Applications for Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

Applications for National Competitions at the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Have Ended!

Applications for the national competition categories at the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, which will be held for the 62nd time this year between October 24 and November 2, 2025, ended on Friday, August 22, 2025.

A total of 352 films were registered for the National Feature, National Short and National Documentary Film competition applications, which opened on Monday, July 14, 2025. In the previous year, the total number of applications was 267.

At the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey's most established cinema event; While 45 feature films applied to the National Feature Film Competition, a total of 233 entries were made to the National Short Film Competition. This year, a total of 74 film applications were made to the National Documentary Film Competition category. There is a first screening requirement in Turkey for the films that will compete in the national selections of the festival. The national selections of the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, which will contribute to Turkish cinema with a support of 9 million TL this year, will be announced on Friday, September 5, 2025.

The 2025 Golden Orange Film Festival dates have been announced. The 62nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will be held from October 24 to November 2, 2025.

Following its 61st anniversary program, the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival has begun preparations for next year. Bringing Turkish and international cinema to audiences, the festival supports film production with its funding and aims to develop lasting solutions to current issues through industry meetings.

The International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, organized by the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, has announced next year's dates as October 24 to November 2, 2025. At the festival, Antalya residents and festivalgoers will have the opportunity to interview filmmakers they admire. Furthermore, as part of the Antalya Film Forum, film professionals will exchange ideas and develop their projects, while filmmakers from around the world will have the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Turkish cinema.

Meetings on the Bridge | Başak Emre and Pınar Evrenosoğlu

Başak Emre and Pınar Evrenosoğlu
are the new managers of Meetings on the Bridge

Istanbul Film Festival's co-production, training and networking platform Meetings on the Bridge will continue its activities in the coming period under the co-management of Başak Emre and Pınar Evrenosoğlu.

Başak Emre is a producer and festival director. She served on the executive board of the Ankara Film Festival (1988-1995), worked as the world cinema coordinator for the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (2006-2016), and as the artistic director of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2019-2023). She has been the director of the Festival on Wheels since 2000. From 2006 to 2017, she coordinated the Turkish film stands at the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice Film Festivals. She has organised Turkish film weeks at major festivals in over 25 countries and has served on juries at international film festivals.

Among the films she worked on as a producer and executive producer are The Confession (2001), Inside (2012), Nausea (2015), and Ember (2016) by Zeki Demirkubuz, Black & White (2010) and The Smell of Money (2018) by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, and the omnibus film Tales from Kars (2008).

She has been a member of the European Film Academy since 2021 and became a Board Member in 2024. She continues to work as a programme consultant for the Cottbus Film Festival.

Pınar Evrenosoğlu has over 15 years of experience in film festivals, programming, and international event management. She has held various roles, including Film Festival Coordinator at the Festival on Wheels, General Coordinator at the Ankara Cinema Association, and Advisor/Programmer for the International section of the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (2008-2016). As the coordinator of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Turkish film stands at major international festivals such as Berlin, Cannes, and Venice (2008-2016), and as co-director of the Antalya Film Forum (2021-2023), she has developed significant expertise in organising international events.

Since 2016, she has also served as a senior communication expert for the civil society support programmes of the European Union Delegation to Türkiye.