From the Radio, Television and Cinema Department Asst. Prof. Özlem Tuğçe Keleş, Festival Director and Mehmet Oflazoglu, the Founding President of the Festival. Pre-Jury Coordinator Baran Bekir Taşkıran, Pre-Jury Members of the competition; Berna Gözkaman, Selen Çalışkan, Bahadır Koçak, Münevver Nur Sekitmez, Şevval Loklar, Mert Kartal, Berkan Beysel, Muhammet Furkan, Çakır Hüseyin Taştepe. The poster design of the festival belongs to Manolya Keşre.
This year, 450 films from 55 countries applied to the 5th Fotofilm Festival. 85 films earned the right to become finalists. You can also follow the festival program on
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The films and their categories that will compete at the festival are as follows:
National Short Film
Güneş / Ay ve Kadın / National Short film / Murat Arda Gürsoy / 00:19:08 / Turkiye
Playback / National Short film / Onur Akşit / 00:14:00 / Turkiye
Soğuk / Uzak ve Kirli / National Short film / Halime Usta / 00:10:00 / Turkiye
Tablo / National Short film / Kadir Eman / 00:15:38 / Turkiye
Fotoğraf / National Short film / Resul Aşlak / 00:12:40 / Turkiye
National Student Short Film
Anten Ayarı / National Student Short Film / Yusuf Kızılkaya / 00:20:00 / Turkiye
İkilem / National Student Short Film / Ebubekir Sefa Akbulut / 00:10:00 / Turkiye
Tinebe / National Student Short Film / Mehmet Çağlar Odabaş / 00:10:20 / Turkiye
Kırık Köprü / National Student Short Film / Muhammed Yusuf Eryiğit / 00:16:03 / Turkiye
Öğretmenim / National Student Short Film / Emir Alkılıç / 00:02:17 / Turkiye
National Documentary Short Film
El izi / National Documentary Short film / Mert İzgi / 00:10:05 / Turkiye
Halit için / National Documentary Short film / Kaan Özen Beceren / 00:11:10 / Turkiye
Madak / National Documentary Short film / Sedat Benek / 00:24:48 / Turkiye
Hayatın Sesi / National Documentary Short film / Adnan Yaşar / 00:57:19 / Turkiye
Yerin Ruhu / National Documentary Short film / Burcu Dabak Özdemir / 00:31:10 / Turkiye
International Best Short film
30 Years 1 Night / Best Short film / Mehmet İsmail Çeçen / 00:19:45 / Turkey
Nightfall / Best Short film / Roméo De Melo Martins / 00:25:37 / France
The Apple Law / Best Short film / Ufuk Kıray / 00:07:50 / Turkey
Scissors / Best Short film / Tanweihua weihua Tan / 00:29:58 / China
George Gray & the relic of Bartholomew Roberts / Best Short film / Thibault Dardant, Gaël Cathala / 00:30:00 / France
International Best Super Short film
When a Man Is Suspicious / Best Super Short / Sche-Hao Wang / 00:02:47 / United States
OCD / Best Super Short / Madonna Gonzalez / 00:01:00 / Canada
Boogie Woogie Blues / Best Super Short / Mattia Vuono / 00:02:56 / Germany
The little romance of Will-o'-the-Wisp and Raindrop / Best Super Short / Baptiste Denuit, Johan Denis / 00:02:20 / Belgium
Come Back / Best Super Short / Roman Duneshenko / 00:02:00 / Russian Federation
International Best First Short film
Ellipsis / Best First Short film / Greg Purcell / 00:18:00 / Ireland
Soliloque / Best First Short film / Hadrien Langue / 00:15:00 / France
Titanic Masquerade / Best First Short film / Stéphane Abenaqui / 00:18:45 / France
The Geezer's Orange/ Best First Short film / Theo Harhalakis / 00:08:45 / United Kingdom
Sea / Best First Short film / Ekaterina Khanzhina / 00:05:00 / Russian Federation
International Best Student Short Film
Together Forever / Best Student Short Film / Zeynep Sude Karabulut / 00:11:13 / Turkey
Doorway / Best Student Short Film / Siddharth Gautam / 00:09:46 / United States
Embrace Unkonwn / Best Student Short Film / Pengjie Zhao / 00:24:32 / China
Laszlo / Best Student Short Film / Matija Margetić / 00:13:21 / Croatia
Anna / Best Student Short Film / Irina Nikolaevna Krasnova / 00:23:07 / Russian Federation
International Best First Student Short Film
Lurid Woman / Best First Student Short Film / Porter Justus / 00:05:41 / United States
Sadness of Absence/ Best First Student Short Film / Efthymios Papaefthymiou / 00:04:12 / Greece
Kırık Köprü / Best First Student Short Film / Muhammed Yusuf Eryiğit / 00:16:03 / Turkey
International Best Documentary Short Film
What Happened To You / Best Documentary Short Film / Alec Goldberg / 00:25:37 / United States
