Young artists dominate awards at Golden Orange finale.

The winners of the 47th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival pose together during the closing ceremony.

The 47th International Antalya Film Festival came to an end Thursday in the city’s Glass Pyramid with a night of glamorous ceremony and tantalizing music.

After a week of film premiers, talks, workshops, exhibitions and concerts, the festival ended with an awards ceremony where 14 feature films competed.

Many of the awards went to films with social and political messages, as well up-and-coming directors. Young director Seren Yüce's “Çoğunluk” (Majority) won the award for best film and best director, while another young director, Tolga Çelik, saw his “Gişe Memuru” (Toll Booth) win the best first film award. Legendary Italian actress Claudia Cardinale was presented the best actress award, and Serkan Ercan and Bartu Küçükçağlayan shared the award for best actor.

The awards ceremony started with a brief show by Turkey’s famous performance troupe the Fire of Anatolia, which was a traditional Black Sea folk dance “horon” fused with can-can. This was followed by a short speech by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mustafa Akaydın, who is also president of the Antalya Culture and Arts Foundation, or AKSAV.

In the first part of the ceremony, awards for “People's Orange,” a film competition where the residents of Antalya came together in groups and shot a movie after three weeks of workshops, as well as for the main event’s best documentary, best short film and digital work were given.

Meanwhile, during the intermissions, Hüsnü Şenlendirici, Özcan Deniz and the Antalya State Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Orhan Şallıel played, exciting the audience.

‘The winner is Turkish cinema’

The National Feature Film Competition head of jury, actor Kadir İnanır said all 14 movies were very good and that they had difficulty ranking them, adding that, no matter who won, the winner was Turkish cinema.

Küçükçağlayan won his half of the best actor award for his performance in “Çoğunluk,” while Ercan won for his performance in “Gişe Memuru.”

For the first time at the festival, the award for best actress was given over the phone as Italian actress Cardinale, who won the award with her performance in “Segnora Enrica,” delivered her thanks over the phone. Cardinale, meanwhile, said she loved Turks and that she was honored by the award.

Another first for the festival was the special jury award, which Atilla Dorsay introduced and presented to Sedat Yılmaz, director of “Press.”

Yılmaz said a new language was needed for there to be peace in Turkey and that he was trying to express the Kurdish experience with his film.

“I dedicate the award to Gündem newspaper reporters Ferhat Tepe and Nazım Babaoğlu, who were killed when they were 18 years old,” he said.

The Antalya Golden Orange International Film awards were also presented at the ceremony.

“Circus Columbia” and “Dooman River” shared the Best Film award while Lancelot Von Naso won the best director award with his film “Ceasefire.”

The best actor award was presented to Nik Xhelilaj for his performance in “The Albanian” while the best actress award was presented to Emma Suarez for her performance in “The Mosquito Net.”

In addition to the various representatives of Turkish cinema, political figures such as the former head of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, Deniz Baykal, CHP Vice Chairman Haluk Koç and the governor of Antalya, Ahmet Altıparmak, also attended the gathering.