Bülent Öztürk
Bülent Öztürk (1975 in Bağlarbaşı, Urfa, Turkey) is a
Belgian-
Kurdisch screenwriter and director based in
Antwerp,
Belgium. His films have been nominated for and celebrated with several (international) awards. His films stand out because of their minimalist and documentary style with spare use of dialogue and the recurrence of socially and culturally concerned themes. His short film ''
Houses with Small Windows'' (2013) was awarded the title of best European short film at the
Venice Film Festival, and was nominated for the
26th European Film Awards in Berlin. In his home country the film received an ‘Ensor’ for best short film at the
Ostend Film Festival. Apart from writing and directing two documentaries and three short films, Öztürk presented his first feature film ''Blue Silence'' in 2017, with the support of
The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF).
''Blue Silence'' caught international attention at the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won the Fedora Prize (awarded by the Federation of European and Mediterranean Film Critics). At its world premiere at the
Istanbul Film Festival, the films won the award of Best Debut and Best Screenplay, alongside winning the Special Jury Prize, and receiving an honorary mention for the [https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/film-award-face-istanbul Film Award FACE] in the category Human Rights, awarded by the European Council. At the
Duhok International Film Festival, ''Blue Silence'' won the awards of Best Film in Diaspora and Best Scenario.
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