44th SİYAD Awards
The 44th SİYAD Awards (), presented by the Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD), honored the best Turkish films of 2011 and took place on , at the Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall  in Istanbul, Turkey.

Awards and nominations

Best Film
 Winner: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia () produced by Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
 Future Lasts Forever () produced by Soner Alper and Ersin Celik
 Shadows and Faces () produced by Önder Çakar, Sevil Demirci and Seren Yüce
 Press produced by Sedat Yılmaz
 Hair () produced by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Veysel İpek and Rena Vougioukalou

Best Director
 Winner: Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Çağan Irmak for My Grandfather's People ()
 Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair ()
 Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate ()
 Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces ()

Mahmut Tali Award for Best Script
 Winner: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate ()
 Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair ()
 Sedat Yılmaz for Press
 Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces ()

Cahide Sonku Award for Best Actress
 Winner: Nazan Kesal for Hair ()
 Demet Akbağ for Eyyvah Eyvah 2
 Nesrin Cavadzade for Fire! ()
 Hazar Ergüçlü for Shadows and Faces ()
 Nergis Öztürk for Merry-Go-Round ()

Best Actor
 Winner: Ayberk Pekcan for Hair ()
 Taner Birsel for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Serkan Ercan for Toll Booth ()
 Osman Sonant for Fire! ()
 Muhammet Uzuner for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()

Best Supporting Actress
 Winner: Asiye Dinçsoy for Press
 Popi Avraam for Shadows and Faces ()
 Gökçe Bahadır for My Grandfather's People ()
 İdil Fırat for Pomegranate ()
 Nergis Öztürk for Toll Booth ()

Best Supporting Actor
 Winner: Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Rıza Akın for Hair ()
 Rıza Kocaoğlu for Losers' Club ()
 Fırat Tanış for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()

Best Cinematogropher
 Winner: Gökhan Tiryaki for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Feza Çaldıran for Future Lasts Forever ()
 Emre Erkmen for Shadows and Faces ()
 Ercan Özkan for Hair ()
 Mehmet Zengin for Zephyr ()

Best Music
 Winner: Mircan Kaia for White as Snow ()
 Mustafa Biber for Future Lasts Forever ()
 Selim Demirdelen for Pomegranate ()
 Marios Takoushis for Shadows and Faces ()
 Cavit Ergün, Erdem Tarabuş and Can Göksu for Losers' Club ()

Best Editor
 Winner: Bora Gökşingöl and Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Haluk Arus for Losers' Club ()
 Çiçek Kahraman, Evren Luş and Tolga Karaçelik for Toll Booth ()
 Erdinç Özyurt for Hair ()
 Aylin Tinel for Shadows and Faces ()

Best Art Director
 Winner: Haluk Ünlü for My Grandfather's People ()
 Dilek Yapkuöz Ayatuna for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ()
 Nevin Doğan for Press
 Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces ()
 Natali Yeres for Hair ()

Best Documentary Film
 Winner: Ekümenopolis: Ucu Olmayan Şehir directed by İmre Azem
 Anadolu'nun Son Göçerleri: Sarıkeçililer directed by Yüksel Aksu
 An directed by Nazlı Bayram
 Bedensiz Ruhlar directed by Sabite Kaya
 Bir Avuç Cesur İnsan directed by Rüya Köksal
 Diren-İş directed by Burak Koçak
 Ofsayt directed by Reyan Tuvi
 Ölücanlar directed by Murat Özçelik

Best Short Film
 Winner: Birgünbirgünbir...Evedegelmişkimseyok directed by Berrak Çolak
 Kırmızı Alarm directed by Emre Akay
 Pera Berbangê directed by Arin İnan Arslan
 Fazla Mesai directed by Gürcan Keltek
 Nolya directed by Cem Öztüfekçi

Honorary Awards
 Erden Kıral (filmmaker)
 Osman Şahin (screenwriter)
 Perihan Savaş (actress)

See also
 5th Yeşilçam Awards
 Turkish films of 2011
 2011 in film
 Best 10 Turkish Films selected by SIYAD

References

External links
  for SİYAD (Turkish)

2012 in Turkey
2011 film awards
Turkish film awards
January 2012 events in Turkey