“Best Director” Award from Sundance to TRT Co-production “Klondike”

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TRT co-production “Klondike” directed by Maryna Er Gorbach won the “Best Director” award at the Sundance Film Festival, one of the 5 most important festivals in the world.

Awards found their owners at the Sundance Film Festival, organized by the Sundance Institute since 1981. TRT co-production “Klondike” won the “Best Director” award in the “International Competition” section of the festival, which was held online in the US state of Utah between January 20-30.

Words of praise from the competition jury

“Klondike”, which made its premiere at the “International Competition”, the main competition section of the Sundance Film Festival, where only 10 films from all over the world are selected each year, received the appreciation of the competition jury. The international competition jury of the festival presented the “Best Director Award” to Maryna Er Gorbach on the grounds that “a film that enlivens the viewer with its meticulously formed frames, elegantly woven story and beautiful performances of the actors”.

European premiere will be in Berlin

The film, which was shot by Ukrainian, Turkish, Czech, Bosnian and Georgian teams, will have its European premiere in the “Panorama” section of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, which will take place on February 10-20 with the participation of the team. The Ukraine-Turkey co-production film, which won the TRT International Co-Production Award in 12 Punto 2020, is directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and co-produced by Mehmet Bahadır Er. Starting with Irka, a pregnant woman living on the Ukraine-Russia border, who does not leave her home despite the siege of her village by separatist groups, “Klondike” is about Irka and her family finding themselves at the center of an international plane crash disaster.

107 Awards in 2021 for TRT Co-produced Films!

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TRT co-produced films left their mark on national and international film festivals in 2021 with their success. TRT co-productions, which were deemed worthy of 107 awards from 171 festivals that they participated in in 2021, achieved great success.

TRT co-produced films won awards by competing in national and international film festivals in 2021, as in previous years. 31 films co-produced by TRT competed in festivals in 2021 and won a total of 107 awards in the national and international arena. Being a partner in quality films produced by experienced directors and young talents of Turkish cinema, TRT continues to support films in international and national festivals and distribution processes.

44 awards from the world’s major film festivals for TRT co-productions

Continuing their festival journey in the world’s leading film festivals, TRT co-produced films announced their success to the world by winning a total of 44 awards in international festivals in 2021. Films competing in important festivals such as “Cannes Film Festival”, “San Sebastian Film Festival”, “Locarno Film Festival”, “Karlovy Vary Film Festival”, “Tokyo Film Festival” and “Sarajevo Film Festival” have made their mark in international film festivals as well.

23 awards from national film festivals to TRT co-productions

TRT co-productions also deserved credit for their succes from Turkey’s leading film festivals. TRT co-production and competition with successful performances in “Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival”, “Bosphorus Film Festival”, “Istanbul Film Festival”, “Adana Golden Boll Film Festival”, “Malatya Film Festival” and “Ankara Film Festival” in 2021. TRT supported films won a total of 23 awards.

7 films co-produced by TRT made their world premieres in 2021

Being screened for the first time this year, 7 films competed in 45 festivals and won a total of 32 awards. TRT co-productions, which made their world premieres in 2021, include the films “Between Two Dawns”, “The Sacred Spirit”, “Wild Roots”, “Kodokushi”, “The Last Birds of Passage”, “Teacher” and “Corridor”. TRT co-productions in the script or editing stage, which have not yet premiered, were also featured on important platforms in Turkey and the world, and won various awards. Ten films; “Idea”, “Klondike”, “Hesitation Wound”, “11 Stars, Sun and Moon”, “Bars”, “A Hope”, “To Carnations a Song”, “Grace for Sale”, “Aqua Vita” and “Gulizar”, co-produced by TRT, participated in the co-production markets of 13 of the world’s major film festivals and received 8 awards.

TRT continued its cooperation with important festivals in Turkey and around the world in 2021

in Europe, and the “Bosphorus”, “Antalya” and “Istanbul” film festivals in Turkey. Bosnian director Aida Begic’s “A Balad” project won the TRT Award in the “Work in Progress” category of Cinelink, the industry section of the “Sarajevo Film Festival”, one of the most important festivals in Europe. The Slovak-Czechia-German co-production “Victim” directed by Michal Blaško won the “TRT Award” in the “Work in Progress” category of the industry section of the “Karlovy Vary Film Festival”, one of the most important film festivals in the world. The Swiss-German co-production ”A Piece of Sky“, directed by Michael Koch, won the ”TRT Award“ in the ”First Cut Plus” category.

