Canlandıranlar International Film Festival

The international competition offers awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best First Film, Best Student Film, Best Sound Design and Best Experimental. The national competition offers Best Turkish Film, Best Script, Best Sound Design and Best Experimental. An Audience Award is decided by audience voting across the national and international competitions. The three-member international jury may withhold an award.

For the 2026 competition, frame-by-frame animated films completed after October 2025 are eligible, provided they are no longer than 30 minutes and have not previously been submitted to the festival. Applications must use FilmFreeway and include a completed form. Only films produced in Türkiye may enter the national competition. Submission closes on 17 July 2026; selected films cannot be withdrawn after 31 July 2026. A pre-selection jury chooses the official selection, which is then assessed by the main jury. Selected filmmakers supply screening materials and a timecoded original dialogue script; the association provides Turkish and English subtitles. Filmmakers must secure all rights to their materials, including AI-generated images. Selected films may be screened in Türkiye during and after the festival, until the next edition, with advance notification and without a screening fee. The organizers may combine or reorganize competition categories. National submissions are free; international submission fees are non-refundable. Submitted information and selected-film promotional materials may be used in festival publications and digital channels. Participants may request correction or deletion of personal data from the organizers under Türkiye’s personal data protection law. Submitting a film constitutes acceptance of the regulations.