The festival is organised under the leadership of festival director Suat Kocer, co-director Dilek Karatas and programme director Alin Tasciyan.
The festival also hosts a competition for Turkish short films, as well as international competitions for both feature films and short films.
This year the festival launches a film platform with six films vying for production support and another six projects vying for a pre-production support award.
The 12 films in the national competition are:
Grain
Directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
More
Directed by Onur Saylak
Minus One
Directed by Orhan Oğuz
Something Useful
Directed by Pelin Esmer
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Directed by Onur Ünlü
Murtaza
Directed by Özgür Sevimli
Yellow Heat
Directed by Fikret Reyhan
Brothers of Silence
Directed by Taylan Mintaş
Serial Cook
Directed by Ümit Ünal
Stone
Directed by Orhan Eskiköy
Confrontation
Directed by Nejla Demirci
Zer
Directed by Kazım Öz
Sponsored by Malatya International Film Festival
