Türkiye's cinema memory, Golden Orange, has been bringing the public together with art since 1964.
The festival, which brings together directors, actors and cinema workers in the process from Yeşilçam to today's cinema, contributes to the presentation of many works to the audience.
Golden Orange, which has become one of the important stops in the history of cinema over the years, continues to build a cultural bridge between the past and the future.
The festival, which will open its doors to movie lovers for the 63rd time on October 24-31 this year, will be held at the Atatürk Cultural Center, hosted by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality.
The opening ceremony of the festival, which will start on Saturday, October 24, with a traditional cortege in which Turkish cinema artists greet the public with open-top cars, will be held at Antalya Sports Hall on the same evening.
The festival will end with the award ceremony at the Glass Pyramid on Saturday, October 31.
At the opening ceremony, the Honorary Award will be presented to two valuable actors of Turkish cinema, Tilbe Saran and Menderes Samancılar, the Labor Award will be presented to Abdurrahman Keskiner and Suzan Kardeş for their efforts in the cinema, and the Young Achievement Award will be presented to the actors Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu and Leyla Smyrna Cabas.
The jury members of the National Feature Film Competition, where 12 films will compete and where writer, director and producer Derviş Zaim is the jury president, are Aylin Zoi Tinel, Elif Demoğlu, Fatih Artman, Meryem Uzerli, Sırma Bradley and Rahman Altın.
"FILMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SECTION ARE VERY STRONG THIS YEAR"
Artistic Director of the Festival, Deniz Yavuz, said that the framework of the Golden Orange consists of 6 main sections: the National Feature Film Competition, the International Feature Film Competition, the National Short Film Competition, the National Documentary Film Competition, the Cinema Schools Student Film Competition and the Film Forum, which will be held for the 13th time this year.
Stating that Film Forum is an area where film projects that have just started their journey are evaluated, Yavuz said, "It consists of five categories. Our jury directs the future journey of the projects as a result of its evaluations. We have awards in these competitive sections. We are proud of this." he said.
Stating that there are special screenings in the side sections, Yavuz continued as follows:
"The films of the international section are very strong this year. There are 13 films in the international competition. We have 12 films in the national competition. We have prepared and are waiting for this year's festival with 114 films in total. This year, the rate of films that will be released for the first time has increased considerably. We have almost exceeded 80 percent. We have achieved the 80 percent rate with all of these, such as side sections, non-competitive and competitive sections. That means 90 of our films will be shown in Antalya for the first time."
"WE CAN EVALUATE STUDENTS' MOVIES HERE AND SUBMIT THEM TO THE JURY"
Yavuz said that the Cinema Schools Student Film Competition, in which students are supported, will be held for the third time this year.
Explaining that they asked the schools providing cinema education across Türkiye to send one film each, Yavuz said:
"From those films, we determine 10-12 finalist films and we make this section with those films. There is a very important situation here, too. We can evaluate the annual film productions and short films of students from all over Türkiye here and present them to the jury. For 7-8 days, cinema professionals come together with the creators, producers and directors of the finalist films. Apart from coming first, it is a very good experience for them."
