60th National Film Festival Awards were Distributed at Çukurova University

The artists who attended the award ceremony held at Çukurova University Congress Center walked on the red carpet and then went to the area.

At the ceremony, hosted by Volkan Severcan and Jülide Ateş, important names of Turkish cinema who passed away this year were commemorated.

Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, Güngör Geçer, said in his opening speech that the festival was the result of 60 years of effort.

Thanking those who have supported the festival in the past, Geçer said, "I hope that future generations will live in a brighter Türkiye, in a cleaner world, with the taste of movies." he said.

Menderes Samancılar, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Festival, also thanked those who contributed to the organization.

Following the opening speeches, the awards of the National Feature Film Competition, in which 10 films competed, were given to their winners.

National Feature Film Competition Awards

Best Film Award: "Alone Alone" - Ali Vatansever

Adana Audience Award: "Monster" - Tunç Şahin

Yılmaz Güney Award: "Sunshine" - Banu Sıvacı

Kadir Beycioğlu Special Jury Award: "Fashionable Marriage" - Miraç Atabey

Best Director Award: "Alone Alone" - Ali Vatansever

Best Screenplay Award: "Those Who Whistle in the Dark" - Pınar Yorgancıoğlu and Emre Gülcan

Best Actress Award: "Mutter: A Mother's Diary" - Hazar Ergüçlü

Best Actor Award: "Alone Alone" - Fatih Al

Best Music Award: "Those Who Whistle in the Dark" - Alican Çamcı

Best Cinematography Award: "Mutter: A Mother's Diary" - Özkan Karaköse

Best Art Director Award: "Mutter: A Mother's Diary" - Saye Özçelik, Gülseren Cizdan, Melike Yılmaz, Umut Kambak, Oğuz Yıldırım, Hüseyin Yalçın, Hasan Yalçın, Hasan Cameray, Hüseyin Dolunay, Eren Dama and Yener Kaplan

Ayhan Ergürsel Best Editing Award: "Mutter: A Mother's Diary" - Mesut Ulutaş

Best Actress Award in a Supporting Role: "Günyüzü" - Asena Hotamış

Best Actor Award in a Supporting Role: "Günyüzü" - Süleyman Kadim Kabaali

Türkan Şoray Promising Young Actress Award: "Fashionable Marriage" - Ege Damatoğlu

Promising Young Actor Award: "Birarada Alone" - Onur Gözeten

Film Directors Association (Film-Yön) Best Director Award: "Those Who Whist in the Dark" - Pınar Yorgancıoğlu and "Bir Arada Alone" - Ali Vatansever

Cinema Writers Association (SİYAD) Cüneyt Cebenoyan Best Film Award: "Dead Dogs Don't Bite" - Nuri Cihan Özdoğan

At the ceremony, awards were also given to the winners of the International Short Film Competition, National Student Film Competition, National Artificial Intelligence Short Film Competition, National Short Film Competition, Literature Adaptation Feature Screenplay Competition, and National Documentary Film Competition.

Deputy Governor Hasan Balcı also attended the ceremony.

At the end of the event, award recipients and those presenting the awards took a souvenir photo.