3rd Yeşilçam Awards

The 3rd Yeşilçam Awards, presented by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture and Beyoğlu Municipality, honored the best Turkish films of 2009 and took place on March 23, 2010, at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress and Exhibition Hall in Istanbul, Turkey. Veteran Turkish actress Filiz Akın received the Special Achievement Award.

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Awards and nominations

The nominees were announced at a press conference held on February 22, 2010, in Ghetto.

Best Film

Winner: Breath directed by Levent Semerci

* I Saw the Sun directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
* On the Way to School directed by Orhan Eskiköy
* Pandora's Box directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
* Vavien directed by Yağmur & Durul Taylan

Best Director

Winner: Reha Erdem for My Only Sunshine

Best Actor

Winner: Mert Fırat for Love in Another Language

Best Actress

Winner: Binnur Kaya for Vavien

* Demet Evgar for I Saw the Sun
* Meral Çetinkaya for In Darkness
* Nergis Öztürk for Envy
* Nesrin Cevadzade for Dilber's Eight Days
* Şerif Sezer for Piano Girl

Best Supporting Actor Award

Winner: Cemal Toktaş for I Saw the Sun

* Cezmi Baskın for Jolly Life
* Genco Erkal for The Market: A Tale of Trade
* Mustafa Uzunyılmaz for Bogeyman
* Settar Tanrıöğen for ''Vavien''

Best Supporting Actress Award

Winner: Derya Alabora for Pandora's Box

* Berrak Tüzünataç for Envy
* Hasibe Eren for The Master
* Lale Mansur for Love in Another Language
* Serra Yılmaz for ''Vavien''

Best Cinematography Award

Winner: Soykut Turan for I Saw the Sun

* Florent Henry for Jolly Life
* Gökhan Tiryaki for Vavien
* Hayk Kırakosyan for 7 Husbands for Hurmuz
* Levent Semerci & Vedat Özdemir for Breath

Best Screenplay Award

Winner: Engin Günaydın for Vavien

* İnan Temelkuran for Bornova Bornova
* Levent Semerci, M. İlkay Altınay & Hakan Evrensel for Breath
* Yeşim Ustaoğlu for Pandora's Box
* Yılmaz Erdoğan for Jolly Life

Best Music Award

Winner: Attila Özdemiroğlu for Vavien

* Ender Akay & Sunay Özgür for 7 Husbands for Hurmuz
* Erkan Oğur for Bogeyman
* Mazlum Çimen for Dot
* Yıldıray Gürgen, Tevfik Akbaşlı & Mahsun Kırmızıgül for I Saw the Sun

Best Young Talent Award

Winner: Elit İşcan for My Only Sunshine

* BKM Mutfak Oyuncuları for Jolly Life
* Damla Sönmez for Bornova Bornova
* Onur Ünsal for Pandora's Box
* Umut Kurt for Pains of Autumn

Turkcell First Film Award

Winner: Breath directed by Levent Semerci

* Love in Another Language directed by İlksen Başarır
* On the Way to School directed by Orhan Eskiköy
* Bogeyman directed by Atalay Taşdiken
* Wrong Rosary directed by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun