The preliminary jury evaluation process of the TAYF Short Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Faculty of Fine Arts (FAF), has been completed.
Academician Ayten Bengisu Cansever, director-writer Biriz Öztüzemen, director Burak Demirkol, academician Büşra Kamacıoğlu, journalist-art critic Deniz Ali Tatar, academician Eda Çekemci, assistant director-translator Erdem Doğan, director Furkan Yazgeç, academician Hakan Aşkan, writer Işıl Gündoğdu, The preliminary jury team consisting of director Kerem Yükseloğlu, academician Mustafa Dallı, academician Okan Kırbacı, academician-director Ömür Kınay Alkan, academician Özcan Demir, and academician Zuhal Akmeşe evaluated the 3227 films that applied.
In the festival, the finalist films in the categories of animation, documentary, experimental, and fiction were determined as a result of the preliminary jury evaluation. The finalist films were determined as a result of the preliminary jury meeting chaired by Asst. Prof. Dr. Emre Doğan is as follows:
Fiction Category Finalist Films
Street La Notte Su Di Me – Bruno Ugioli, Ricardo Menicatti (Italy)
The Fourth Wall – Mehmet Kaan Karataş
Feeling Through – Doug Roland (UK)
Forgetting – Madeleine Guillo-Lead (France)
Overhear – Ahmet Togac
An Ordinary Day – Arda Gökçe
Service – Ramazan Kilic
Spotted Yellow – Baran Sarmad (Iran)
Sesame – Sami Morhayim
The Bathtub – Sergi Marti Maltas (Spain)
Experimental Category Finalist Films
A Song - Rene Reinhardt, Thadeusz Tischbein (Germany)
Frame – Berk Sata, Mert Sata
International Lines – Erinç Durlanik
Headshot – Saki Grass
Larva – Volkan Güney Eker
Mixi – Jyotsna Puthran (India)
Revolykus – Victor Orozco Ramirez (Germany)
Squared – Helena Gudkova (Ukraine)
“The Thing” – Burak Budak
The Pleasure of Killing Bugs – Leonardo Martinelli (Brazil)
Documentary Category Finalist Films
Ballada For Galilei – Ralitza Dimitrova (Bulgaria)
Cesme – İlayda İşeri
For the Love of Children – Ahmet Mucahid Aydogan
Dull Glances – Rıdvan Karaman
Elong E'nabe – Niels Devlieghere (Belgium)
Ka Mano Moana – Lotte Twaalfhoven (Netherlands)
Butterfly Man – Enis Manaz
My Dad, The Camera and I – Felipe Camargo De Moura Campos (Brazil)
A Year in Exile – Master Malaz
We Have One Heart – Katarzyna Warzecha (Poland)
Animation Category Finalist Films
Factory – Azar Mansoori (Iran)
Girl And Cloud – Shokir Kuziboy Ugli Kholikov (Uzbekistan)
Daylight – Baturay Tunçat
In The Woods
Kauai – Aysun Karaosman
Chorus – Burcu Özkan
The Game – Önder Menken
The White Whale – Amir Mehran (Iran)
The Seine's Tears – Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur (France)
Allah! – Nayla Nassar, Edouard Pitula, Renaud De Saint Albin, Cecile Adant, Anais Sassatelli, Candice Behague (France)
After the evaluation of the finalist films by the festival jury, the first three films to be awarded will be announced at the award ceremony to be held on the night of February 27.
For detailed information, you can follow the festival's official website and social media accounts.
