The Yeşilçam Academy Award was the national film award of Turkey, which was presented by the Yeşilçam Film Academy (YEFA) in 2012. The award, which was named after Yeşilçam Street in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul where many film studios were based during the 1950s-1970s, was created by the Alliance of Cinema Labour Unions' Yeşilçam Film Academy (YEFA) in protest against Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK)'s disregard of their suggestions to give the Yeşilçam Award, which had been awarded from 2008 to 2011, a more professional structure. The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Beyoğlu Municipality, who had been organizers along with TÜRSAK of the previous awards, failed to offer their support to this new award. The First Yeşilçam Film Academy Awards, which was held on June 4, 2012 at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRRKS) and broadcast live on the A Haber news channel, were described as a mess and have not been held again.
Awards Editions 1st Yeşilçam Academy Awards (June 4, 2012)
Best Film Award 2012: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia () directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Best Director Award 2012: Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Actor Award 2012: Taner Birsel for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Actress Award 2012: Rüçhan Çalışkur for Turkan
Best Supporting Actor Award 2012: Firat Tanis for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Supporting Actress Award 2012: Idil Firat for Pomegranate ()
Best Cinematography Award 2012: Gökhan Tiryak for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Editing Award 2012: Bora Gökşingöl & Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Screenplay Award 2012: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan & Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Music Award 2012: Ozan Colakoglu for Love Likes Coincidences ()
Best Art Direction 2012: Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces ()
Best Makeup 2012: Mine Külcü & Deniz Görkem Duran for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Hair 2012: Derya Ergün for The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family ()
Best Costume Design 2012: Hussein Özinal for Shadows and Faces ()
Best Sound 2012: Okan Selçuk & Mehmet Kılıçel for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Sound Design 2012: Thomas Robert for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
Best Digital Effects 2012: 1000 Volt for Love Likes Coincidences ()
Best Documentary 2012: Last Nomads in Anatolia: Sarıkeçililer () directed by Yüksel Aksu
Best Short Film 2012: Magnus Nottingham directed by Ayçe Kartal
Box Office Smasher 2012: Eyyvah Eyvah 2 directed by Hakan Algül
See also Yeşilçam Award
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