLDEN ORANGE

The 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will bring together professionals from Turkey and around the world to enhance the capacity of Turkish cinema.

In addition to sector-specific topics, the event program also includes a discussion in memory of Şerif Gören, one of the masters of Turkish cinema.

The 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, held between October 24 and November 2, 2025, brings together industry experts to offer different perspectives on the development of Turkish cinema.

Many topics will be discussed from October 27 to 31, ranging from financing to project presentations, new technologies to environmental approaches, and the filmmaking process.

The first event, which will bring together professionals from Turkey and around the world in Antalya, will take place on October 27 at 10:00 a.m. at Hotel Su, with the participation of Assoc. Prof. Dr Necla İlter Küçükçolak, Deputy General Manager of the Turkish Product Exchange (TÜRİB), and Assoc. Prof. Dr Nurdan Tümbek Tekeoğlu, European Film Academy (EFA) member and producer. In the workshop titled “Crowdfunding: A New Financing Tool for Independent Cinema,” Küçükçolak and Tekeoğlu will share successful crowdfunding applications and strategic planning processes with participants, drawing on their own experiences and field applications.

On October 28, festival attendees are in for a busy day. Members of the “Green Sets Are Possible” Initiative, which was launched to make the film industry more environmentally friendly, including cinematographer Ersin Gök, civil society expert Yeşim Girgin, and environmental engineer Işıl Aslan, will share examples from Turkey and around the world. The discussion will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the Atatürk Cultural Centre (AKM) Event Tent.

On the same day at Hotel Su at 1:00 PM, there will be a workshop sharing invaluable information for those stepping into the world of cinema: Producer Nefes Polat will lead a seminar titled “What Are Project and Application Files, and What Are They Not?” The workshop will cover the purpose of the files required for film fund, market, or development platform applications, whether these documents differ from presentations made to financiers, producers, or crew members, why multiple presentation documents are prepared during a film's production journey, and what the content of presentation documents consists of. On the same day, two Gain Sessions will also occur at Hotel Su. Starting at 2:00 PM, the session titled "90 Seconds of Emotion: The Rise of Short Dramas and the Gain Shorts Experience", Murat Çiçek and Gain Screenplay content and project developer Esel Oral will discuss the current state of short dramas in Turkey and around the world, exploring the dramaturgy of new-generation storytelling and the dynamics of creating a deep impact in a short time for creative teams.

The Gain Session, “Broadcasting Processes on Digital Platforms,” will begin at 3:00 PM and evaluate platform strategies and changes in viewer habits in digital publishing. Moderated by Gain Media Communications Director Firuze Abdulazizoğlu, it will feature Gain Media Content Strategy and Licensing Manager Şehnaz Uğur.

How can films that respect children's world and rights be made possible? German documentary filmmaker Susanne Kim will discuss this important question with Bahriye Kabadayı Dal, President of the Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) and director, on October 30 at 1:00 PM at the AKM Event Tent. In the event titled “Kids and Docs - Making Documentaries from a Child's Perspective,” Kim will share insights on producing children's documentaries in Europe, particularly in Germany, drawing from her latest documentary “Mein Wunderkammern,” which she made with four children aged 12-14.

Cinema also represents a broad solidarity of labour. The panel titled “In the Footsteps of Labour, Struggle, and Solidarity in Cinema,” which will be held in two sessions at the AKM Event Tent on October 30 at 4:00 PM, aims to make this labour visible. The panel will address topics such as labour, rights, organisation, mobbing, harassment, and disclosure. Participants include: Galip Görür, President of the Cinema Workers' Union (SİNE-SEN); Suna Can Özbulduk; Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, member of the Board of Directors of the Actors' Union; Derya Yaman, lawyer for SİNE-SEN, Yeliz Vurgun and Zeynep Çelik, members of the Board of Directors of SİNE-SEN, and Rüya Kurtuluş, member of the Executive Board of the Ecology Union and member of the Board of Directors of Halkevleri.

The talk titled “Master: Şerif Gören”, held in memory of Turkish cinema master Şerif Gören, will take place before the screening of the restored copy of the director's film “Amerikalı”. The talk, which will begin at 8:30 p.m. on October 30 at the AKM Aspendos Hall, will feature actress Lale Mansur, Dean of the Faculty of Communication at Munzur University and writer Prof. Ali Karadoğan, academic and writer Prof. Şükran Kuyucak Esen, and this year's National Feature Film Jury President and producer Ömer Vargı.

The most current challenge facing cinema, artificial intelligence technology, is also among the festival's topics. Emre Ahmet Seçmen, lecturer and director at Arel University's Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema and Television, evaluates cinema's latest test with technology in a panel titled “Design in Cinema: From Film to Digital.” Seçmen will address the topic with presentations titled “CGI Advocates and Opponents,” “Analogue Experiments in the Digital Era: A Look from Spielberg to Nolan,” and “Digital Platforms and Beyond: From 360 VR to XR Technologies and Artificial Intelligence.”

The final event on the program is the panel discussion titled “New Wave or Stagnation: Will This Box Office Save Us?” The panel, which will interpret the changing cinema-viewing culture resulting from new production and viewing technologies within the framework of cultural and economic conditions, will feature CJ Entertainment Operations Director Ferhat Aslan, Cinema Pink Film Programming Manager İlkay Erdem, economic journalist Murat Muratoğlu, and director Murat Şeker. The panel will begin at the AKM Event Tent on October 31 at 1:00 PM.

Event Schedule:

WORKSHOP- Crowdfunding: The New Financing Tool for Independent Cinema Necla İlter Küçükçolak- Nurdan Tümbek Tekeoğlu 27.10.2025- 10:00 /Hotel Su

SEMINAR- Green Sets Are Possible Initiative Işıl Aslan- Yeşim Girgin- Ersin Gök 28.10.2025- 11:00 / AKM Event Tent

WORKSHOP: What are project and application files, and what are they not? Nefes Polat 28.10.2025- 13:00 / Hotel Su

WORKSHOP: Gain Shorts Session- Emotion in 90 Seconds: The Rise of Short Dramas and the Gain Shorts Experience Murat Çiçek- Eser Oral 28.10.2025- 14:00 / Hotel Su

INTERVIEW: Gain Session- Publishing Processes on Digital Platforms Şehnaz Uğur - Moderatör: Firuze Abdulazizoğlu 28.10.2025- 15:00 / Hotel Su

PANEL: Kids and Docs- Making Documentaries from a Child's Perspective Susanne Kim- Bahriye Kabadayı Dal 30.10.2025- 13:00 / AKM Event Tent

PANEL: Following the Footsteps of Labour, Struggle, and Solidarity in Cinema Galip Görür- Suna Can Özbulduk - Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu- Derya Yaman- Yeliz Vurgun- Zeynep Çelik- Rüya Kurtuluş 30.10.2025- 16:00 / AKM Event Tent

INTERVIEW: Master: Şerif Gören Lale Mansur- Ali Karadoğan- Şükran Kuyucak Esen- Ömer Vargı 30.10.2025- 20:30 / AKM Aspendos Hall

PANEL: Design in Cinema from Film to Digital Emre Ahmet Seçmen 31.10.2025- 11:00 / AKM Event Tent

PANEL: New Wave or Stagnation: Will This Box Office Save Us? Ferhat Aslan - İlkay Erdem- Murat Muratoğlu - Murat Şeker 31.10.2025- 13:00 / AKM Event Tent