The Sabancı Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of socially relevant issues around the world. Over 145 filmmakers have submitted their films on the topic of “Water Crisis”.

The jury, consisting of the Turkish film critic
Alin Taşçıyan, the Dutch documentary filmmaker and producer
Jamillah Van der Hulst, the Turkish actor
Salih Bademci, the creative producer
Suzanne Pradel and the actress
Tilbe Saran has chosen the following winners:
1st prize did go to the animation film “LIFE IN DREAMS” by Can Yesiloglu
2nd prize did go to the film “TOWARDS THE END” by Cihan Yildirim
3rd prize did go to the documentary “ANTHROPOCENE” by Mehmet Gürü Avcu
The documentary “THE SAVAGE” by Sinan Kaldan received a special mention.

We would like to thank
Zeynep Atakan and her outstanding team Zeynep Arisoy, Ahmet Selim Günaydin, Dephne Auf, Lisa Idil Demirbüken for organising this brilliant event.