44th SİYAD Awards

The 44th SİYAD Awards, presented by the Turkish Film Critics Association, honored the best Turkish films of 2011 and took place on, at the Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, Turkey.

WWW siyad.org

Awards and nominations

Best Film

Winner: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia produced by Zeynep Özbatur Atakan

* Future Lasts Forever produced by Soner Alper and Ersin Celik
* Shadows and Faces produced by Önder Çakar, Sevil Demirci and Seren Yüce
* Press produced by Sedat Yılmaz
* Hair produced by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Veysel İpek and Rena Vougioukalou

Best Director

Winner: Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

* Çağan Irmak for My Grandfather's People
* Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair
* Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate
* Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces

Mahmut Tali Award for Best Script

Winner: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

* Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate
* Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair
* Sedat Yılmaz for Press
* Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces

Cahide Sonku Award for Best Actress

Winner: Nazan Kesal for Hair

Best Actor

Winner: Ayberk Pekcan for Hair

* Taner Birsel for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
* Serkan Ercan for Toll Booth
* Osman Sonant for Fire!
* Muhammet Uzuner for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Asiye Dinçsoy for Press

* Popi Avraam for Shadows and Faces
* Gökçe Bahadır for My Grandfather's People
* İdil Fırat for Pomegranate
* Nergis Öztürk for Toll Booth

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

* Rıza Akın for Hair
* Rıza Kocaoğlu for Losers' Club
* Fırat Tanış for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
* Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Best Cinematogropher

Winner: Gökhan Tiryaki for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

* Feza Çaldıran for Future Lasts Forever
* Emre Erkmen for Shadows and Faces
* Ercan Özkan for Hair
* Mehmet Zengin for Zephyr

Best Music

Winner: Mircan Kaia for White as Snow

* Mustafa Biber for Future Lasts Forever
* Selim Demirdelen for Pomegranate
* Marios Takoushis for Shadows and Faces
* Cavit Ergün, Erdem Tarabuş and Can Göksu for Losers' Club

Best Editor

Winner: Bora Gökşingöl and Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

* Haluk Arus for Losers' Club
* Çiçek Kahraman, Evren Luş and Tolga Karaçelik for Toll Booth
* Erdinç Özyurt for Hair
* Aylin Tinel for Shadows and Faces

Best Art Director

Winner: Haluk Ünlü for My Grandfather's People

* Dilek Yapkuöz Ayatuna for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
* Nevin Doğan for Press
* Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces
* Natali Yeres for Hair

Best Documentary Film

Winner: Ekümenopolis: Ucu Olmayan Şehir directed by İmre Azem

* Anadolu'nun Son Göçerleri: Sarıkeçililer directed by Yüksel Aksu
* An directed by Nazlı Bayram
* Bedensiz Ruhlar directed by Sabite Kaya
* Bir Avuç Cesur İnsan directed by Rüya Köksal
* Diren-İş directed by Burak Koçak
* Ofsayt directed by Reyan Tuvi
* Ölücanlar directed by Murat Özçelik

Best Short Film

Winner: Birgünbirgünbir...Evedegelmişkimseyok directed by Berrak Çolak

* Kırmızı Alarm directed by Emre Akay
* Pera Berbangê directed by Arin İnan Arslan
* Fazla Mesai directed by Gürcan Keltek
* Nolya directed by Cem Öztüfekçi