44th SİYAD Awards

44th SİYAD Awards
Date	January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16)
Location	Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall
Country	Turkey
Presented by	Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD)
Official website	http://www.siyad.org/article.php?id=6108
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Turkmax

The 44th SİYAD Awards (Turkish: 44. SİYAD Ödülleri), presented by the Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD), honored the best Turkish films of 2011 and took place on January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16), at the Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, Turkey.

Awards and nominations

Best Film

• Winner: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da) produced by Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
  • Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer) produced by Soner Alper and Ersin Celik
  • Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler) produced by Önder Çakar, Sevil Demirci and Seren Yüce
  • Press produced by Sedat Yılmaz
  • Hair (Turkish: Saç) produced by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Veysel İpek and Rena Vougioukalou

Best Director

• Winner: Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Çağan Irmak for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
  • Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
  • Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
  • Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

Mahmut Tali Award for Best Script

• Winner: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
  • Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
  • Sedat Yılmaz for Press
  • Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

Cahide Sonku Award for Best Actress

• Winner: Nazan Kesal for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
  • Demet Akbağ for Eyyvah Eyvah 2
  • Nesrin Cavadzade for Fire! (Turkish: Yangın Var)
  • Hazar Ergüçlü for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
  • Nergis Öztürk for Merry-Go-Round (Turkish: Atlıkarınca)

Best Actor

• Winner: Ayberk Pekcan for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
  • Taner Birsel for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Serkan Ercan for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)
  • Osman Sonant for Fire! (Turkish: Yangın Var)
  • Muhammet Uzuner for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Asiye Dinçsoy for Press
  • Popi Avraam for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
  • Gökçe Bahadır for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
  • İdil Fırat for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
  • Nergis Öztürk for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)

Best Supporting Actor

• Winner: Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Rıza Akın for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
  • Rıza Kocaoğlu for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)
  • Fırat Tanış for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)

Best Cinematogropher

• Winner: Gökhan Tiryaki for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Feza Çaldıran for Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer)
  • Emre Erkmen for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
  • Ercan Özkan for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
  • Mehmet Zengin for Zephyr (Turkish: Zefir)

Best Music

• Winner: Mircan Kaia for White as Snow (Turkish: Kar Beyaz)
  • Mustafa Biber for Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer)
  • Selim Demirdelen for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
  • Marios Takoushis for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
  • Cavit Ergün, Erdem Tarabuş and Can Göksu for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)

Best Editor

• Winner: Bora Gökşingöl and Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Haluk Arus for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)
  • Çiçek Kahraman, Evren Luş and Tolga Karaçelik for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)
  • Erdinç Özyurt for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
  • Aylin Tinel for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

Best Art Director

• Winner: Haluk Ünlü for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
  • Dilek Yapkuöz Ayatuna for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
  • Nevin Doğan for Press
  • Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
  • Natali Yeres for Hair (Turkish: Saç)

Best Documentary Film

• Winner: Ekümenopolis: Ucu Olmayan Şehir directed by İmre Azem
  • Anadolu'nun Son Göçerleri: Sarıkeçililer directed by Yüksel Aksu
  • An directed by Nazlı Bayram
  • Bedensiz Ruhlar directed by Sabite Kaya
  • Bir Avuç Cesur İnsan directed by Rüya Köksal
  • Diren-İş directed by Burak Koçak
  • Ofsayt directed by Reyan Tuvi
  • Ölücanlar directed by Murat Özçelik

Best Short Film

• Winner: Birgünbirgünbir...Evedegelmişkimseyok directed by Berrak Çolak
  • Kırmızı Alarm directed by Emre Akay
  • Pera Berbangê directed by Arin İnan Arslan
  • Fazla Mesai directed by Gürcan Keltek
  • Nolya directed by Cem Öztüfekçi

Honorary Awards

• Erden Kıral (filmmaker)
• Osman Şahin (screenwriter)
• Perihan Savaş (actress)

See also

• 5th Yeşilçam Awards
• Turkish films of 2011
• 2011 in film
• Best 10 Turkish Films selected by SIYAD

External links

• Official website for SİYAD (Turkish)