Uluslararasi Izmir Kisa Film Festivali
International Izmir Short Film Festival
International Izmir Short Film Festival is the biggest short film event in Turkey. Supported by the Prime Ministry of Turkey and the Ministry of Culture, the festival is the sole short film festival in Turkey who is a member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals.
The festival gives Golden Cat awards for best films in fiction, documentary, animation and experimental categories. National and international competitions are open to all short films from all corners of the world.
9th edition
2008 | 3 - 9 November
Best International Fiction Film
Canada | 2008
Director: Dennis Villeneuve
10
Best International Animation Film
Turkey | 2008
Director: Ozlem Akin
1
Special Award
Turkey | 2008
Director: Firat Mancuhan
1
Best National Fiction Film
Turkey | 2008
Director: Sila Unlu
1
Best National Documentary
Turkey | 2008
Directors: Umut Kol, Armagan Pekkaya
1
3 in 35
Turkey | Jul 2008 | 20:00
Directors: Murat Eldem, Tuna Yilmaz
One city, three strangers...
2
The Sultans of the Bosphorus
Turkey | Jun 2008 | 15:00
Director: Muge Bayraktar
Considering the effects of globalization on culture, is the American Football played in Turkey a good example for cultural interaction?
Belgium | Oct 2007 | 21:15
Director: Nicolas Daenens
Mario and Tom are two street punks who want to rob a bank. They ask the young Turkish Emin to be their driver that day. Emin can use the money and acc...
9
The Schneider Disease
Spain | Oct 2008 | 10:10
Director: Javier Chillon
The fifties, a Soviet space shuttle crashes in West Germany. The only passenger, a cosmonaut chimpanzee, spreads a deadly virus all over the country.
19
Turkey | 2008
Director: Ozlem Akin
They were five and didn't want to 6e six...
1
Turkey | 2008
Directors: Umut Kol, Armagan Pekkaya
Since states prefer security to freedom, defending the human rights is now the job of individuals, masses and NGOs.
1
The Toes
Belgium | May 2008 | 11:13
Director: Laurent Denis
An old man calls on a representative of the undertaker's to decide of his future tomb. But he seems senile and accepts all that is suggested to him...
11
Canada | 2008
Director: Dennis Villeneuve
During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritual...
10
United Kingdom | Jan 2008 | 18:00
Director: Paul Gowers
One small random act of malice forces an ordinary man off the safe road and on to a dark journey he'll never forget.
11
Turkey | 2008
Director: Sila Unlu
The destinies of three people intersect at a tram stop. How do seconds construct our life? Are things coincidence? Who can intervene our life?
1
Les Doigts de Pied (The Toes)
The Sons of Eilaboun
Bogazici'nin Sultanlari (The Sultans of the Bosphorus)
Short film types screened

Fiction / Live action

Animation

Documentary

Experimental

Music video
Competition and rewards

International competition

National/regional competition

No cash awards

No screening fees