TRT Co-production Films at Berlin Film Festival

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Two films co-produced by TRT and supported by TRT will compete at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival, one of the most important film festivals in the world. In the main competition section of the festival, TRT supported “A Piece of Sky” competes, while TRT co-production “Klondike” takes place in the “Panorama” section.

The films that will take place in the Berlin Film Festival, one of the five most important film festivals in the world, have been announced. Two films co-produced by TRT and supported by TRT will compete at the Berlin Film Festival, which will be held for the 72nd time this year, between 10-16 February. In the main competition, TRT supported “A Piece of Sky”, and in the “Panorama” section, TRT co-production “Klondike” takes place.

“A Piece of Sky” supported by TRT, at the Berlin Film Festival Main Competition Section

The Swiss-German co-production TRT supported “A Piece from the Sky” will compete in the Berlin Film Festival Main Competition. The film, directed by Michael Koch and produced by Christof Neracher, was one of the 18 films selected for the Berlin Film Festival Main Competition Section, to which hundreds of films from all over the world apply each year. The film, telling about Anna and her husband Marco’s life in a remote and small village in Switzerland, and Marco’s falling ill due to a brain tumor and Anna’s efforts to keep love and romance on the road to death is the second feature film of the director. The film won the “TRT Award” in the First Cut+ category, where film projects in the editing phase compete at Eastern Promises, the industry section of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals, held for the 55th time last August.

TRT co-production “Klondike” will compete in the Panorama section

One of the strongest parts of the Berlin Film Festival; TRT co-production “Klondike” will compete in the “Panorama” section, which features the newest, bravest and the most creative films of today’s world cinema. The film, which will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the coming days, will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival in February. The Ukraine-Turkey co-production film, which won the TRT International Co-Production Award in 12 Punto, realized in 2020, is directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and co-produced by Mehmet Bahadır Er. Starting with Ira, a pregnant woman living on the Ukraine-Russia border, who does not leave her home despite the siege of her village by separatist groups, “Klondike” is about Ira and her family finding themselves at the center of an international plane crash disaster on July 17, 2014.

12 Punto 2022 Submissions are Now Open

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Submissions for “12 Punto 2022”, which will be held for the 4th time this year by the TRT Directorate of Cinema, started today. Submissions to 12 Punto, Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform, which is eagerly awaited by everyone interested in cinema, can be made at www.trt12punto.com until 12 February 2022.

Submissions for “12 Punto 2022”, which is the first and only project for the cinema industry in Turkey, have started. The event, which will be held for the 4th time by TRT, will bring together the leading names of Turkish and world cinema this year.

Feature and short film projects will be accepted.

Feature and short film project submissions for “12 Punto 2022” will continue until 23:59 on Saturday, February 12, 2022. Submissions will only be made through the submission form on www.trt12punto.com. After the evaluation of the feature projects by the pre-jury, the 12 finalist projects will be announced on April 12, 2022.

Among the 12 finalists selected by the international jury in the feature film category, TRT Co-Production Award will be given to 3 projects, TRT Pre-Purchase Award to 3 projects and TRT Project Development Award (50,000 TL) to 6 projects.

TRT Short Film Production Award will be given to 12 projects among the short film project submissions. Award-winning project owners will be announced on April 12. In June, script development workshops will be held. The completed short films will be broadcast on TRT 2.

International co-productions in which Turkish producers are partners with low shares (minority co-productions) will also be able to apply for 12 Punto until February 12, 2022. The TRT International Co-Production Award paves the way for Turkish cinema to gain an international identity.

Last year, nearly 500 submissions for long and short feature projects were made.

In 2021, international jury members were Oscar Nominee director of TRT Co-production Quo Vadis Aida, director Jasmila Zbanic, producer of Ken Loach’s films Rebecca O’Brien, Asia Pacific Film Awards President Tracey Vieira, Berlin Film Festival Co-production Market Director Martina Bleis and Sata Cissokho, Purchasing Director of Memento, one of the sales agencies. Last year, nearly 500 feature and short film project submissions were made in 12 Punto.

How does the submission process work for the feature projects in 12 Punto?

An independent pre-jury consisting of 5 members will select the 12 finalist projects among the submissions. The teams of the projects which made it to the finals will hold meetings with a world-renowned script and marketing consultants during the 12 Punto week which will be held in June. Then, they will present their projects to the international jury, which include the most important names of the international cinema industry.

Projects to be applied for 12 Punto must meet the submission requirements for “Feature film projects with a Turkish producer as the main producer”, “International feature film projects with a low share partner of a Turkish producer” and “Short film projects”. Submissions for feature film projects must be made by a production company, and there is no such requirement in the short film category.

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