Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World

Korkut Ata Film Festival of the Turkic World is an annual film festival hosted by TÜRKSOY since 2021. Its name comes from Korkut Ata, Turkic narrator in the Book of Dede Korkut.

1st Film Festival
The first film festival was held in Istanbul, Turkey in 10–12 November 2021, with award ceremony on 12 November.
 * Best Film: 🇦🇿 “In Between Dying” directed by Hilal Baydarov
 * Best Documentary:
 * 🇮🇷 “Twins” directed by Muhammed Alimuradi
 * 🇺🇿 “People's Courage” directed by Ali Hamroyev
 * 🇷🇺 “Linguist directed” by Eduard Novikov
 * Best Film Director: 🇰🇬 Artykpai Suyundukov with "Shambala” (ky)
 * Special Award of the Jury: 🇹🇷 “Mavzer” directed by Fatih Özcan, 🇺🇿 “Passion” directed by Rashid Malikov
 * Contributions to Turkic Culture:
 * 🇦🇿 Baku Media Center
 * 🇺🇿 Cinema Agency of Uzbekistan
 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhfilm
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Cinema Film Studios
 * 🇹🇷 Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

2nd Film Festival
Second film festival was held in Bursa, Turkey in 1–5 November 2022. Bursa was the 2022 capital for the Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World. The competition was held in two categories: feature films and documentary films. Also, four screening categories were held: historical panorama, contemporary human landscape, turquoise documentary zone and animation.


 * Best Film: 🇺🇿 Kadının Kısmeti directed by Dilmurod Masaidov
 * Best Film Director: 🇦🇿 Vagif Mustafayev with "Life Seems to Be Beautiful"
 * Best Scenario: 🇹🇷 Commitment Hasan by Semih Kaplanoğlu
 * Best Documentary:
 * 🇺🇿 “Inson” directed by Furqat Usmonov
 * 🇰🇿 “Avrasya'nın Hükümranları” script by Aigul Cherendinova
 * 🇹🇷 Balkanların Türkçe Hafızası by İsmet Arasan
 * Best actress: 🇰🇬 Kalipa Tashtanova
 * Best actor: 🇰🇿 Kayrat Kemalov
 * Fidelity Awards: 🇹🇷 Türkan Şoray, 🇹🇷 Osman Sınav
 * Special Award: 🇺🇿 Yulduz Rajabova
 * Contributions to Turkic Culture: 🇰🇬 Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, 🇹🇲 Arslan Eyeberdiev, 🇺🇿 Rano Shodiyeva, 🇰🇿 Kanat Torebay, 🇹🇷 Mehmet Bozdağ

3rd Film Festival
Third film festival was held in Baku, Azerbaijan between 8-11 October 2023. A special visit was planned to Shusha, as it was the 2023 capital for the Culture and Arts Capital of the Turkic World.


 * Best Film: 🇹🇷 "Star Dust" directed by Ahmet Sonmez
 * Best Director: 🇰🇬 Asel Juraeva for "God Gave"
 * Best Screenplay: 🇺🇿 "Abdulla Oripov"
 * Best Documentary:
 * 🇦🇿 "The Last"
 * 🇰🇿 "Argau"
 * 🇺🇿 "My Apartment"
 * Best Actress: 🇦🇿 Tehmine Rafaella in "Maryam"
 * Best Actor: 🇹🇲 Ahmet Amandurdiyev in "Red Apple"
 * Special Award of TURKSOY: 🇦🇿 Fakhraddin Manafov
 * Special Award of the Festival: 🇦🇿 Hamida Omarova, 🇦🇿 Ogtay Mirgasimov, 🇦🇿 Orman Aliyev, 🇦🇿 Agasi Memmedli, 🇰🇿 Azamat Satybaldy, 🇺🇿 Firdavs Abdulhalikov, 🇹🇷 Serdar Gökhan, 🇹🇷 Metin Günay, 🇹🇲 Khodzhakuli Narliev, 🇹🇲 Maya-Gozel Aimedova and 🇹🇲 Charlıyar Seyidli
 * Special Award of the Jury: 🇰🇿 "Jambyl" directed by Dosjan Janbotaev and 🇹🇷 "Always 33 Years Old" directed by Murat Pay