4th International Eurasia Film Festival
The 4th International Eurasia Film Festival () was a film festival held in Antalya, Turkey from October 10 to 19, 2008. This fourth and final EDition of the International Eurasia Film Festival was jointly organised by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audio-visual Culture (TURSAK) and the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (AKSAV) in conjunction with the 45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.
Awards
International Competition Awards
Prize |
Winner |
|
|---|---|---|
Best Picture |
USD 75,000 |
Khamsa |
Best Director |
USD 25,000 |
Hirokazu Kore-eda |
Film Critics' Award
Prize |
Winner |
|
|---|---|---|
Best Picture |
USD 15,000 |
Dot |
NETPAC Jury Award
Prize |
Winner |
Directed by |
|---|---|---|
Best Picture |
Autumn |
Özcan Alper |
Eurasia Screenplay Development Fund Award
Picture |
Playwright |
|---|---|
A Handful Of Fate |
Ali Vatansever |
Honorary awards
Recipient |
Profession |
|---|---|
Kevin Spacey, |
Actor and director |
Mickey Rourke, |
Actor |
Michael J. Warner, |
Playwright, producer and director |
Maximillian Schell, |
Actor |
The Contribution To Cinema And Art Award
Recipient |
Profession |
|---|---|
Marisa Tomei, |
Actress |
Adrien Brody, |
Actor |
Competition programme
Competition jury
The international jury was composed of following people from the film industry:
- Paul Verhoeven, director (chairman)
- Berkun Oya, director
- Cameron Bailey, journalist
- Joan Chen, actress
- Jürgen Prochnow, actor
- Majid Majidi, director
- Zbigniew Preisner, film score composer
Films in competition
Following 12 films were nominated:
- 35 Rhums by Claire Denis,
- Autumn by Özcan Alper,
- Jerichow by Christian Petzold,
- Khamsa by Karim Dridi,
- Laila's Birthday by Rashid Masharawi,
- Machan by Uberto Pasolini,
- Still Walking by Hirokazu Kore-eda,
- The Country Teacher - Bohdan Sláma,
- The Gift to Stalin by Rustem Abdrashev,
- The Seven Days by Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz,
- Three Monkeys⋅by Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
- White Night Wedding by Baltasar Kormákur,