2013 SİYAD Ödülleri (Turkish Film Critics Awards) – winners

Turkey's Sinema Yazarları Derneği (Film Critics Association) or SIYAD held a gala ceremony last night at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul to present the winners of the 45th annual SİYAD Ödülleri (SIYAD Awards).

Emin Alper's debut feature Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill) was crowned Best Film. The psychological drama about the fears of a family on holiday also won Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Mehmet Özgür).

Yeraltı (Inside) by Zeki Demirkubuz managed a bigger haul though, with a total of five wins. In addition to Best Director, the adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel Notes from Underground won Best Actor (Engin Günaydın), Best Supporting Actress (Nihal Yalçın), Best Cinematographer and Best Editor.

Neslihan Atagül won Best Actress for Jade Ustaoğlu's Araf (Somewhere in Between), which also won for Art Direction.

The winner for Best Foreign Film was Michael Haneke's Amour.


Complete list of winners for the 45th annual SİYAD Ödülleri

Best Film
Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill), Emin Alper

Best Director
Zeki Demirkubuz, Yeraltı (Inside)

Best Screenplay
Emin Alper, Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill)

Best Actress
Neslihan Atagül, Araf (Somewhere in Between)

Best Actor
Engin Günaydın, Yeraltı (Inside)

Best Supporting Actress
Nihal Yalçın, Yeraltı (Inside)

Best Supporting Actor
Mehmet Özgür, Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill)

Best Cinematographer
Türksoy Gölebeyi, Yeraltı (Inside)

Best Music
Demir Demirkan-Paolo Poti, Zenne (Zenne Dancer)

Best Editor
Zeki Demirkubuz, Yeraltı (Inside)

Best Art Direction
Osman Özcan, Araf (Somewhere in Between)

Ahmet Uluçay Rising Star Award
Dilan Aksüt, Lal Gece (Night of Silence)

Best Short Film
Sessiz – Be Deng (Silent), Rezan Yeşilbaş

Best Documentary
Ben Uçtum Sen Kaldın (I Flew, You Stayed), Mizgin Müjde Arslan

Best Foreign Film
Aşk (Amour), Michael Haneke

Tuncan Okan Award for Criticism
Sevin Okyay

Honourary Awards
Feyzi Tuna
Arif Erkin
Necla Nazır