Mission microbiome / Best Documentary Short Film / Giulia Grossmann / 00:19:00 / France
BonBon Track in Cyprus / Best Documentary Short Film / Olkan Erguler / 00:07:24 / Cyprus
Torn: The IVF Journey / Best Documentary Short Film / Laura Garcia Broto / 00:52:00 / Switzerland Cardoña Fotos A 7 Pesetas / Best Documentary Short Film / Carlos Lorenzo / 00:29:00 / Spain
International Best First Documentary Short Film
Bicycle Island / Best First Documentary Short Film / Mitra Elena Ghaffari / 00:22:24 / United States
The Asifa Bano Story / Best First Documentary Short Film / Mina Isabella Jafri Malik / 00:38:00 / United States
Innocent Travels: Episode 2 - Becoming an American grandfather in Turkey / Best First Documentary Short Film / Rajiv Mallick / 00:11:14 / United States
International Best first Animation Short Film
The Troxler Effect / Best First Animation Short Film / Daryl Sparkes / 00:09:32 / Australia
Et la / Best First Animation Short Film / Matthieu Aschehoug / 00:03:20 / France
ξ[gzai] / Best Firs Animation Short Film / Bomfor64 / 00:06:30 / Japan
International Best Animation Short Film
Fairy Ring / Best Animation Short Film / Leonor Calaça / 00:05:30 / Portugal
Every encounter is an elsewhere / Best Animation Short Film / Massimo Selis / 00:08:49 / Italy
Gilipollas / Best Animation Short Film / Joan Bentallé, Pol Diggler / 00:07:20 / Spain
International Best Experimental Short Film
Le Poids du lieu, a virtual choreography in three acts / Best Experimental Short Film / 00:26:50 /Canada
Spectre / Best Experimental Short Film / Kyle Faulkner / 00:35:28 / Australia
Hodl, don't turn / Best Experimental Short Film / Susanne Brendel, Simon Kluth / 00:20:36 / Germany
International Best First Experimental Short Film
Kaleidoscope / Best First Experimental Short Film / Aigerim Zhangozina / 00:20:00 / Kazakhstan
Worldless / Best First Experimental Short Film / Gary Kibbins / 00:29:30 / Canada
Inner demons / Best First Experimental Short Film / Jingchuan Ma / 00:24:00 / China
International Best Drama Short Film
Silent Letter / Best Drama Short Film / Emre Karademir / 00:16:38 / Turkey
Inverno / Best Drama Short Film / Lucia Mauro / 00:26:53 / United States
Genesıs / Best Drama Short Film / Andrea Floccari / 00:15:07 / France
International Best First Drama Short Film
Tomoe / Best First Drama Short Film / Marine Hebert / 00:29:00 / France
From Afar / Best First Drama Short Film / Stephanie Yasemin Renique / 00:06:35 / United Kingdom Elephant in the Room / Best First Drama Short Film / Hazal Özen / 00:09:57 / Turkey
International Best Fantastic Short Film
The Biscuit Tin / Best Fantastic Short Film / AJ Sykes / 00:22:27 / United Kingdom
At the circuit/ Best Fantastic Short Film / Olivier van Malderghem / 00:14:18 / Belgium
The Vulture / Best Fantastic Short Film / Jason Balas / 00:05:55 / United States
International Best Thriller Short Film
No Defence / Best Thriller Short Film / David van Marten / 00:06:38 / United Kingdom
Pact of Desire / Best Thriller Short Film / Christopher Sammut / 00:11:45 / Malta
Life is a Gift / Best Thriller Short Film / Benoit Acard / 00:18:02 / France
International Best Horror short film
I am Rain / Best Horror Short Film / Onur Bilmen / 00:11:08 / Germany
Horizon / Best Horror Short Film / Daniele De Muro / 00:15:00 / Italy
You Can Trust Me / Best Horror Short Film / David van Marten / 00:06:43 / United Kingdom
International Best Trailer
Remi Milligan / Best Trailer / Samuel Lodato / 00:01:35 / United Kingdom
Kill Two Birds / Best Trailer / Marjoe Aguiling / 00:03:21 / United States
I love you / Best Trailer / Rafael Maria Friebe / 00:15:09 / Germany
International Best Web serie
Superposition / Best Web serie / Vadim Valiullin / 04:00:00 / Russian Federation
Eva. Connected Through Time / Best Web serie / Anton Outkine, Nata Pokrovskaya / 00:04:39 / Russian Federation Tender and Loud / Best Web serie / Kirill Alekhin / 00:15:16 / Russian Federation
International Best Stop Motion
Take Care / Best stop motion / Kaylee Hatfield / 00:08:32 / United States
The Magic Violet Rabbit / Best stop motion / Kotoko Nakamura / 00:13:05 / Japan
Viarco / Best stop motion / Miguel Gaspar / 00:04:15 / Portugal