3rd Yeşilçam Awards
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The 3rd Yeşilçam Awards presented by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK) 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.
Turkish films of 2009
A list of films produced by the Turkish film industry in Turkey in 2009.- Highest-grossing films :- January – June :- July – December :- References :...
and took place on March 23, 2010, at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress and Exhibition Hall in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
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. Veteran Turkish actress Filiz Akın received the Special Achievement Award.
Awards and nominations
The nominees were announced at a press conference held on February 22, 2010 in Ghetto.Best Film
- Winner: BreathBreath (2009 film)Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel...
directed by Levent Semerci- I Saw the SunI Saw the SunI Saw the Sun is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009, prompting...
directed by Mahsun KırmızıgülMahsun KirmizigülMahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey.... - On the Way to SchoolOn the Way to SchoolOn the Way to School is an award-winning 2008 Turkish documentary film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary....
directed by Orhan Eskiköy - Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (2008 film)Pandora's Box is an award-winning 2008 Turkish drama film directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu.- Plot :Two sisters and a brother living in the centre of Istanbul are confronted with the care for their dementing mother who they brought back with them from the mountains near the...
directed by Yeşim UstaoğluYeşim Ustaoğlu- Life and career :Ustaoğlu was born in Çaykara in eastern Turkey and grew up in Trabzon on the Black Sea. After studying architecture at the Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, she worked as an architect, then as a journalist and a film critic. Before she made her feature film debut The Trace... - Vavien directed by Yağmur & Durul Taylan
- I Saw the Sun
Best Director
- Winner: Reha ErdemReha ErdemReha Erdem is an award-winning Turkish film director and screenwriter.-Biography:He attended Galatasaray High School and he studied history at Boğaziçi University before leaving to study film in 1983. He obtained a B.A. in Cinema Studies and an M.A...
for My Only Sunshine- Levent Semerci for BreathBreath (2009 film)Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel...
- Mahsun KırmızıgülMahsun KirmizigülMahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
for I Saw the SunI Saw the SunI Saw the Sun is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009, prompting...
- Yağmur and Durul Taylan for Vavien
- Yeşim UstaoğluYeşim Ustaoğlu- Life and career :Ustaoğlu was born in Çaykara in eastern Turkey and grew up in Trabzon on the Black Sea. After studying architecture at the Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, she worked as an architect, then as a journalist and a film critic. Before she made her feature film debut The Trace...
for Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (2008 film)Pandora's Box is an award-winning 2008 Turkish drama film directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu.- Plot :Two sisters and a brother living in the centre of Istanbul are confronted with the care for their dementing mother who they brought back with them from the mountains near the...
- Zeki DemirkubuzZeki DemirkubuzZeki Demirkubuz is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor.- Biography :...
for EnvyEnvy (2009 film)Envy is an 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Zeki Demirkubuz based on the novel of the same name by Nahit Sirri Orik, about a married woman who has an affair with the son of a rich man...
- Levent Semerci for Breath
Best Actor
- Winner: Mert Fırat for Love in Another LanguageLove in Another LanguageLove in Another Language is an award-winning 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker...
- Engin GünaydınEngin Günaydın-Biography:Günaydın started studying at Hacettepe University Conservatory, but in his second year he switched to Mimar Sinan University from where he graduated in theatre....
for Vavien - Mete Horozoğlu for BreathBreath (2009 film)Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel...
- Nadir Sarıbacak for Wrong RosaryWrong RosaryWrong Rosary is an award-winning 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Mahmut Fazıl Çoşkun.-External links: for the film* page for the film...
- Öner ErkanÖner Erkan- Biography :Öner Erkan began acting at the age of 15 and graduated in theatre from Dokuz Eylül University. Between 2003 and 2004, he worked at the İstanbul City Theatre. He acted in Avrupa Yakası and as Ferit Pamukçuoğlu in the comedy series İki Aile...
for Bornova BornovaBornova BornovaBornova Bornova is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by İnan Temelkuran, depicting a day in the lives of three young men from the same neighborhood in İzmir’s Bornova district... - Yılmaz ErdoğanYilmaz ErdoganYılmaz Erdoğan is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet, who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele and the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro ....
for Jolly LifeJolly LifeJolly Life is a 2009 Turkish comedy film, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, about a working class Turkish man who accepts a job as a Mall Santa. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was screened in competition at the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival...
