The preselection jury of the “National and International Short Film Competition” held as a part of the 16th Akbank Short Film Festival have been determined. Offering an active platform for the short film industry in Turkey, the festival will be held between March 16-26. 2217 short films from 74 different countries have been submitted to the Festival’s competition sections.

Akbank Sanat will award the directors of the films that win the “Best Short Film Award” in the national category with 30.000 TL and international category with 5.000 dollars; and in Forum category the Best Script will be awarded with 5.000 TL.

Pre-Selection Jury

Cansu Boğuşlu – Director and Director of photography
Ahmet Bikiç – Academician and Documentary Director
Selim Evci – Director

National Competition Jury

Öykü Karayel – Actress
Can Evrenol – Director
Mehmet Bahadır Er – Director
Tamer Levent – Actress
Derya Bigalı - Akbank Sanat Director  

International Competition Jury

Maryna Er Gorbach – Director
Afsaneh Pakroo – Actress
Sinisa Gacic – Documentary Director
Tolga Karaçelik – Director
Derya Bigalı - Akbank Sanat Director 

16th Akbank Short Film Festival

16 March - 26 March 2020