At the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, the jury members for the National Feature Film Competition have been announced. Chaired by Derviş Zaim, the jury consists of “Aylin Zoi Tinel, Elif Demoğlu, Fatih Artman, Meryem Uzerli, Sırma Bradley, and Rahman Altın.”
The jury members for the National Feature Film Competition at the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Turkey’s longest-running film festival, set to take place October 24–31, 2026—have been announced.
The National Feature Film Competition whose preliminary jury consisted of post-production company manager, studio, and production coordinator Ahmet Seyrekbasan; producer Derya Tarım; and academic Prof. Dr. Zeynep Çetin Erus will feature the following films: “Artakalan,” “Wait for Us, Brussels,” About a Mother, The Wedding of the Jinn, The Wedding Singer, Elisa, The Death of Truth, Ancient Blue, The Dead Bee’s Stinger, Selma, Stone and Feather, and Sweet Yeast.”
Experienced Figures Will Judge the National Feature-Length Films at the Golden Orange
Writer, director, and producer Derviş Zaim, who will serve as the Chair of the National Feature Film Jury at the 63rd Antalya Golden Orange International Film Festival, graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Boğaziçi University and went on to earn a master’s degree in Cultural Studies from the University of Warwick. He then completed the Master of Fine Arts in Film program at Maltepe University’s Faculty of Fine Arts.
To date, Derviş Zaim has directed 10 feature films and 2 documentaries, including “Tabutta Rövaşata” (1996), “Filler ve Çimen” (2000), “Cenneti Beklerken” (2006), “Nokta” (2008), and “Shadows and Images” (2010) a total of 18 awards at the Golden Orange Film Festival across five different festival years. In addition to the feature films “Tabutta Rövaşata”, “Filler ve Çimen”, “Çamur”, “Cenneti Beklerken”, “Nokta”, “Gölgeler ve Suretler”, “Devir”, “Balık”, “Rüya”, and “Flaşbellek”, Derviş Zaim also directed the documentaries “Paralel Yolculukla” and “Tavuri”.
Zaim’s film “Tabutta Rövaşata” won the Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 33rd Antalya Film Festival, while Ahmet Uğurlu was named Best Actor and Mustafa Preşeva received the Best Editing award for the film. “Filler ve Çimen” received the Jury Special Prize, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Art Director, Best Supporting Actor, and the Ministry of Culture Award at the Antalya Film Festival. The film “Cenneti Beklerken” also won the Best Special Effects award at the Antalya Film Festival. Zaim’s film “Nokta” was also honored at the Antalya Film Festival with the Avni Tolunay Special Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Sound Design awards. “Shadows and Images” also won the SİYAD Critics’ Award and the Best Editing award at the Antalya Film Festival.
In addition to writing the screenplays for his films, Derviş Zaim also served as producer on most of them. Continuing his creative work in the field of literature as well as cinema, Zaim was awarded the 1994 Yunus Nadi Novel Award for his novel “Ares in Wonderland”. His second novel, “Rüyet,” was published in 2019. In addition to his work in film and literature, Derviş Zaim created the contemporary art installations “Berzah” in 2024 and “Ayna” in 2025.
Aylin Zoi Tinel, a film editor and jury member for the National Feature Film Competition, has edited and provided post-production consulting for “Propaganda,” “Commissioner Shakespeare,” and hundreds of other projects across various disciplines at Otopsi Studios, which she founded under Plato Film. While working as a freelancer, Tinel served as editor on “Crude,” which won the “Best Film” award at the LA Independent Film Festival, and also worked as an instructor during that time. She subsequently founded the company Sivil Editörler with fellow editors she had been collaborating with for a long time. Tinel, who has worked on numerous internationally award-winning projects including “Pacified,” produced by Darren Aronofsky, which won the “Golden Shell” at the San Sebastian Film Festival was honored with the Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award at the 18th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, and won Best Editing awards at the Golden Orange and Ankara Film Festivals for the films “Shadows and Images” and “Those on the Bridge.”
