Yeşilçam Ödülleri’nin - 4th annual Yeşilçam Awards for Turkish film - nominations

The Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK) has announced the nominees for the 4th Annual Yeşilçam Ödülleri’nin (Yeşilçam Awards). Çoğunluk (The Majority) led with eleven nominations, including Best Film and Best Director. It also received a nomination for editor Mary Stephen, who is a Hong Kong-born, France-based Canadian who studied at Concordia in Montreal (she was an editor on Montreal filmmaker Lixin Fan's Last Train Home). Çoğunluk screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival as part of their City to City programme which featured Istanbul.

Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season) followed with nine nominations. It too was nominated for both Best Film and Best Director.

The other nominees for Best Film were Eyyvah Eyvah, Kavşak (The Crossing), Kosmos and Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys). With the exception of the comedy Eyyvah Eyvah, each also received a nomination for Best Director.

The Yeşilçam Ödülleri’nin are named in honour of Yeşilçam Street in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul which housed many film studios in the 1950s-1970s. Winners receive cash prizes from a pool of 250.000 TL, including 50,000 TL for the Best Film winner.

The 4th Annual Yeşilçam Ödülleri’nin ceremony takes place on March 28, 2011 at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress and Exhibition Center.

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Complete list of nominations for the 2011 Yeşilçam Ödülleri’nin

Best Film
Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season)
Çoğunluk (The Majority)
Eyyvah Eyvah
Kavşak (The Crossing)
Kosmos
Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys)

Best Director
Ömer Faruk Sorak, Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys)
Reha Erdem, Kosmos
Selim Demirdelen, Kavşak (The Crossing)
Seren Yüce, Çoğunluk (The Majority)
Yavuz Turgul, Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season)

Best Actor
Bartu Küçükçağlayan, Çoğunluk (The Majority)
Cem Yılmaz, Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season)
Güven Kıraç, Kavşak (The Crossing)
Sermet Yeşil, Kosmos
Tansu Biçer, Beş Şehir (Five Cities)

Best Actress
Demet Akbağ, Eyyvah Eyvah
Demet Evgar, Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys)
Esme Madra, Çoğunluk (The Majority)
Sevinç Erbulak, Prensesin Uykusu (Sleeping Princess)
Türkü Turan, Kosmos

Best Supporting Actress
Melisa Sözen, Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season)
Nihal Koldaş, Çoğunluk (The Majority)
Özge Özpirinççi, Veda (Veda - Atatürk)
Selen Uçer, Büyük Oyun (A Step Into Darkness)
Şebnem Sönmez, Beş Şehir (Five Cities)

Best Supporting Actor
Bülent Emin Yarar, Beş Şehir (Five Cities)
Çetin Tekindor, Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season)
Okan Yalabık, Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season)
Salih Kalyon, Eyyvah Eyvah
Zafer Algöz, Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys)

Best Screenplay
Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season); Yavuz Turgul
Beş Şehir (Five Cities); Onur Ünlü
Çoğunluk (The Majority); Seren Yüce
Eyyvah Eyvah; Ata Demirer
Kavşak (The Crossing); Selim Demirdelen
Kosmos; Reha Erdem

Best Music
Fahir Atakoğlu & Serkan Çağrı, Eyyvah Eyvah
Redd, Prensesin Uykusu (Sleeping Princess)
Selim Demirdelen, Kavşak (The Crossing)
Tamer Çıray, Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season)
Zülfü Livaneli, Veda (Veda - Atatürk)

Best Editing
Çoğunluk (The Majority); Mary Stephen
Kavşak (The Crossing); Selim Demirdelen
Kosmos; Reha Erdem
Ses (The Voice); Çiçek Kahraman ve Natalin Solakoğlu
Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys); Çağrı Türkan

Best Cinematography
Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season); Uğur İçbak
Çoğunluk (The Majority); Barış Özbiçer
Kosmos; Florent Herry
Ses (The Voice); Türksoy Gölebeyi
Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys); Mirsad Herovic

Best Art Direction
Av Mevsimi (Hunting Season); Sırma Bradley
Çoğunluk (The Majority); Meral Efe
Kosmos; Ömer Atay
Veda (Veda - Atatürk); Hakan Yarkın
Yahşi Batı (The Ottoman Cowboys); Hakan Yarkın

Best Young Talent
Büşra Pekin, Çok Filim Hareketler Bunlar
Damla Sönmez, Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan
Esme Madra, Çoğunluk (The Majority)
Şenay Orak,  Ben Gördüm (Min Dit: The Children of Diyarbakir)
Umut Kurt, Kavşak (The Crossing)

Best First Film
Çakal (Jackal), Erhan Kozan
Çoğunluk (The Majority), Seren Yüce
Çok Filim Hareketler Bunlar, Ozan Açıktan
Kavşak (The Crossing), Selim Demirdelen
Köprüdekiler (Men on the Bridge), Aslı Özge
Romantik Komedi (Romantic Comedy), Ketche