VIII. GOLDEN BAKLAVA FILM ACADEMY FINALISTS
FICTION
| Name of the Film | Name of the Director | Country / School |
| A Cup of Coffee? | Magdalena Steiner | Australia / Filmakademie Wien |
| A Prayer | Elis Rumma | Estonia / Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School |
| British Passport | Mahmood Pouyandeh | Iran/ IYCS |
| Christmas Day | Alexandra Pärn | Estonia / Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School |
| INKAR | Raiymbek Alzhanov | Kazakhstan /
Kazakh National Academy of Arts |
| Family Reserve | Isaac de la Peña Areizaga | Mexico / University of Monterrey |
| Farewell Memories | Anji Xiao | China / Communication University of China |
| Footprints of Ants | Umit Güç | Türkiye / Çukurova University |
| Fractal: Money Man | Zahid Çetinkaya | Türkiye / Dokuz Eylül University |
| Game, Interrupted | Ilayda Iseri | Türkiye / Boğaziçi University |
| Hardflip | Katharina Sporrer | Germany / Hamburg Media School |
| Insane | Canan Sennaroğlu | Türkiye / Koç University |
| Introduction to Perfect Heists | Chelsea Choukeir | Lebanon / Notre Dame University |
| In the Rough | Julius Gintaras Blum | Germany / Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Gmbh |
| Allégresse | Gillie Cinneri | Belgium / Institute of Performing Arts |
| Lullaby for Stanislav | Hanna Hertman | Belarus / Andrei Polupanov’s Film School |
| MAD | Guram Narmaniia | Russia / Moscow Film School |
| Broken | Enes Küçük | Türkiye / Hasan Kalyoncu University |
| New Beginning | Mariella Santibáñez | Germany/ University of Television and Film Munich |
| Quandary | Ebubekir Sefa Akbulut | Türkiye / Selcuk University |
| Revelation of John | Andrej Kolencik | Slovak / Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VSMU) |
| Samina | Ahmed Barkia | Tunisia / Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts of Manouba |
| Kabuk | Nepal Arslan | United States / New York University |
| Snow White and The Dwarf | Bora Yavuz Subaşı | Türkiye / Kadir Has University |
| Salto Mortale | Nihat Vuran | Türkiye / Hasan Kalyoncu University |
| Scene 1 Roll 1 | Muhammed Aktaş | Türkiye / Hasan Kalyoncu University |
| Stop by to See It | Emilio Sarthou | Uruguay / Uruguayan Film School |
| Tenement | Can Baran | Türkiye/ Bilkent University |
| Thank You For Your Patience! | Simon van der Zande | Belgium / Royal Academy of Fine Arts |
| Les 6 Tours | Maya Yosr Blouza | Tunisia / Assad |
| The Fifth Step | Alexandru Oita | Romania / The National University of Theatre and Film “I.L Caragiale” |
| Do Birds Pee? | Arif Canpolat | Türkiye/ İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University |
| Together Forever? | Zeynep Sude Karabulut | Türkiye / İstanbul Bilgi University |
| Trivet | Abdurrahim Karabulut, Mahsun Celayir | Türkiye /İstanbul University |
| Van Amstel | Isis Caljé | Holland / Dutch Filmers Academy |
| Wheel and Desert | Reza Sabetpour | Iran/ Pars University |
* The list of finalists is in alphabetical order.
DOCUMENTARY
| Name of the Film | Name of theDirector | Country / School |
| 35A | Alfredo Minea | Romania / The National University of Theatre and Film “I.L Caragiale” |
| A View of Kadıköy | Cagla Irmak Badem | Türkiye / Özyeğin University |
| Antiques | Reham Emam | Egypt / American University in Cairo |
| Children of The White Mountain | Yalçın Çiftçi | Türkiye / Anadolu University |
| Oyum | Aidai Askarova | Kyrgyzstan / Kyrgyzstan Türkiye Manas University |
| Dark Zone | Fadime Kırmızı | Türkiye / Düzce University |
| In Balance with Nature | Kateřina Sivoková | Denmark / Danish School of Media and Journalism |
| Mary | Hatice Kubra Ergen | Türkiye / Eskisehir University |
| Madre | Marius Miron | Romania / The National University of Theatre And Film “I.L Caragiale” |
| Romeo | Marina Arzumanova | Armenia / Kyrgyzstan Türkiye Manas University |
| SMIRNO | Anna Deberdieva | Russia / VGIK |
| The Analogy of Space | Oleksandr Hoisan | Ukraine / Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts |
| The Invisible Heroes of Airports | Mehmet Akif Gülbay | Türkiye / Hasan Kalyoncu University |
| Three Nights in Haifa | Hadil Alramli | Belgium / Luca
School of Art |
| To Get The Gist | Sofia Andreyevna Bobyreva | Russia/ Institute of Cinema And Television (GITR) |
* The list of finalists is in alphabetical order.
ANIMATION
| Name of Film | Name of Director | Country / School |
| Covert | Bervyn Chua | Singapore / Nanyang Technological University |
| Dance My Doll | Jasmijn Kooijman | Sweden / HDK – Valand |
| Jasmine | Muaz Gunes | Türkiye / Maltepe University |
| Letter From A Stranger | Shima Markazi Omidvar | Iran/ University of Tehran |
| Lights | Jitka Nemikinsová | Czechia /Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) |
| Momo | Lejla Gyarmati | Hungary / Budapest Metropolitan University |
| Piko-Dinosaur | Alina Krasnovskaya | Russia/ VGIK |
| Stay | Lukas Damgaard | Denmark / The National Filmschool of Denmark |
| Symbiosis | Mehmed Akif Yıldız | Türkiye / T.C. Istanbul Kültür University |
| The Blue Monkey of Magus Baba | Rumeysa Bora | Türkiye / Bahcesehir University |
| The Leak | Paola Cubillos | Belgium / KASK & Conservatorium School of Arts Ghent |
| The Nomadic Tomb | Pei-Yi Yu | Taiwan / Tainan National University of The Arts |
| Unscarfed | Anita Bruneburg | Germany / Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF |
| Cadim | Luiza Pugliesi Villaça | Brazil / FAAP |
| Sky Warrior | Wu Lin Yang, Ye Cao Chen, Peici Zhan, Tian Yin Feng | Taiwan / Shih Hsin University |
* The list of finalists is in alphabetical order.
100 YEARS OF TURKISH REPUBLIC
| Name of the Film | Name of the Director | Country / School |
| Beyond Hundred Years | Melisa Yavuz, Enes Küçük | Türkiye / Hasan Kalyoncu University |
| Flight of Dreams | Ahmet Duvar | Türkiye / Akdeniz University |
| Kurtuluş Ferry | Dilara Kuyanc | Türkiye / Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University |
| The Woman’s Yeast the Healing of Her Hand | Nihat Vuran, Meral Özgen | Türkiye / Hasan Kalyoncu University |
* The list of finalists is in alphabetical order.