Elif Demoğlu, a jury member for the National Feature Film Competition, graduated in 2003 from the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema at Marmara University’s Faculty of Communication. She has worked as a reporter, editor, and director at various production companies and television channels, and has made short films and documentaries. She worked at Suha Arın’s MTV Film Company and on the “32. Gün” program. During her doctoral studies, she studied as a visiting student at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK). She directed the mockumentary “Son Amazon” (2011), set in Hamburg and Samsun. The film was screened at national and international festivals and won the Audience Award. Demoğlu, author of the books “Between Dream and Reality: Mockumentary” and “Nordic Cinema”, has been serving as an associate professor in the Department of Cinema at the Faculty of Communication at Marmara University since 2006; he teaches courses on Scandinavian Cinema, Mockumentaries, and Contemporary Turkish Cinema. He is currently continuing production on his documentary film “Satmayrum”, which is supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Fatih Artman, a jury member of the National Feature Film Competition, graduated from the Acting Department of the Theater Division at Hacettepe University’s Ankara State Conservatory. During his theater career, he appeared in the plays “The Path of Dreams”, “The Grave-less Dead”, “As If We’d Met in This World”, and “May 35”. He continues to perform on stage today in the play “The Death of a Salesman”. In his television career, he has appeared in the projects “Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Police Story”, “Five Brothers”, “You Are My Homeland”, and “Call My Agent”. He has continued his career on digital platforms with productions such as “Bir Başkadır”, “Kuvvetli Bir Alkış”, “Azizler”, and “Kimler Geldi Kimler Geçti”. In his film career, he has appeared in “Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm”, “Bana Masal Anlatma”, “Ekşi Elmalar”, “Tatlım Tatlım”, “Kırık Kalpler Bankası”, “Aşkın Gören Gözlere İhtiyacı Yok”, “Cingöz Recai”, “Aile Arasında”, “Cici”, and “Evcilik”. For his performance in “Love Needs No Eyes”, Artman was awarded the Best Actor Award at the 24th International Adana Film Festival.
Actress Meryem Uzerli, a jury member for the National Feature Film Competition, received her acting training at Schauspiel Studio Frese in Hamburg. Uzerli, who appeared in various television and theater projects in Germany early in her career, became widely recognized in Turkey for her portrayal of Hürrem Sultan in the TV series “Muhteşem Yüzyıl”, which began airing in 2011. The actress, whose performance garnered widespread acclaim, went on to star in the series “Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz”, “Gecenin Kraliçesi”, “RU”, and “Şakir Paşa Ailesi: Mucizeler ve Skandallar”. Uzerli’s film career includes “Annemin Yarası”, “Cingöz Recai: Bir Efsanenin Dönüşü”, “Öteki Taraf”, “Güzel Bir Rüya”, and “Kovan”. Most recently, she starred in “İmroz’da Bahar”, directed by Özcan Alper, in which she shared the lead role with Halit Ergenç. Meryem Uzerli, who continues her work in both Germany and Turkey, is advancing her career with her acting roles in productions across various genres.
Sırma Bradley, a jury member of the National Feature Film Competition, began her education at Moda Elementary School and Moda Private High School, then continued her studies at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and The Art Students League of New York. Since 1992, she has served as Art Director and Production Designer on hundreds of domestic and international projects, including feature films, television series, commercials, music videos, and stage productions. She also taught as an adjunct instructor at Yeditepe University for two years. His work has been recognized at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival; he received a nomination in 2004 and won the Best Art Director Award in 2013 for the film “A Holy Day.” In 2021, he was honored with the Cinema Achievement Award at the Malatya International Film Festival for his contributions to Turkish cinema.
Composer, songwriter, and producer Rahman Altın, a jury member of the National Feature Film Competition, studied opera at the Hacettepe University State Conservatory and served as a tenor with the Ankara State Opera and Ballet. Altın, the first Turkish musician invited to the joint film music workshop organized by ASCAP and 20th Century Fox, continues his work in Los Angeles and Istanbul as a BMI-affiliated composer. Having composed more than 5,000 pieces of music for film, television, advertising, and stage projects throughout his career, Altın has composed the scores for major productions such as “Vizontele Tuuba”, “Cenneti Beklerken”, and “Kelebeğin Rüyası”, and has won numerous awards. He won international awards, most notably the World Film Music Academy People’s Choice Award, for the symphonic score he composed for “Kelebeğin Rüyası”. Rahman Altın has also contributed to major projects in Hollywood, composing and producing trailer, teaser, and campaign music for NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Lucasfilm, HBO, Sony Pictures, and DreamWorks. Lucasfilm licensed Altın’s music for the “Star Wars” Blu-ray campaign; the composer’s works were also used in campaigns for productions such as “The Dark Knight Rises”, “Iron Man 3”, “Man of Steel”, “The Amazing Spider-Man”, “Green Lantern”, “R.I.P.D.”, “The Pacific”, and “The Special Relationship”. Altın also created additional orchestral arrangements for DreamWorks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens” project.
The awards for the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival will be announced at the awards ceremony to be held on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
