From all over the world, the International Istanbul Short Film Festival / The Writer's Journey is preparing to embrace everyone who is creative, original, brave and has a problem to express.
You can be sure that we will help your story get a chance to stand out and overcome sectoral challenges.
Every idea has the luxury of being seen and appreciated.
It may be your first work, or you may be an experienced one. You can be assertive in composition and colors. At the Writer's Journey, for the first time, non-budgeted filmmakers will be screened together with famous talents and experienced professionals having multi-million dollar budgets at the most eclectic film festival anywhere in the world.
This year, our organizations will be opening their doors with a surprise ceremony where you can experience the magical atmosphere of Istanbul. We will be happy to share your excitement while welcoming our guests from all over the world.
A note for all the candidates competing in the national category: Your projects will be evaluated carefully.
The world of short films is as vast as an ocean and your competitors are much more than you think. The purpose of the foundation of our festival is to increase the chance of the potential you want to reveal and to be on your side regarding the issues you want to express. Be sure that each application will be evaluated devotedly.
While we do not want to put limits on the application categories, we tried to make the platform as free as possible so that they can be evaluated as broadly as possible.
We are aware that the path you have taken with your issue is full of difficult and courageous themes. We hope that we can create memories of walking together on your life journey.
As an additional and important category, we wanted to include a Vegan themed category related to animal rights. In our world where global warming, challenging pandemic conditions and economic processes are not going well, we will be looking forward to your works that will reveal our awareness. The grief of the world triggers us all at some point. We are all connected to each other by invisible threads, and it is our responsibility to make the cosmic bond healthy in relation to the grief of the world. We find this issue important at the festival.
While aiming for a spectacular night that includes an awards ceremony, International Istanbul Short Film & the Writer’s Journey will make the pre-selection on a monthly basis. Monthly evaluations will be made only among the jury members and will not be published. Each month's selections will be shortlisted for a grand elimination at the end of the year, and finally, from these, the finalists will be selected.
We would like you to be sure that we will be there and help you whenever you want. Let's get together!
Event venue : AKM
The event date is April 27,2025
Award ceremony : 19:00/ 23:00
An important reminder:
International Writer's Journey Film Festival
The calendar of film screenings and interviews with directors selected from various categories will be at Şişli Belediyesi Nazım Hikmet Kültür Merkezi between 04-05.07.2024.
Program details will be sent to applicants.
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Each short film will be reviewed at least for three judges after the film is scored by our screening team. Our judges team includes artists from the Turkey, Italy and Sweden.
There will be an award ceremony for the "award winner" badge holders. Film screenings will be organized for "selection" and "finalist" badge holders on dates to be determined.
--- FILM AWARDS ---
*Trophy with certificates All Participants
Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Under 5 Minute Film
Best Indie Feature
Best Indie Short
Best Series Pilot
Best Web-Series
Best Animation
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Student Film
Best Silent Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Music Video
Best Trailer
Best Commercial
Best Comedy Film
Best Dark Comedy Film
Best Adventure Film
Best Action Film
Best Thriller Film
Best Sci-Fi Film
Best Horror Film
Best Drama Film
Best Historical Film
Best War Film
Best Noir Film
Best Western Film
Best Romance Film
Best Musical Film
Best Parody Film
Best LGBTQ Film
Best Biographical Film
Best Nature Film
Best Inspirational Film
Best Sport Film
Best Director - Feature
Best Director - Short
Best 1st time Director - Feature
Best 1st time Director - Short
Best Art Director
Best Producer
Best 1st time Producer
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Acting Duo
Best Monologue
Best Acting Debut
Best Child Actor & Actress
Best Voice Over
Best Stunt Performer
Best Scenography
Best Natural Scenography
Best Costumes
Best Visual Effects
Best Cinematography
Best Make-Up
Best Original Prop/Mock-up
Best Soundtrack
Best Main Theme
Best Song
Best Sound Design
Best Drone Video
Best Fight Choreography
Best Dance Choreography
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best Original Story
Best Poster
Best Feature Script
Best Series Pilot Script
Best Television Script
Best Short Script
Best Comedy Script
Best Thriller Script
Best Fantasy Script
Best Sci-Fi Script
Best Horror Script
Best Drama Script
Best Romance Script
Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature
Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Short
Best Original Script
Best Picture
Best Fight Choreography