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“Golden Baklava Film Academy 9th International Student Film Festival”, which will be held at Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep on 10-12 December 2024, is a young artistic and cultural event.

The Festival aims to support young producers on their path of film production, attract the attention of film lovers, make contributions to the expansion of the cinema industry, and ensure the recognition of cinema and producers on national and international platforms. In this direction, the festival rewards documentary, fiction and animation short films made by university students, every year. This year, our festival is introducing a new category titled “AI Films”. This category aims to highlight the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the art of cinema. Films that utilize AI technologies, explore AI-related themes, or showcase the creative potential of AI will be eligible for this category. Submissions can include fiction, documentary, and animated films, but must not exceed 20 minutes in length.

Golden Baklava Film Academy International Student Film Festival has obtained international recognition via the participation of student films from national and international cinema schools and it has established an environment suitable for the artistic reflections. Our most important goal is to make our festival known both in Gaziantep and our country, Türkiye, on international educational and artistic platforms.

As a consequence, the Festival and Film Academy creates an opportunity for young people, who are interested in cinema, for newcomers to filmmaking, or for those that have an urge to show themselves in the film industry. Moreover, it offers a chance to young filmmaker finalists to meet the jury members who are recognized as Türkiye’s leading directors, producers, and actors.