International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Turkey, which has been running for 30 years. Our guests do not only get the chance to participate in various events, workshops during the festival and meet outstanding filmmakers, screenwriters, actors/actresses; but also see the natural and historical places of the beautiful city of Adana, meet the most warm-blooded people ever.

Awards & Prizes

**The monetary awards will be updated soon**

International Short Film Awards:
Best International Short:
Jury Special Award:

National Short Film Awards:
Best National Short:

National Student Short Film Awards:
- Best Feature:
- Best Documentary:
- Best Experimental:
- Best Animation:

Rules & Terms

GENERAL RULES
* Completion years of the films must be 2024 or 2025.
* Films longer than 20 minutes will be disqualified.
* All films must have embedded English subtitles.
* Half-board accomodation in a 4 star hotel and domestic transfer of the finalist directors will be covered by Adana Metropolitan Municipality. All other expenses must be covered by directors.

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
* A director is allowed to submit only 1 film.
* A distributer is allowed to submit 5 films.
* There is no categorization as animation, feature, documentary or experimental. 10 finalist films of all categories will be selected after pre-elimination.
* Non Turkish film makers have to pay a 10 USD fee to submit their films.

NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
* Direcor should be a Turkish citizen.
* A director is allowed to submit only 1 film.
* A distributer is allowed to submit 5 films.
* There is no categorization as animation, feature, documentary or experimental. 5-10 finalist films of all categories will be selected after pre-elimination.

NATIONAL STUDENT SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
* This category is only available for 'UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' who study in 'Radio Cinema Television', 'Communication' and other related departments of Fine Arts or Communication Faculties in TURKISH UNIVERSITIES.
* All submitters must be able to officially prove that they are/were undergraduate students or associate degree students while shooting the film.
* A director is allowed to submit 2 films.

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  • Özümcan Akın

    Thank you for selecting our short dark comedy A Barber Who Cuts His Own Hair and giving it a packed theater screening!

    Thoroughly enjoyed the festival and the overall experience! Hope to be back soon!

    October 2025
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  • yusufislam ölmez

    31.Altın Kozada Öğrenci Kategorisinde belgeselim finalist oldu ve iyisiyle kötüsüyle 1 haftalık güzel bir festival süreci geçirdik, tüm festival ekibine diğer yıllarda eksiklikleri giderip daha da güzel bir festival olmasını diliyorum

    October 2024
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  • Ozgur Nuri Cicek

    Çektiğim film Öğrenci Belgesel kategorisinde finalist oldu. Benim için heyecanlı ve gurur verici bir deneyimdi fakat özellikle ödül töreni tam bir hayal kırıklığı oldu. Uzun metrajların öne çekilip ödüllerin açıklanması sonrası salonda sadece kısa filmciler kaldı ve yalnız bırakıldı. Kategorinin ana jürisini gösterimde ve ödül töreninde göremedik ve ödülleri kimsenin kalmamasından mütevellit birkaç kişi verdi.

    Kısa filmler ses ve görüntü kalitesi oldukça düşük bir salonda gösterildi, itirazlar sonrası farklı salon ayarlandı ama ayarlanan saatler itibariyle katılım oldukça düşük oldu. Öğrenci filmlerine ise bu bile sağlanmadı.

    Bu denli köklü bir festivalin böylesi basit hatalarla kalitesine zarar vermesi üzücü. Şahsım adına Altın Koza'nın umurunda olur mu bilmem ama daha da Altın Koza'ya gitmem:)

    October 2024
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  • Burak Aslan

    30. Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali'nde yer almak benim için mutluluk ve gurur vericiydi. Çok güzel dostlar edindim. Bazı şeylerin tarifi zor. Desteğini esirgemeyen herkese teşekkür ederim. Daima sinemayla efenim.

    November 2023
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  • Jordan K. Paul

    The International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival was great to be a part of. Being 1 of 20 short films picked blew my mind. I sadly couldn't make it to the festival in person but the social media team made sure to cover the festival thoroughly. I felt like I was there. I want to Thank the International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival for this honor.

    October 2023
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