Three Turkish films won awards at the 6th annual International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH) which took place November 7 - 9, 2008 at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn in North Hollywood. 78 films from 9 countries were accepted into this year’s festival. Films have come from Turkey, Sweden, Italy, Israel, Germany, Denmark, Columbia, Canada and the USA. Film students range from elementary to graduate school.
The Awards Ceremony was held on November 9th in the ballroom at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn where student awards were presented.
While the Grand Jury Award went to Bryan Nest from Chapman University, USA for "The Vaudevillian", Turkish students who won awards were:
In the "Best Experimental" category
Efe Conker from Bilgi University, Turkey for "Geri Donusum Gunlugu / Recycle Diary"
In the "Best Cinema Extreme" category
Efe Oztezdogan from Bilgi University, Turkey for "subtItles /altyazi"
In the "Best Foreign Language Suspense/Thriller" category
Serap Atalay from Kadir Has University, Turkey for "Yasak Elma / Forbidden Fruit"
Founded by Robin Saban, the ISFFH, a 501(c) nonprofit corporation, offers student filmmakers from around the world a unique opportunity to share their talent and gain the recognition of film industry leaders, creating career development opportunities. Since 2003, the ISFFH has helped to place more than 20 graduate film students into production and post-production job positions.
Turkish Digest
