The awards ceremony was attended by Festival Founding President Mehmet Oflazoğlu, Director Robert Haufrecht, Actress Emanuela Villorini, Director and Academician Ceyhan Kandemir, Director and Academician Sedat Benek, Actress Susku Ekim Kaya, Director Elena Tabanova-Dimitrova, Actress Amina Zhaman, Academician İbrahim Zateri, Director Mehmet Ersöz, members of the press, and cinema enthusiasts.
A total of 55 films competed across the International Feature Film Competition, Short Film Competition, Documentary Feature Film Competition, Documentary Short Film Competition, Student Film Competition, and AI Short Film Competition.
The Altındefne Awards of the 14th International Antakya Film Festival were presented to their winners.
Main Jury: Levent Türkan – Director, Masoud Farjam – Director, Eyüp Boz – Cinematographer, Bahadır Atay – Producer, Gürkan Çakıcı – Composer/Musician
Documentary Jury: Ziad Kalthoum – Director, Gözde Sunal – Academic/Director, Ezel Manay – Director
Short Film Jury: Jorge Morais – Director, Yunbin An – Director, Hüseyin Urçuk – Director
The Altındefne Awards of the 14th International Antakya Film Festival
Uluslararası Uzun Metraj Film / International Narrative Feature
En iyi film / Best Film – Axis of Life / Atanas Hristoskov / Bulgaria
En iyi yönetmen / Best Director – Becoming / Zhannat Alsanova / Kazakhstan
En iyi senaryo / Best Script – Axis of Life / Teodora Ivanova, Nevena Kertova, Georgi Ivanov / Bulgaria
En İyi Görüntü Yönetmeni / Best Cinematography – Axis of Life / Martin Balkansky / Bulgaria
En iyi müzik / Best Music – Gojappe Taxi — Flaky Rides, Unfinished Lives / Toshihide Tamura / Japan
En İyi Kadın Oyuncu / Best Actress – Becoming / Tamiris Zhangazinova / Kazakhstan
En iyi Erkek Oyuncu / Best Actor – Daylight Fireworks / Wang Bing / Russian Federation
En iyi Kurgu / Best Editing – Bonds, Roots and Passions / Ferit Karahan, Aykut Yıldırım, Hakan Hücum / Türkiye
En İyi Sanat Yönetmeni / Best Art Director – Becoming / Zhannat Alsanova / Kazakhstan
Jüri özel ödülü / Jury Special Award – Your Heart Will Be Broken / Veronica Zhuravleva / Russian Federation
Seyirci Özel Ödülü / Special Audience Award – Bonds, Roots and Passions / Sunay Terzioğlu / Türkiye
Yeşilçam özel ödülü / Greenpine award – All Alone / Yapayalnız / Mehmet Esen / Türkiye
Uluslararası Kurmaca Kısafilm / Intarnational Narrative Short Feature
En iyi Film / Best Film
Passing / Mandi Wu / 00:23:29 / China
Juri özel ödülü / Jury special prize
The Third Dream / Mohammadhossein Nikzad / 00:18:42 / Iran
Uluslararası Belgesel Film / Intarnational Documentary Feature
En iyi Film / Best Film
The Flycatcher / Khalil Betz-Heinemann, Johan Duchateau / 00:58:00 / Cyprus, Finland
Juri özel ödülü / Jury special prize
La Dernière Rive / Jean François Rastagnan / 01:10:00 / France
Uluslararası Belgesel Kısafilm / Intarnational Short Documentary
En iyi Film / Best Film
Redacted Dreams / Fariba Farjam / 00:36:06 / Canada
Juri özel ödülü / Jury special prize
Human in Quest / Aslı Akdağ / 00:40:00 / Türkiye
Uluslararası Öğrenci Kısa Kurmaca Film / Intarnational Student Short Film
En iyi Film / Best Film
C’est La Vie / ZiHan Zheng / 00:30:00 / China
Juri özel ödülü / Jury special prize
Tres / Juan Ignacio Ceballos / 00:24:26 / Argentina
Uluslararası Yapay Zeka Kısa Film / Intarnational AI-Generated Short Film
En iyi Film / Best Film
My Family / Çağrı Erdoğdu / 00:09:59 / Türkiye
Juri özel ödülü / Jury special prize
Monk Minchu / Jiulin Lu / 00:09:13 / China
Festival özel Ödülü & Festival Special Award
It Was The Dog / Robert Haufrecht
Lezzet Aşkına / Ceyhan Kandemir
Yamal: Misk Öküzlerinin İzinde / Evgeniy Bezborodov
