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(Cezayir Menekşesi) Special Mention In a small village, a young girl is forced to be a child-bride to a married old man. Selected Festivals and Awards: Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual Documentary &amp; Short Film Competition (2022): Special MentionFestival del Cinema di Cefalù, Italy (2022)One Earth Awards, India (2022)International Labor Films Festival, Turkey (2022)Kwetu International Animation Film Festival (KIAFF), Tanzania (2022)

ALGERIAN VIOLET

(Sıradan Bir Gün) Special Mention Tolga spends his days without knowing what to do; he refuses the world he lives in with his silence and unresponsiveness while his mother has a very dominant attitude in his life to put everything in the right way. Selected Festivals and Awards: Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual Documentary &amp; Short Film Competition (2022): Special MentionUşak Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021): Best Actor, Best CinematographyIFSAK Short Film Competition, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)Sinepark Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)

AN ORDINARY DAY

Special Mention We are backing up the planet, creating 3D models of animals, rainforests, cities, and people. We are archiving as if ecological collapse could be staved off through some digital Noah’s Ark of beasts and objects. Our Ark is an essay film on our efforts to create a virtual replica of the real world. Selected Festivals and Awards: Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual Documentary &amp; Short Film Competition (2022): Special MentionIstanbul Film Festival, Turkey (2022): Best Short FilmImagine Science Film Festival, USA (2021): World PremiereIDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2021)BAMPFA Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives, USA (2022)Museum of the Moving Image, USA (2022)True/False Film Festival, USA (2022)Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, USA (2022)Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (2022)Vilnius Film Festival Kino pavasaris, Lithuania (2022)

OUR ARK

(Sar) Special Mention Migration is always a forced and tragic journey. Immigrants have always lost something on this journey. The Cold brings together these moments of migration in the story of a pregnant woman and her husband trying to cross the border in a cold geography. Selected Festivals and Awards: Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual Documentary &amp; Short Film Competition (2022): Special MentionGolden Horn International Film Festival, Turkey (2021): Best FilmBatumi Lemon Film Festival, Georgia (2021): Special Jury PrizeKartal Municipality Film Festival, Turkey (2022): Best Third FilmAntalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2021)Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey (2021)Hamburg Kurdisches Film Festival, Germany (2021)Orient Express Film Festival, Switzerland-Germany (2021)Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)IFSAK Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)

THE COLD

(Göl Kenarı) Special Mention Leyla is the daughter of a prominent family in a small town. When she finds out that she is pregnant, she wants to talk about it with her lover Fatih. A teacher in the same town, Fatih wants to keep their relationship a secret. They meet by the lakeshore to talk. Selected Festivals and Awards: Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual Documentary &amp; Short Film Competition (2022): Special MentionIstanbul Film Festival National Short Film Competition, Turkey (2022): FIPRESCI PrizeAntalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2021)Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (2021)Istanbul Modern, Turkey (2022)Kayseri Film Festival, Turkey (2022)AFSAD Short Film Festival, Turkey (2022)

LAKE SHORE

(12 Saat) Special Mention The film chronicles the last 12 hours in the life of a patriarch that cannot have any physical contact with his family due to COVID-19 fears and restrictions.The conflict reveals the secrets and unspoken issues amongst his estranged children, who must overcome their own prejudices to fulfill their father’s dying wishes. An unexpected connection between a 9-year-old girl with the dying patriarch catalyzes confrontations and resolutions for the family. Selected Festivals and Awards: Boston Turkish Festival's 17th Annual Documentary &amp; Short Film Competition (2022): Special MentionCannes World Film Festival, France(2022): Best COVID-Theme FilmStockholm City Film Festival, Sweden (2022): Best COVID-19 FilmUK Asian Film FestivalSwedish International Film Festival

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