44th Istanbul Film Festival
The Istanbul Film Festival was traditionally awarded a Best
National Film in the "National Competition" between 1985 and 2024.
With the 44th Istanbul Film Festival in 2025, the festival structure changed,
eliminating the "National Competition" section and replacing it with
the "Golden Tulip Competition." With this change, the "Golden
Tulip" award went to be the "Best National or International
Film" in the competition. For the first time, 15 domestic and
international films competed in this category. This year’s festival featured the
latest works by renowned directors as well as selections from global festivals,
with 18 awards handed out.
The Best Director Award was given to Gürcan
Keltek for “New Dawn Fades /Yeni Şafak Solarken /” while Pelin Esmer won Best
Screenplay for “And the Rest Will Follow” and the Best Actor Award went to
Nazmi Kırık for “The Flying Meatball Maker.” Lastly, the Film Critics
Association of Türkiye (SİYAD) awarded Best Film to “Apollon by Day, Athena by
Night” by Emine Yıldırım.
Yeni șafak Solarken / New Dawn Fades by Gürcan Keltek
It’s been years since Akın has been in and out of the hospital. He’s relentless, angry, and shell-shocked from being stuck in the system. Since his discharge, he’s well aware that his old life is long gone. He has become unable to leave his family house except for occasional visits to religious monuments in Istanbul. During those visits, he falls into a state of ecstasy as he tries to take refuge in God. These divine structures trigger something in him. As he loses touch with his true self, his mind shifts into another reality
Gürcan Keltek
DIRECTOR'S NOTE
"I made Yeni șafak solarken because I believe insanity
is just another social construct. This film is about how we slip/escape through
that construct, and I believe this is what cinema is all about."
Gürcan Keltek
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Director Gürcan Keltek
Country of production Türkiye, Italy, Germany, Norway, Netherlands
Year 2024
Format DCP 4K
Tone Color
Duration 130'
Original version Turkish, Bosnian
Screenplay Gürcan Keltek
Cast Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, Ayla Algan, Erol Babaoğlu, Suzan Kardeş, Dilan Düzgüner, Gürkan Gedikli
Producer Arda Çiltepe
Co-producer Manuela Buono, Marc Van Goethem, Stefan Gieren, Fernanda Renno
Line producer Önder Önsal
Production design Yunus Emre Yurtseven, Meral Efe Yurtseven
Cinematography Peter Zeitlinger
Editing Murat Gültekin, Semih Gülen
Sound Massimiliano Borghesi
Music Son of Philip
Costume design Meltem Balakan
Production Vigo Film
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