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Yesim Ustaoglu

Awards

Yesim Ustaoglu

24 wins & 26 nominations

Ankara International Film Festival

  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Best Film
    • Journey to the Sun
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Best Screenplay
    • National Competition
    • Journey to the Sun
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Best Director
    • Journey to the Sun

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Orange
    • Best Film
    • Clair Obscur
  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Winner International Feature Film Competition Award
    • Best Film
    • Clair Obscur
    Turkey, Poland, France
  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Winner International Feature Film Competition Award
    • Best Director
    • Clair Obscur
  • Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal in Pandora's Box (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Orange
    • Best Film
    • Pandora's Box

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Blue Angel
    • Journey to the Sun
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Peace Film Award
    • Journey to the Sun
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Journey to the Sun

Cinemanila International Film Festival

  • Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal in Pandora's Box (2008)
    2009 Nominee Lino Brocka Award
    • International Competition
    • Pandora's Box

Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival

  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Jury Special Prize
    • Journey to the Sun
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner OCIC Award - Special Mention
    • Journey to the Sun
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Nominee Golden Dolphin
    • Journey to the Sun

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Journey to the Sun

Haifa International Film Festival

  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Winner Golden Anchor Award - Special Mention
    • Clair Obscur

Istanbul Film Festival

  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2017 Nominee Golden Tulip
    • National Competition
    • Clair Obscur
  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2017 Winner Golden Tulip
    • Best Director
    • Clair Obscur
  • Waiting for the Clouds (2004)
    2004 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • National Competition
    • Waiting for the Clouds
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Best Turkish Film of the Year
    • Journey to the Sun
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Best Turkish Director of the Year
    • Journey to the Sun

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner In Spirit for Freedom Award - Honorable Mention
    • Best Documentary
    • Journey to the Sun

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Waiting for the Clouds (2004)
    2004 Nominee Grand Prix des Amériques
    • Waiting for the Clouds

Munich Film Festival

  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2013 Nominee ARRI/OSRAM Award
    • Best International Film
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal in Pandora's Box (2008)
    2008 Winner Golden Seashell
    • Pandora's Box

Sundance Film Festival

  • Yesim Ustaoglu
    2003 Winner NHK Award
    For Waiting for the Clouds (2004) (Europe).

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner International Jury Award - Honorable Mention
    • Journey to the Sun

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2012 Nominee Tokyo Grand Prix
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Winner Jury Special Prize
    • Best Film
    • Journey to the Sun
    For its competence in combining evidential and cinematographic values.
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
    1999 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Journey to the Sun

Venice Film Festival

  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2012 Nominee Venice Horizons Award
    • Best Film
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between

Kerala International Film Festival

  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Winner Silver Crow Pheasant
    • Best Director
    • Clair Obscur
    For its subtle, but effective cinematic treatment of a global dimension across social classes from the perspective of psychological wounds affecting women.
  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Crow Pheasant
    • Clair Obscur

Oslo Films from the South Festival

  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2013 Nominee Silver Mirror Award
    • Best Feature
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between

Sofia International Film Festival

  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2013 Winner Best Balkan Film
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between

CPH PIX

  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Nominee Politiken's Audience Award
    • Clair Obscur

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2012 Winner Black Pearl Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)
    2016 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Director
    • Clair Obscur
  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2012 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Director
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between
  • Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012)
    2012 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Araf/Somewhere in Between
  • Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal in Pandora's Box (2008)
    2009 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Director
    • Pandora's Box
  • Öner Erkan, Erkan Bektas, Damla Sönmez, and Kadir Çermik in Bornova Bornova (2009)
    2009 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Bornova Bornova
    Shared with: Sema Kaygusuz

Adana Film Festival

  • Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal in Pandora's Box (2008)
    2009 Nominee Golden Boll in National Feature Film
    • Best Film
    • Pandora's Box
  • Iz (1995)
    1995 Nominee Golden Boll in National Feature Film
    • Best Film
    • Iz

Yesilcam Awards

  • Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal in Pandora's Box (2008)
    2009 Nominee Yesilçam Award
    • Best Director
    • Pandora's Box
  • Tsilla Chelton and Onur Ünsal in Pandora's Box (2008)
    2009 Nominee Yesilçam Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Pandora's Box

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