44th SİYAD Awards
# 44th SİYAD Awards

The 44th SİYAD Awards (Turkish: 44. SİYAD Ödülleri), presented by the Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD), honored the best Turkish films of 2011 and took place on January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16), at the Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, Turkey.

## Awards and nominations

### Best Film

* Winner: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da) produced by Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
   * Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer) produced by Soner Alper and Ersin Celik
   * Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler) produced by Önder Çakar, Sevil Demirci and Seren Yüce
   * Press produced by Sedat Yılmaz
   * Hair (Turkish: Saç) produced by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Veysel İpek and Rena Vougioukalou

### Best Director

* Winner: Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Çağan Irmak for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
   * Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
   * Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
   * Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

### Mahmut Tali Award for Best Script

* Winner: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
   * Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
   * Sedat Yılmaz for Press
   * Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

### Cahide Sonku Award for Best Actress

* Winner: Nazan Kesal for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
   * Demet Akbağ for Eyyvah Eyvah 2
   * Nesrin Cavadzade for Fire! (Turkish: Yangın Var)
   * Hazar Ergüçlü for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
   * Nergis Öztürk for Merry-Go-Round (Turkish: Atlıkarınca)

### Best Actor

* Winner: Ayberk Pekcan for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
   * Taner Birsel for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Serkan Ercan for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)
   * Osman Sonant for Fire! (Turkish: Yangın Var)
   * Muhammet Uzuner for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)

### Best Supporting Actress

* Winner: Asiye Dinçsoy for Press
   * Popi Avraam for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
   * Gökçe Bahadır for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
   * İdil Fırat for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
   * Nergis Öztürk for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)

### Best Supporting Actor

* Winner: Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Rıza Akın for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
   * Rıza Kocaoğlu for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)
   * Fırat Tanış for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)

### Best Cinematogropher

* Winner: Gökhan Tiryaki for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Feza Çaldıran for Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer)
   * Emre Erkmen for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
   * Ercan Özkan for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
   * Mehmet Zengin for Zephyr (Turkish: Zefir)

### Best Music

* Winner: Mircan Kaia for White as Snow (Turkish: Kar Beyaz)
   * Mustafa Biber for Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer)
   * Selim Demirdelen for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
   * Marios Takoushis for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
   * Cavit Ergün, Erdem Tarabuş and Can Göksu for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)

### Best Editor

* Winner: Bora Gökşingöl and Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Haluk Arus for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)
   * Çiçek Kahraman, Evren Luş and Tolga Karaçelik for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)
   * Erdinç Özyurt for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
   * Aylin Tinel for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

### Best Art Director

* Winner: Haluk Ünlü for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
   * Dilek Yapkuöz Ayatuna for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
   * Nevin Doğan for Press
   * Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
   * Natali Yeres for Hair (Turkish: Saç)

### Best Documentary Film

* Winner: Ekümenopolis: Ucu Olmayan Şehir directed by İmre Azem
   * Anadolu'nun Son Göçerleri: Sarıkeçililer directed by Yüksel Aksu
   * An directed by Nazlı Bayram
   * Bedensiz Ruhlar directed by Sabite Kaya
   * Bir Avuç Cesur İnsan directed by Rüya Köksal
   * Diren-İş directed by Burak Koçak
   * Ofsayt directed by Reyan Tuvi
   * Ölücanlar directed by Murat Özçelik

### Best Short Film

* Winner: Birgünbirgünbir...Evedegelmişkimseyok directed by Berrak Çolak
   * Kırmızı Alarm directed by Emre Akay
   * Pera Berbangê directed by Arin İnan Arslan
   * Fazla Mesai directed by Gürcan Keltek
   * Nolya directed by Cem Öztüfekçi

### Honorary Awards

* Erden Kıral (filmmaker)
* Osman Şahin (screenwriter)
* Perihan Savaş (actress)
