VII.Golden Baklava Film Festival Finalists
Documentary
| Film Name | Director Name | Country / School |
| A Year In Exile (Tr) | Malaz Usta | Syrian Arab Republic / Marmara University |
| Bangkok Chair Hacks | Mayyanee Techaumporn | Thailand / Chulalongkorn University |
| Days Of Fishing | Benjamin Grinand, Lucien Lepoutre | Belgium / INSAS |
| Gulab Gul | Semih Sağman | Türkiye / Marmara University |
| Holding Your Breath | Katarzyna Sikorska | Poland / Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School |
| Lost Ore Abdurrahim | Pınar Yıldırım Karaman | Türkiye / Anadolu University – Eskişehir |
| Smirna’nın Çukuru / Çukurhattan | Begüm Aksoy | Türkiye / İzmir University of Economics, Faculty of Communication |
| The Odyssey | Ömer Güler | Türkiye / Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty Of Fıne Arts And Architecture |
| The Olympian | Jan Bujnowski | Poland / The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz |
| Tobacco Shop | Dora Slakoper | Croatia / Zagrep Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Trucage | Ahmed Abuzenada | Egypt / October University for Modern Sciences and Arts |
* The list of finalists is in alphabetical order.
Fiction
| Film Name | Director Name | Country / School |
| A Day Off | Leonardo Bassil | Lebanon / Notre Dame Üniversitesi |
| Best Actress | Umut Alaz Kökçü | Türkiye / Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi |
| Büyülü Fener Bekçileri | Bahadır Kapır, Ferhat Zengin | Türkiye / Marmara Üniversitesi |
| Chhaya | Utsav | India / Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing And Visual Arts |
| Continental | Henrik Troan Schefte, Snore Joh.. | Norway / NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| Danzamatta | Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola | Switzerland / Zurich University of the Arts |
| Değişim – Alteration | İsmail Kurt | Türkiye / Hasan Kalyoncu University |
| Dismissal | Tarek Kassem Yessin | Lebanon / Notre Dame University |
| Dispute | Gulnara Ivanova (Khodjayeva) | Uzbekistan / Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography |
| Fortune | Anatoly Tarabrin | Russia / Higher School of Cinema “ARKA” |
| Fourth Wall | Mehmet Kaan Karataş | Türkiye / Kadir Has University |
| Harassment | Anna Rox | Russia / Higher courses in film and television VGIK |
| Home | Feruz Bakhodirov | Uzbekistan / Focus Film and Theatre School, Taschkent |
| Hunting Season | Dimitris Theocharidis | Greece / Aristotales University |
| Imaginarium | Cristian Beteta | Spain / ESCAC |
| Junkyard | Sacha Bitar | Lebanon / Notre-Dame University |
| Lauf | Laudika Thanky Hamutenya | Germany / Filmakademie Baden, Wurtemberg |
| Lifeline The Brothers Who Hold The Same Breath | Abdullah Şahin | Türkiye / Işık University |
| Maryam | Bekmaganbetova Marzhan | Kazakhstan / Kazak Milli University – KAZNUI |
| Mask | Daniel Le Hai | Poland / Lodz University |
| My VR | Ildar Shangaraev | Russia / Gogol School of Art |
| On The Inside | Julia Kudo | Russia / VKSR (High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors) |
| Onvoltooid Verleden Tijd | Aron Quadu | Belgium / Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound |
| Preparation | Ilia Asitashvili | Georgia / Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University |
| Remue Ménage | Lucien Hebrant | France / École de la Cité, Saint Denis |
| Same Night Different Blue | Nuri Cihan Ozdogan | Türkiye / Çukurova University |
| Seance | Osher Bet Halachmi | Israel / The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television |
| Shared Solitude | Nurbanu Atalay | Türkiye / İstanbul University |
| Silent Night | Polina Kondrateva | Russia / Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) |
| Skazka | Maksim Kulkov | Russia / Higher School of Cinema “ARKA” |
| Sledge | Suxrob Qodirov | Uzbekistan / The Uzbekistan State Institute Of Arts And Culture |
| Spining Top | Kassandra Abdo | Lebanon / Notre-Dame University |
| Stamp | Lovro Mrdjen | Croatia / Zagrep Academy of Dramatic Art |
| The Contentment | Ernesto Redondo Vergara | Estonia / Baltic Film School (BFM) |
| The Day My Father Died | Emre Sefer | Türkiye / İstanbul Aydın University |
| The Duty | Alin Duruian | Romania / UNATC – University of Theatre And Film Il Caragiale |
| The End Of The Circle | Dimitris Georgiev | Bulgaria / NATFA – National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts |
| The Frame | Mert Sata, Berk Sata | Türkiye / Anadolu University |
| Views | Roman Pivovarnik | Slovakia / Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava |
* The list of finalists is in alphabetical order.