- Engin Günaydın
Best Actress
- Winner: Binnur KayaBinnur Kaya-Biography:Kaya graduated in theatre from Bilkent University in 1995. She went to İstanbul where she worked at the Ankara Sahnesi and Karatahta Child Theatres and then at the Bakırköy Municipal Theatre....
for Vavien- Demet EvgarDemet EvgarDemet Evgar is a Turkish actress with an increasing fame in Turkey through roles in feature films and TV series but who also still pursues an active career as an actress in theatre where she had made her débuts...
for I Saw the SunI Saw the SunI Saw the Sun is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009, prompting...
- Meral Çetinkaya for In DarknessIn Darkness- Plot :Egemen is an advertising agency clerk in his thirties who has to share a roof with his mentally ill mother, Gülseren. Having to endure his mother’s anxieties and mental black outs, his only outlet is his workplace; where he feels he can breathe and escape the hell that is his home, even if...
- Nergis Öztürk for EnvyEnvy (2009 film)Envy is an 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Zeki Demirkubuz based on the novel of the same name by Nahit Sirri Orik, about a married woman who has an affair with the son of a rich man...
- Nesrin Cevadzade for Dilber's Eight DaysDilber's Eight DaysDilber's Eight Days is a 2008 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Cemal Şan, starring Nesrin Cevadzade as a young village woman who leaves with a stranger after being spurned by her lover...
- Şerif SezerŞerif Sezer-Selected filmography:-External links:...
for Piano GirlPiano GirlPiano Girl is a 2009 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Murat Saraçoğlu, starring Tarık Akan and Şerif Sezer as two elderly people forced to question their histories and reveal their big secrets...
- Demet Evgar
Best Supporting Actor Award
- Winner: Cemal Toktaş for I Saw the SunI Saw the SunI Saw the Sun is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009, prompting...
- Cezmi Baskın for Jolly LifeJolly LifeJolly Life is a 2009 Turkish comedy film, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, about a working class Turkish man who accepts a job as a Mall Santa. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was screened in competition at the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival...
- Genco ErkalGenco ErkalGenco Erkal is a Turkish film actor. He starred in the 1983 film A Season in Hakkari, which won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* A Season in Hakkari...
for The Market: A Tale of TradeThe Market: A Tale of TradeThe Market: A Tale of Trade is a 2008 international co-production drama film, written and directed by Ben Hopkins, starring Tayanç Ayaydın as a small-time blackmarket trader in a provincial town in Eastern Turkey tasked with procuring some valuable medicine...
- Mustafa Uzunyılmaz for Bogeyman
- Settar TanrıöğenSettar Tanrıöğen-Selected filmography:-External links:...
for Vavien
- Cezmi Baskın for Jolly Life
Best Supporting Actress Award
- Winner: Derya AlaboraDerya Alabora- Biography :She was born in Istanbul. She graduated from the theater department at the conservatory of Mimar Sinan University in 1982. She has won two Golden Orange awards for her roles in Masumiyet and Yengeç Sepeti.- Filmography :...
for Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (2008 film)Pandora's Box is an award-winning 2008 Turkish drama film directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu.- Plot :Two sisters and a brother living in the centre of Istanbul are confronted with the care for their dementing mother who they brought back with them from the mountains near the...
- Berrak TüzünataçBerrak TüzünataçBerrak Tüzünataç is a Turkish actress and model.-Biography:Berrak Tüzünataç moved to İstanbul in 1995 with her family and attended Koç School. In 2004, she began studying Business Administration at Istanbul University. She worked as a presenter on Number One TV. She joined a model agency and took...
for EnvyEnvy (2009 film)Envy is an 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Zeki Demirkubuz based on the novel of the same name by Nahit Sirri Orik, about a married woman who has an affair with the son of a rich man...
- Hasibe Eren for The MasterThe Master (2009 film)The Master is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Bahadır Karataş, starring Yetkin Dikinciler as a small town car mechanic in who builds a small biplane in his backyard...
- Lale Mansur for Love in Another LanguageLove in Another LanguageLove in Another Language is an award-winning 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker...
- Serra Yılmaz for Vavien
- Berrak Tüzünataç
Best Cinematography Award
- Winner: Soykut Turan for I Saw the SunI Saw the SunI Saw the Sun is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009, prompting...
- Florent Henry for Jolly LifeJolly LifeJolly Life is a 2009 Turkish comedy film, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, about a working class Turkish man who accepts a job as a Mall Santa. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was screened in competition at the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival...
- Gökhan Tiryaki for Vavien
- Hayk Kırakosyan for 7 Husbands for Hurmuz
- Levent Semerci & Vedat Özdemir for BreathBreath (2009 film)Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel...
