Location Turkey | Awards Golden Bull | |
The Festival on Wheels (Turkish: 16 Gazici Festival) is an annual film festival, organised by the Ankara Cinema Association based in Ankara, Turkey, which has been held since 1995. Its mission is to present outstanding examples of cinema to film enthusiasts in different cities around Turkey and to introduce Turkish cinema to the rest of the world.
Contents
- Editions
- Golden Bull Award
- Silver Bull Award
- SYAD Award
- Short Film Audience Award
- Golden Goose Award
- Silver Goose Award
- References
During its first 16 iterations the festival has visited the cities of Ankara, Artvin, Baku (Azerbaijan), Bursa, Çanakkale, Drama (Greece), Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir, Kars, Kayseri, Malatya, Mersin, Ordu, Samsun, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and T’blisi (Georgia).
The festival has held an International Competition since 2007 which currently awards First Prize (€10,000), Second Prize (€5000) and the SİYAD (Turkish Association of Film Critics) Prize, as well as the Audience Award, a prize determined by the votes of the public and awarded to a short film screened in the festival.
The festival also puts on a programme of workshops to which it invites a number of filmmakers from Turkey and overseas.
Editions
Golden Bull Award
The Golden Bull is a film award which has been awarded annually since 2009 to the best film at the Festival on Wheels as selected by the international jury and currently carries a cash prize of €10,000.
Silver Bull Award
The Silver Bull is a film award which has been awarded annually since 2009 to the second best film at the Festival on Wheels as selected by the international jury and currently carries a cash prize of €5,000.
SİYAD Award
The SİYAD Award is a film award which has been awarded annually since 2006 to the best film at the Festival on Wheels as selected by The Turkish Film Critics Association's jury.
Short Film Audience Award
The Short Film Audience Award is a film award which has been awarded annually since 2001 to the best short film at the Festival on Wheels as voted for by the festival going public.
Golden Goose Award
The Golden Goose was a film award which was awarded annually from 2006 to 2008 to the best film at the Festival on Wheels as selected by the international jury.
Silver Goose Award
The Golden Goose was a film award which was awarded annually from 2006 to 2008 to the second best film at the Festival on Wheels as selected by the international jury.