Organized to commemorate the master director of Turkish cinema, Atıf Yılmaz, the 5th Atıf Yılmaz Short Film Festival came to an end after a spectacular gala night.
In the 5th Atıf Yılmaz Short Film Festival where 260 short films participated in Fiction, Documentary and Animation categories, the winners of the Fiction category are Yakup Tekin Tangaç with the short film “Azad” and Metehan Şereflioğlu with the short film “7 Santimetre”, and the winner of the Documentary category is Bulut Renas Kaçan with the short film “Reger” and the winner of the Animation category is Metin Vatansever with the short film Nefretin Üvey Evlatlarıyız.
Organized by Forum Mersin to commemorate the master director of the Turkish cinema, Atıf Yılmaz Short Film Festival came to an end. In the gala night held in Forum Mersin Atıf Yılmaz Square, Mersin Governor Özdemir Çakacak, the President of the Mersin University Prof. Dr. Ahmet Çamsarı, actress Türkan Şoray, actress Deniz Türkali and many visitors attended.
Presented by Nefise Karatay, the gala night started with the documentary made for the 10th anniversary of the death of Atıf Yılmaz.
The Director of Forum Mersin Adem Erol who have a speech at the gala night stated that they feel the honor of commemorating Atıf Yılmaz, the master director of the Turkish cinema who passed away in 2006, in Mersin, the city he was born, in a manner that suits to his art and name, and thanked everybody who made efforts in this organization.
