The second International Yalova Film Festival, organised by the Yalova Governor's Office, concluded with an awards ceremony held at the Raif Dinçkök Cultural Centre.
One of the festival's most prestigious awards, the ‘Best Director’ award, was won by director Erkan Tahhuşoğlu for his film ‘Döngü’. The award was presented by Prof. Mehmet Bahçekapılı, Rector of Yalova University.
Esin Özalp Öztürk won the award for best film in the national feature-length documentary category for ‘Işığın Hasadı’, while Mehmet Ali Poyraz won the award for best film in the national short documentary category for ‘Ağaç Adam’. Yakup Tekintangaç won the award for best film in the national short fiction category with ‘Morî’, while Ezgi Temel was honoured in the short student films category with ‘Sakın Söyleme’
In the international section, Mehdi Ghanavati won the award for best feature-length documentary with ‘The Lost Season’, while Felipe Rosa won the award for best short documentary with ‘Entre La Sal Y El Cielo (Between Salt and Sky)’. In the international short fiction category, the award for best film went to Pablo Delgado for ‘The Cascade’; in the short experimental category, Gizem Tataroğlu won for “Cargo”; and in the short animation category, Alexandre Athané won for ‘Jus d'orange’.
The festival brought together both national and international productions under one roof, offering young directors the opportunity to showcase their work. The high turnout highlighted the importance placed on the city's cultural and artistic life, as well as the younger generation's interest in cinema.
