Catalan director The teenage friendship drama “Libertad” by Clara Roquet and the social drama “Brother’s Keeper” by Ferit Karahan, about Kurdish children living in fear in a Turkish boarding school, respectively won the award for best film in international competitions and national awards for the 58th Orange Gold Film from Antalya, Turkey. Festival which ended on Saturday.

“Libertad”, a first feature film centered on a bond that forms during a summer on the Spanish Costa Brava between two young women from opposite sides of the track, was a recent star of the Cannes Critics’ Week which has toured the festival. Pic will soon move from Antalya to the Rome Film Festival.

“Brother’s Keeper” is based on director Karahan’s own experience and follows two friends, Yusef and Memo, to a remote boarding school for Kurdish boys in the mountains of eastern Anatolia. When Memo mysteriously falls ill, Yusuf, who tries to help his friend, is forced to overcome bureaucratic hurdles put in place by law enforcement authorities at the school.

“Keeper”, which had its Turkish premiere in Antalya, was launched earlier this year from the Panorama section of Berlin, where it won the section’s Fipresci Prize. As well as scoring Best Picture, it also won awards for Best Screenplay and Best Editing in Antalya.

The other flagship title of the Turkish competition was “Kerr”, the latest drama from minimalist filmmaker Tayfun PirselimoÄŸlu in which a man named Can is caught in a downward spiral after witnessing a murder in a small town where he arrived. to attend his father’s funeral.

“Kerr” won the award for the best director section and also for his music, plus a nod from the association of Turkish directors.

In international competition, Costa Rican director Paz Fabrega won the Best Director award for “Aurora”, her drama about female comradery caused by unwanted pregnancy which debuted in Rotterdam. Switzerland’s Claudia Grob won the Best Actress award for her role in “The Fam”, which takes place in a retirement home for teenage girls in Geneva. And the award for best actor went to Finnish Petri Poikolainen for playing the blind wheelchair protagonist in Teemu Nikki’s “The blind man who didn’t want to see the Titanic.”

The event, which is Turkey’s oldest film festival and the country’s first catalyst for local cinema, is co-directed by the chef Ahmet BoyacıoÄŸlu and artistic director BaÅŸak Emre and organized by the Municipality of Antalya with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey.

The rewards

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

Best film: “Libertad”, dir. Clara Roquet

Best Director: Paz Fabrega (“Aurora”)

Best Actress: Claudia Grob (“The Fam”)

Best Actor: Petri Poikolainen (“The blind man who didn’t want to see the Titanic”)

NATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

Best film: “Brother’s Keeper”, dir. Ferit Karahan

Special Jury Prize Dr. Avni Tolunay: “Entre deux aubes”, dir. Selman nacar

Behlül Dal Award for Best First Film: “Anatolian Leopard”, Emre Kayiş

Best Director: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu (“Kerr”)

Cahide Sonku Prize: Ezgi Baltas, Feride Cicecoglu

Best Screenplay: Ferit Karahanm Gulistan Acet (“The Brother’s Keeper”)

Best Actress: Nihal Yalçın (“Zuhal”)

Best Actor: Tarhan Karagöz (“La Cage”)

Best Cinematography: Özgür Eken (“Commitment Hasan”)

Best Music: Nikos Kyourgos (“Kerr”)

Best Editing: Serkan Sezgin, Ferit Kaarahan, Hayedeh Safiyari (“The Brother’s Keeper”)

Best Artistic Director: Billur Turan (“Anatolian Leopard”)

Best Supporting Actress: Nezaket Erden (“Between Two Dawn”), Özay Hecht (“The Cage”)

Best Supporting Actor: Erdem Şenocak (“Between Two Dreams”)

Best Film Award from the Association of Turkish Film Critics: “Pure White”, dir. Necip ÇaÄŸhan Izdemir

Best Director Award from the Association of Film Directors: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, (“Kerr”)

NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION

Best film: “All-In”, dir. Volkan Üce Special

Jury Prize: “Waiting for a grain of sand”, dir. Aslı Akdağ

NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Best film: “I’ll Leave You Two Alone”, dir. Elif RefiÄŸ Special

Jury Prize: “The second night”, dir. Ali Tansu Turhan