Black Owl Film Festival is looking for films that are able to take us around the new world we're living in, through the eyes of independent authors of any gender, nationality, age and ethnicity.
We are located in Bodrum, Turkey, the pearl of the Aegean!

Our Objectives:

1. Provide a platform for emerging international and local film productions to be screened, showcased and discussed.
2. Foster connections and collaborations between independent filmmakers and industry professionals.
3. Highlight and share local film projects with an international audience, since we believe in cinema's power to transcend borders and bring people together through shared experiences and perspectives, by creating a virtuoso circle.
4. Focus on selecting independent initiatives that cover various genres: we are particularly interested in films where script writing, directing, producing, and post-prod showcase a diverse range of artistic visions and perspectives.
5. Shedding light on difficult topics by means of diverse cinematography languages, that are worth covering.
6. Move away from commercial filmmaking, which, despite being impressive, is often inaccessible.

Awards & Prizes

Each film designated as an "Official Selection" will receive a high-resolution image of our Festival Laurels to be used for marketing and promotional purposes. All winners will receive high-resolution images of the Certificates of Award and Festival Laurels.
Our live event will be held in Bodrum, Turkey on may 2025.
During the year, we will select the best works and the best authors, whom we will invite to our beautiful city to participate in the event.

Rules & Terms

-Multiple entries are accepted: each filmmaker is allowed to submit more than one entry, and each entry may be submitted to more than one category.
-Entry fees are non-refundable.
-All Entries must be in English or with English subtitles.
-We may display promotional material from submitted films during the festival or on our website.
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  • Roxanne Wright

    Thank you for having my film that I directed, wrote and acted in as an official selection in your film festival. I worked very hard on it... Thanks again from Smirky Rox Productions :)

    July 2024
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  • Misaki K.

    Thank you for selecting 3D animated film "ATLANTIS1"!
    I enjoyed Black Owl Film Festival.
    Much appreciation to Bodrum from Japan!

    June 2024
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  • Pedro Jaen R.

    good festival! Interesting content. You help greatly to promote new films and authors.

    June 2024
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  • Mark Hewitt

    Black Owl Festival are genuine supporters of experimental and independent work outside of the mainstream. Thanks so much for including Les Coffrets / Excuses in your micro category.

    May 2024
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  • Öystein Thorsen

    We were very glad to be part of the festival, as Black Owl gave "Behind the Scenes" its third Best Indie award and the second Best Editing award. An honorable mention for lead actor was also very cool. We have not been at the festival in person, but perhaps in the future?

    May 2024
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