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VEKAM Award to honor the film that best tells Ankara’s story

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • The 37th Ankara Film Festival will give the VEKAM Award to the Ankara-themed film that best portrays the city.
  • The award covers productions entering the festival’s national documentary and national short-film competitions.
  • Applications remain open until September 11, 2026, and the winning film will join the VEKAM Library and Archive for researchers.

The 37th Ankara Film Festival will honor the film that best captures Ankara’s character and visual memory with the VEKAM Award.

The festival, organized by the World Mass Communication Research Foundation from November 12 to 20, will select the winner from Ankara-themed productions submitted to its National Documentary Film and National Short Film competitions.

The award is being presented in cooperation with Koç University’s Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research and Application Center, known as VEKAM. It aims to encourage filmmakers exploring the capital’s dynamics through documentaries and short films while adding to the city’s audiovisual memory.

The winning film will be added to the VEKAM Library and Archive and made available for researchers. Applications for the award remain open until September 11, 2026. Entries for the competition to determine the festival’s visual identity through its poster can be submitted until September 18.

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