Conscience Films is a short film competition organized by the Hrant Dink Foundation. The competition was founded in memory of Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink or Հրանտ Դինք ) was a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent editor, journalist and columnist....

. According to Dença Kartun, the project coordinator at the Hrant Dink Foundation for the Films about Conscience project, words by the assassinated Armenian-Turkish journalist inspired the project. "The voice of conscience has been sentenced to silence. Now, that conscience is searching for a way out," said Dink

Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink or Հրանտ Դինք ) was a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent editor, journalist and columnist....

, who was killed on Jan. 19, 2007. The participants are asked to make a short movie of at most five minutes on the topic of looking at the world through our conscience. The winning movies are determined by the votes of international jury members. Both professional and amateur filmmakers are invited to submit their short movies.

2010 Competition

The jury in 2010 consisted of Costa Gavras, Georges Moustaki

Georges Moustaki

Giuseppe Mustacchi, known as Georges Moustaki , is a French singer and songwriter of Italo-Greek Jewish origin, best known for his poetic rhythm, eloquent simplicity and his hundreds of romantic songs...

, Harutyun Khachatryan

Harutyun Khachatryan

Harutyun Khachatryan - an Armenian film director, script writer, director of photography, film producer, General director of Meritorious Artiste of the Republic of Armenia and voting Member of since 2006.- Biography :...

, İbrahim Betil, Lale Mansur, Nebahat Akkoç, Ömer Madra, Rakel Dink, Rela Mazali, Serge Avedikian

Serge Avedikian

Serge Avedikian , sometimes credited as Serje Avetikian, is an Armenian-French film and theatre actor, director, writer and producer, winner of Cannes Festival prize.-Early life:...

, Serra Yılmaz, Vaughan Pilikian, and Yıldırım Türker. The first edition of the project, attracted a total of 107 short films from various countries including Britain, France, Germany and USA as well as Turkey and Armenia. The movies were screened at the Istanbul, Dersim, and Gaziantep film festivals. After those screenings, 19 of those movies elected by the jury met the audience in Yerevan, capital of Armenia. The short films were shown within the scope of Yerevan International Film Festival

Yerevan International Film Festival

Yerevan International Film Festival "Golden Apricot" is a Yerevan-based annual film festival. The objectives of the festival are "to present new works by the film directors and producers in Armenia and foreign cinematographers of Armenian descent and to promote creativity and originality in the...

in July 2011.

2010 Results

The 21 best movies as determined by the jury:

Rank	English Title	Original Title	Filmmaker
1	Duty http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=cky0q	Görev	Cem Mansuroğlu
2	The Other http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=3l26o	Öteki	Maral Kerovpyan
3	The Two Faces of Conscience http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=whois	Vicdanın İki Yüzü	Özgür Oto
4	Why http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=rixa1	İnçu/Neden	Sayat Dağlıyan
5	The Kids who Played Tambourine http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=hk8tw	Tef Çalan Çocukla	Melek Ulagay Taylan
6	Ancestral Memories http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=3guh4		Eliano Rossi
7	Perpetrators and Unidentifieds http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=p97yj	Failler ve Meçhulle	Burkay Doğan
8 (tie)	Constantly Tough Silent: F http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=eovcl	Sürekli Sert Sessiz: F	Özlem İdil
8 (tie)	Wake up! http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=pixuo		Jochen Menzel
8 (tie)	I live in Paris http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=ff58q	Je vis à Paris	Armağan Uslu
8 (tie)	Hope http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=iajy3	Umut	Selin Süar
9	We have seen this from our Mountains, Birds And Children! http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=quxpt	Biz Dağlarımızdan, Kuşlarımızdan Ve Çocuklarımızdan Bunu Gördük!	Engin Yıldız
10 (tie)	Where The Rose Blooms http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=qi96c	Gülün Bittiği Yer	Selman Pınarlı
10 (tie)	Outside http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=o1sgx	Dışarıda	Duygu Teser
11	The Tigris http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=6vmew	Dicle	Seren Gel
12		Hêviyek Nû http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=rlox1	Hasan Akgül
13 (tie)	Stain http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=njojx	Leke	Gökhan Evecen
13 (tie)	Inflamed! http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=fv9mm	Tutuşan!	Vedat Esen
14 (tie)	The Border http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=dfht6	Sınır	Gizem Gen
14 (tie)	The Forgotten Monastery http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=dcuxv		Gagik Karagheuzian
14 (tie)	BalanCe http://www.vicdanfilmleri.org/?see=1yiej	BalanSe	Serdar Koçak

2011 Competition

The jury for films about conscience 2011 has been appointed. The new jury consists of Arsinee Khanjian, Costa Gavras, Cüneyt Cebenoyan, Ferzan Özpetek, Hale Soygazi, Nadje Al-Ali, Rakel Dink, and Serge Avedikian. The deadline for film submission is October 15, 2011. A special DVD will include the top 20 movies selected by the jury, and the producer of the top film will be awarded with a scholarship by the Hrant Dink Foundation.