“12 Punto 2024” Finalists Announced

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The 12 finalist projects in the feature film category for “12 Punto 2024,” Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform organized by TRT, have been selected.

A pre-jury of five independent directors, writers, producers, and actors from Turkish cinema evaluated the submitted projects and selected the 12 feature film finalists for the event.

12 finalists selected from over 100 feature film projects

This year, over 100 feature film project applications were submitted to 12 Punto 2024. After technical checks, 80 scripts were evaluated by the pre-jury. The pre-jury included award-winning directors Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun and Murat Pay, actress Vildan Atasever, sociologist-author Fatma Barbarosoğlu, and film critic Suat Köçer.

Among the 12 finalists selected by the international jury in the feature film category, three projects will receive the “TRT Co-Production Award,” three will receive the “TRT Pre-Buy Award,” and six will receive the “TRT Project Development Award.”

Additionally, the projects that win the “TRT International Co-Production Award” will be announced at the 12 Punto 2024 Award Ceremony. The filmmakers of the 12 finalist projects will meet with the world’s most important script consultants and develop their scripts during “12 Punto 2024,” which will take place from July 7th to 14th for the sixth time this year.

They will also meet with the world’s leading marketing and presentation consultants to discuss the key points of sharing their films with potential investors, partners, fund managers, and decision-makers in the film industry. Furthermore, the finalist projects will have one-on-one meetings with representatives of leading film industry organizations, film funds, co-production markets, festivals, sales companies, and producers as part of the “12 Punto Meetings,” which will take place from July 9th to 13th during “12 Punto.”

Additionally, masterclasses, panels, screenings, and discussions with prominent figures from Turkish and world cinema will be organized for film professionals and cinema enthusiasts as part of “12 Punto.” Moreover, a special program called “12 Punto Special Show” featuring various interviews and 12 Punto events will be broadcast on TRT 2 every night during 12 Punto week.

12 Punto 2024 Feature Film Finalist Projects:

• Sleepless (Uykusuz) / Director: Ahmet Yurtkul / Producer: Murat Saraçoğlu, Ahmet Yurtkul

• My Happy Family (Benim Mutlu Ailem) / Director: Alkım Özmen / Producer: Alkım Özmen, Samet Hamiş

• Hello (Merhaba) / Directors: Ela Alyamaç, Aren Perdeci / Producer: Ela Alyamaç, Harutyun Kuran

• Recital of Bayram (Bayram Resitali) / Director: Bekir Bülbül / Producer: Halil Kardaş

• Law of the Flies (Sineklerin Yasası) / Director: Tunahan Kurt / Producer: Hasan Köroğlu

• The Battle of Hedgehogs (Kirpilerin Savaşı) / Director: M. Tayfur Aydın / Producer: Mariette Rissenbeek, M. Tayfur Aydin

• Toz Baba Tekkesi / Director: Mehmet Bahadır Er / Producer: Mehmet Bahadır Er, Maryna Er Gorbach

• Salt of the Earth (Toprağın Tuzu) / Director: Murat Eroğlu / Producers: Murat Eroğlu, Gözde Kural, Milad Khosravi

• It (İt) / Director: Emin Fırat Övür / Producer: Okan Üzey

• Shot (Saçma) / Director: Fatih Özcan / Producer: Osman Enes Yakut

• Flood Plain (Taşkın Ovası) / Director: Hasan Tuna Balkan / Producer: Alara Hamamcıoğlu Bayraktar, Sinan Kesova

• Blind (Kör) / Director: Hakan Yonat / Producer: Zeynep Koşar

Countdown to 12 Punto 2024 Begins

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The sixth edition of Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform, “12 Punto 2024,” organized by TRT, is about to start. This year, 12 Punto 2024 will feature the “Palestinian Cinema Special Section,” showcasing current and significant films from Palestinian cinema. This year at 12 Punto 2024, current and important films of Palestinian cinema will meet with the audience in the “Palestinian Cinema Special Section”.

“12 Punto 2024” will take place from July 7th to 14th, with the participation of directors, producers, and film industry professionals from 29 different countries, bringing together some of the leading names in world cinema.

Leading Names in World Cinema at 12 Punto 2024

“12 Punto 2024” will once again host cinema professionals from all around the world. More than 40 filmmakers from 29 countries, including France, Italy, Qatar, Romania, Palestine, Ukraine, Montenegro, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, UK, Cambodia, Estonia, Georgia, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, USA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Germany, Belgium, Macedonia, India, Syria, Iran, Egypt, and Turkey, will gather at 12 Punto.

Within the scope of “12 Punto 2024,” masterclasses, panels, and presentations with the attendance of Oscar-winning directors, producers and executives from the global film industry will be held at Feriye Cinema in Beşiktaş. These panels, masterclasses, talks, and screenings will be open to the public and free. Panels, masterclasses, talks and screenings will be free and open to all.

“Focus on Palestinian Cinema” at 12 Punto 2024

This year at 12 Punto 2024, current and significant films from Palestinian cinema will meet audiences in the “Focus on Palestinian Cinema” section. The open-air film screenings, which usually feature TRT co-productions, will highlight Palestinian films and filmmakers this year. The event aims to raise awareness about the genocide in Palestine, foster empathy, and provide a platform for idea exchange. Palestinian directors, who will be guests of 12 Punto 2024 in Istanbul, will attend a Q&A session after the screenings of their films. As part of the “Focus on Palestinian Cinema” the films to be screened in open-air screenings include “Mediterranean Fever” by Maha Haj, “A Fidai Film” by Kamal Aljafari, “Wajib” by Annemarie Jacir, and “3000 Nights” by Mai Masri. The screenings will be open to the public and free.

What’s Happening at 12 Punto?

The filmmakers of the 12 finalist projects selected by pre-jury will meet world’s most important script consultants and develop their scripts during the “12 Punto 2024”, which will take place from July 7th to 14th for the sixth time this year. At the end of the 12 Punto week, the finalists will pitch their projects to a five-member international jury, including Oscar-winning directors and producers and top executives from international film industry organizations.

Three projects selected from the 12 finalists will receive the “TRT Co-Production Award,” three will receive the “TRT Pre-Buy Award,” and six will receive the “TRT Project Development Award.” The award ceremony on July 14th will be broadcast live on TRT 2. The winners of the “TRT Short Film Production Award” will also develop their scripts with leading screenwriters of within the scope of “12 Punto.”

“12 Punto Special Show” on TRT 2 Every Night

From July 7th to 14th, the “12 Punto Special Show” will air on TRT 2 every evening at 7:00 PM. The program will feature interviews with the finalists of “12 Punto 2024,” updates on the event, programs with film critics, interviews with award-winning directors and producers of Turkish cinema, and masterclasses.

Details about the events covering every aspect of the film industry, including directing, producing, scriptwriting, marketing, festivals, distribution, animation, film funds, and key stages in the film production process, will be announced in the coming days at www.trt12punto.com.