26th Istanbul International Film Festival

Turkey, April 2 - April 17 2005

The jury

Marcel Martin (France), Joao Antunes (Portugal), Ingeborg Bratoeva-Daraktchieva (Bulgaria), Gorazd Trušnovec (Slovenia), Yesim Tabak (Turkey), Cigdem Kömürcüoglu ()

Awarded films

Angel's Fall by Semih Kaplanoglu
(Turkey, 2005, 90 mins)
Innocence by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
(Australia / Belgium, 2000, 94 mins)

Reports

A Festival To Be Remembered By Cigdem Kömürcüoglu by Cigdem Kömürcüoglu
The Mystery of Innocence By Gorazd Trusnovec by Gorazd Trušnovec
Life's Lack of Glamour By Yesim Tabak by Yesim Tabak
The Raw Poetry of a City By João Antunes by Joao Antunes
The Conquest of Liberty By Marcel Martin by Marcel Martin

Innocence by French filmmaker Lucile Hadzihalilovic received the Critics’ Prize for the best film in the international competition. We also gave a prize to the best Turkish film: Angel’s Fall (Melegin dususu) by Semih Kaplanoglu.