Nominations Announced for 2009 Yeşilçam Awards

47 titles vie for Yeşilçam Awards

A total of 47 Turkish movies were running for the 2008 Yeşilçam Awards, with the addition of last month's six releases that also included the box office champion "A.R.O.G," the awards' organizers announced this week.

The Yeşilçam Awards, named after the İstanbul street that served as the country's filmmaking hub during the Turkish movie industry's heyday from the 1950s to the '70s, was launched last year in a bid to boost film production in Turkey.

Dubbed the Turkish equivalent of the Oscars by the Turkish Foundation for Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK), which organizes the event, the Yeşilçam Awards are given in 11 categories. These includebest film, director, screenplay, soundtrack, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress and first film. The best film statuette comes with a cash prize of TL 150,000 while the director of
the best first film receives a TL 30,000 prize. Turkish productions released throughout the past year are eligible for the competition.

Best Director:
Nuri B. Ceylan (Üç Maymun),
Özcan Alper (Sonbahar),
Çağan Irmak (Issız Adam),
Tolga Örnek (Devrim Arabaları),
Cem Yılmaz-Ali Taner Baltacı (A.R.O.G)

Best Male Actor:
Onur Saylak (Sonbahar),
Yavuz Bingöl (Üç Maymun),
Cem Yılmaz (A.R.O.G),
Çetin Tekindor (Ulak),
Taner Birsel (Devrim Arabaları)

Best Female Actor:
Hatice Aslan (Üç Maymun),
Nurgül Yeşilçay (Vicdan),
Demet Akbağ (O... Çocukları),
Ayça Damgacı (Gitmek),
Melis Birkan (Issız Adam)
Cem Yılmaz-Ali Taner Baltacı (A.R.O.G)

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Ercan Kesal (Üç Maymun),
Serkan Keskin (Sonbahar),
Selçuk Yöntem (Devrim Arabaları),
Volga Sorgu (Gitmek),
Zafer Algöz (A.R.O.G),
Altan Erkekli (O... Çocukları)


Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Megi Kobalakzde (Sonbahar),
Selen Uçer (Ara), .Şerif Sezer (Ulak),
Yıldız Kültür (Issız Adam),
Özgü Namal (O... Çocukları)

Best Screenplay:
Özcan Alper (Sonbahar)
Çağan Irmak (Issız Adam)
Ebru Ceylan- Ercan Kesal-Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Üç Maymun)
T.Örnek/ M.Dişli (D.Arabaları)
Sırrı S. Önder (O... Çocukları)

Best Music:
Aria Müzik (Issız Adam)
Mazlum Çimen (Son Cellat)
Demir Demirkan (D. Arabaları)
Zülfü Livaneli (Vicdan)
Cahit Berkay (Yağmurdan Sonra
Evanthia Reboutsika (Ulak)

Best Cinematograpy:
Gökhan Tiryaki (Üç Maymun)
Feza Çaldıran (Sonbahar)
Soykut Turan (AROG)
Hasan Gergin (Devrim Arabaları),
Mirsad Heroviç (Ulak)

Young talent Award:
Ahmet R. Şungar (Üç Maymun)
Onur Ünsal (Devrim Arabaları)
Ozan Bilen (Girdap) .Atakan Yağız (Ulak)
Emrah Özdemir (Gitmek)

First Film Award:
Sonbahar
Devrim Arabaları
Gitmek
Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım
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