Declaration from 18 directors regarding the Antalya Golden Orange Film Forum process

Following the announcement of the finalist projects for the 13th Antalya Golden Orange Film Forum, some directors who applied to the process noticed that their application videos showed no views on Vimeo and YouTube records. After Erinç Durlanık brought the issue to agenda and claimed that comments were deleted, 18 directors published a joint declaration requesting a public statement and trust from the festival management.

Following the announcement of the finalists of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Forum, applying director Erinç Durlanık raised questions by stating that the application videos showed no views whatsoever in the Vimeo records. Upon this development, where it was claimed that the comments sharing the questions were deleted, Ali Çakmak, Aslıhan Örün, Didem Nur Yayman, Erinç Durlanık, Ertunç Uşkul, Evrim İnci, Ferhat Ertan, Feyyaz Yıldırım, Gülten Taranç, Harun İlhan, İzel Şenal, Mert Erez, Mine Metin, Okan Erünsal, Ozan Sertdemir, Ramazan Kılıç, Uğur Yeşilgöz, and Ufuk Yılmaz published a joint declaration.

In the declaration, the directors asked by which method the videos were watched, who the preliminary selection committee consisted of, whether access issues were reported, and the precautions taken against conflicts of interest. They also requested the clarification of the claim that a project selected for the First Feature Film Development Platform belonged to a screenwriter whose film had been shot previously, and that the quotas emptied after projects were removed from the selection be announced with a reasoned and public correction.