Golden Orange 2026: Taş ve Tüy Wins Best Film in Antalya
Ragıp Türk's film won Best Film at the 63rd Antalya festival's closing ceremony.
The 63rd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival has named its winners. Ragıp Türk’s Taş ve Tüy took Best Film in the National Feature Film Competition at the closing ceremony on 31 October 2026.
The event was held at the Cam Piramit Fair and Congress Center in Antalya. Pınar Altuğ and Emre Kınay hosted the night. The Antalya Metropolitan Municipality organises the festival.
Golden Orange 2026 winners in the main categories
Taş ve Tüy was the evening’s biggest name. Besides Best Film, it won Best Screenplay and the Film-Yön Best Director award for Türk. It also won Best Editing for Naim Kanat, the Sungu Çapan National Film Writers Award, and the Cahide Sonku Award for actress Melda Tuzluca. The Cahide Sonku Award is named after a pioneer of Turkish cinema.
Yeşim Ustaoğlu won the main Best Director award for Artakalan. The same film took several other prizes:
- Best Actress: Öykü Karayel
- Best Art Director: Osman Özcan and Görkem Canbolat
- Best Cinematography: Kiril Prodanov
Mehmet Günsür and Mert Fırat shared Best Actor for Hakikatin Ölümü (Death of Truth).
Supporting roles, debut film and special prizes
Twelve-year-old Duygu Köse won Best Supporting Actress for Bir Anne Hakkında. İlhan Şen and Erdal Babaoğlu shared Best Supporting Actor for Cinlerin Düğünü.
Büşra Bülbül’s Bir Anne Hakkında also won the Behlül Dal Best First Film award. Emir Ziyalar’s Kadim Mavi received the Dr. Avni Tolunay Special Jury Award. Can Kuman won Best Music for the same film. Ziyalar and Jerome Pesnel shared a Best Editing award with Kanat.
A director’s path from musician to filmmaker
In his acceptance speech, Ragıp Türk described how he came to Istanbul in 2003 hoping to become a musician. He studied cinema and television at Istanbul University but did not plan to make films. After a period without work, he found a job on a film set by chance.
He said that experience showed him what cinema is. He decided to become a director there, and he thanked Yeşim Ustaoğlu for inspiring him. Ustaoğlu went on to win Best Director in the same ceremony.
The source text lists only the National Feature Film Competition and related awards. It does not give results for any international or documentary categories. Those are not covered here.
Source: Milliyet (AA)
Featured image: İstiklal Gazetesi
