The Akbank Short Film Forum, which will be held within the scope of the 16th Akbank Short Film Festival, aims to increase short film production opportunities, encourage production, and support films from the initial idea stage. The short film scriptwriting contest and training sessions are held at the Akbank Short Film Forum, which will be organized from March 18th to 20th, 2020. From among the 752 applicant projects, 8 scripts are chosen as finalists as a result of the preselection committee’s evaluations. After finalist project owners’ 15 minute presentations to jury members, one project will earn the Akbank Short Film Forum Best Script Award. In this section, award-winning director and writer Melik Saraçoğlu will do a scriptwriting workshop.

Akbank Short Film Forum Scriptwriting Competition Jury Members

Tuğçe Altuğ - Actress
Melik Saraçoğlu - Director-Scriptwriter
Akın Aksu - Scriptwriter

Akbank Short Film Forum Script Competition Finalist Projects

Happy Mothers Day - İnan Erbil
Flag - Pınar Göktaş
Bimba - Sandra Peso
The Sheep - Benhür Bolhava
Holy Son - Sevgi Esman
That Summer - Ayça Çiftçi
Sevgi - Kasım Ördek
Susam - Sami Morhayim

16th Akbank Short Film Festival

16 March - 26 March 2020