PIRSELIMOGLU'S "SAC" BEST TURKISH FILM

"Sac" (Hair) directed by Tayfun Pirselimoglu was awarded with the best Turkish film and Pirselimoglu won the best Turkish director award in the ceremony.
Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), the festival featured an international competition and a national competition.
"Microphone" by Egyptian director Ahmad Abdalla won the international competition award.
This year's competitors at the International Film Festival were "The Trip" by Michael Winterbottom, "Incendies" by Denis Villeneuve, "A Useful Life" by Federico Veiroj, "Our Grand Despair" by Seyfi Teoman, "Sound of Noise" by Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, "Rio Sex Comedy" by Jonathan Nossiter, "The Piano in a Factory" by Zhang Meng, "The Mill and the Cross" by Lech Majewski, "Nobody Else but You" by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, "Elisa K" by Judith Colell & Jordi Cadena, "Norwegian Wood" by Tran Anh Hung, and "Microphone" by Ahmad Abdalla.
The films competing in the National Competition were "Press" by Sedat Yilmaz, "Broken Mussels" by Seyfettin Tokmak, "Our Grand Despair" by Seyfi Teoman, "72nd Ward" by Murat Saracoglu, "Hair" by Tayfun Pirselimoglu, "Unseen" by Ali Ozgenturk, "Toll Booth" by Tolga Karacelik, "the Plane Tree" by Handan Ipekci, "White as Snow" by Selim Gunes, "The Son" by Atilla Cengiz, "Merry Go Round" by lksen Basarir, "Zephyr" by Belma Bas and "Ecumenopolis: City without Limits" by Imre Azem.