

Season 2 - Istanbul 2025
The Second International Season was hosted in April of 202, at the Dr.Kadir Topbas Kultur Sanat Merkezi in Esenler, Istanbul. The season concluded on huge International success gathering over 1100+ submissions from over 96+ countries and showcasing the best of Global Cinema.
Best International Short Film - Love

Film Synopsis:
A little 8-year-old girl is shouting and not behaving in the hospital. The head Doctor tells her father they can no longer stand her tricks so she has to leave.
Best National Short Film - Pullan

Film Synopsis:
Pullan has longed for a bicycle, but his financial circumstance have kept it out of reach. When the school offers a bicycle as a prize for the top student in an upcoming exam, the question looms,
Best Documentary - The Wall

Film Synopsis:
A fairy tale documentary of Büşra Ün, the first female tennis player to represent Turkey in the Olympics, her stance against life and the sacrfices she has made on the way from her daily life to her sports career.
Best Animation Short Film - Jus d' Orange

Film Synopsis:
Toni grows oranges. He loves them, they are his treasure. Until one day, strange cargo ships dock in the valley. Cargos loaded with Green oranges!
Best Action Short Film - District 8

Film Synopsis:
In a future world engulfed in endless war, District 8 is patrolled by only one officer. Distorted radio signals, mysterious distress calls, and relentless gunfire… As the rescue mission unfolds, the hidden truth of time and space in District 8 slowly emerges.
Best Comedy Short Film - The Announcement

Film Synopsis:
Thomas Devoiseau, a 25-year-old student in psychiatry, attends his grandmother's wake in the family home. The old lady -who died the day before- was a neurosurgeon who instilled a strict educational model based on professional and financial success.
Best Drama Short Film - At the End of Day

Film Synopsis:
Abu Suleiman experiences the first steps of old age, highlighting the simple and profound moments that shape our humanity. The events unfold entirely within the walls of a modest apartment, exploring the inner world of a man as he reflects on his past self and the future of his family.
Best Fiction Short Film - Ourboros

Film Synopsis:
Ouro and his child Boros are prisoners in a labor camp run by a corporation on an exoplanet. During a prisoner rebellion, Ouro and his child manage to escape the camp aboard a hovercraft piloted by Ksavier, a malevolent prisoner who has already caused them trouble.
Best Director - Life Goes On

Film Synopsis:
To meet a friend, Suat goes to a cafe in a neighborhood where he hasn't spent much time before. He sits down and, finding that his friend hasn't arrived yet, he orders tea from the waiter and starts browsing the internet on his phone
Best Screenplay - The Contact

Film Synopsis:
Ali returns to the town he left years ago after the death of his son, and when he returns, he confronts the remains of his son, whom he never knew. A wallet, a photo and his son's cell phone.
Best Actor - Love

Film Synopsis:
A little 8-year-old girl is shouting and not behaving in the hospital. The head Doctor tells her father they can no longer stand her tricks so she has to leave.
Best Actress - Prosopagnosia

Film Synopsis:
Prosopagnosis (from the Greek), also called face blindness, is a disease suffered by a part of society, which prevents them from recognizing people's faces and in the most serious cases they are unable to even recognize their faces.
Best Editor - The Wall

Film Synopsis:
A fairy tale documentary of Büşra Ün, the first female tennis player to represent Turkey in the Olympics, her stance against life and the sacrfices she has made on the way from her daily life to her sports career.
Best Production - Sabyr

Film Synopsis:
This is a story about a boy who suffers from dyslexia and dreams that his homemade plane and a chicken pilot named Madame de Laroche will take off into the sky.