Winners of 51st 'Turkish Oscars' announced

ANTALYA

The winners of the 51st International Golden Orange Festival -- known as the Turkish Oscars -- have been unveiled at an award ceremony in the southern city of Antalya.

The film Kuzu/Lamb by Kutlug Ataman won Best Film award while Onur Unlu was awarded Best Director for Itirazım Var/I Have an Objection at the 2014 festival, which marked Turkish cinema's centenary.

Ataman will receive 350,000 Turkish lira along with the award and Unlu 75,000 Turkish lira.

The festival ran from 10 to 18 October under the organization of the Antalya Municipality and Antalya Culture and Arts Foundation (AKSAV).

The awards at the 51st International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival were as follows:

Best Film: Kuzu/Lamb (Kutlug Ataman)

Best First Film: Annemin Sarkısı/The Song of My Mother (Erol Mintas )

Best Director: Onur Unlu (Itirazım Var/I Have an Objection)

Best Script: Onur Unlu (Itirazım Var/I Have an Objection)

Best Music: Basar Under (Annemin Sarkisi/The Song of My Mother)

Best Actress: Nesrin Cavadzade (Kuzu/Lamb)

Best Actor: Serkan Keskin (Itirazım Var/I Have an Objection) - Feyyaz Duman (Annemin Sarkısı/The Song of My Mother)

Best Supporting Actress: Nursel Kose (Kuzu/Lamb)

Best Supporting Actor: Aziz Capkurt (Annemin Sarkısı/The Song of My Mother)

Best Montage: Yorgos Mavropsaridis (Sivas/Sivas)

Best Arts Director: Osman Ozcan (Neden Tarkovski Olamıyorum/Why Can't I Be Tarkovsky)

Best International Feature Film: Test (Alexander Kott, Russia)

Special Award: Jean Claude Van Damme

Lifetime Achievement Award: Abbas Kiarostami

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