- Florent Henry for Jolly Life
Best Screenplay Award
- Winner: Engin GünaydınEngin Günaydın-Biography:Günaydın started studying at Hacettepe University Conservatory, but in his second year he switched to Mimar Sinan University from where he graduated in theatre....
for Vavien- İnan Temelkuran for Bornova BornovaBornova BornovaBornova Bornova is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by İnan Temelkuran, depicting a day in the lives of three young men from the same neighborhood in İzmir’s Bornova district...
- Levent Semerci, M. İlkay Altınay & Hakan Evrensel for BreathBreath (2009 film)Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel...
- Yeşim UstaoğluYeşim Ustaoğlu- Life and career :Ustaoğlu was born in Çaykara in eastern Turkey and grew up in Trabzon on the Black Sea. After studying architecture at the Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, she worked as an architect, then as a journalist and a film critic. Before she made her feature film debut The Trace...
for Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (2008 film)Pandora's Box is an award-winning 2008 Turkish drama film directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu.- Plot :Two sisters and a brother living in the centre of Istanbul are confronted with the care for their dementing mother who they brought back with them from the mountains near the...
- Yılmaz ErdoğanYilmaz ErdoganYılmaz Erdoğan is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet, who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele and the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro ....
for Jolly LifeJolly LifeJolly Life is a 2009 Turkish comedy film, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, about a working class Turkish man who accepts a job as a Mall Santa. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was screened in competition at the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival...
- İnan Temelkuran for Bornova Bornova
Best Music Award
- Winner: Atilla ÖzdemiroğluAtilla ÖzdemirogluAtilla Özdemiroğlu, aka Attila Özdemiroğlu, is a Turkish composer and arranger. He is best known for his award winning film scores in the 1970s and 1980s....
for Vavien- Ender Akay & Sunay Özgür for 7 Husbands for Hurmuz
- Erkan OğurErkan OgurErkan Oğur , or Erkan Ogur in the West, is a Turkish musician. A pioneer of fretless guitars, he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976.Martinelli, op. cit.Unfretted, op. cit. A composer, he has influenced many musicians with his compositions combining the sounds of Turkish folk...
for Bogeyman - Mazlum ÇimenMazlum ÇimenMazlum Çimen is a Turkish musician, ballet dancer, film actor, folk singer and an award-winning film score composer.-Early life:...
for Dot - Yıldıray Gürgen, Tevfik AkbaşlıTevfik Akbasli-Studies:One of the most acknowledged 71 Turkish Composers, Akbasli is the son of businessman Samim Akbasli of Izmir. He spent his childhood and elementary school years in Yesilkoy, Istanbul until his family moved to Izmir...
& Mahsun KırmızıgülMahsun KirmizigülMahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
for I Saw the SunI Saw the SunI Saw the Sun is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009, prompting...
Best Young Talent Award
- Winner: Elit İşcan for My Only Sunshine
- BKM Mutfak Oyuncuları for Jolly LifeJolly LifeJolly Life is a 2009 Turkish comedy film, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, about a working class Turkish man who accepts a job as a Mall Santa. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was screened in competition at the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival...
- Damla Sönmez for Bornova BornovaBornova BornovaBornova Bornova is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by İnan Temelkuran, depicting a day in the lives of three young men from the same neighborhood in İzmir’s Bornova district...
- Onur Ünsal for Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (2008 film)Pandora's Box is an award-winning 2008 Turkish drama film directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu.- Plot :Two sisters and a brother living in the centre of Istanbul are confronted with the care for their dementing mother who they brought back with them from the mountains near the...
- Umut Kurt for Pains of AutumnPains of AutumnPains of Autumn is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Tomris Giritlioğlu, based on the novel by Yilmaz Karakoyunlu. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2009....
- BKM Mutfak Oyuncuları for Jolly Life
Turkcell First Film Award
- Winner: BreathBreath (2009 film)Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel...
directed by Levent Semerci- Love in Another LanguageLove in Another LanguageLove in Another Language is an award-winning 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker...
directed by İlksen Başarır - On the Way to SchoolOn the Way to SchoolOn the Way to School is an award-winning 2008 Turkish documentary film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary....
directed by Orhan Eskiköy - Bogeyman directed by Atalay Taşdiken
- Wrong RosaryWrong RosaryWrong Rosary is an award-winning 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Mahmut Fazıl Çoşkun.-External links: for the film* page for the film...
directed by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
- Love in Another Language