# 44th SİYAD Awards

The 44th SİYAD Awards (Turkish: 44. SİYAD Ödülleri), presented by the Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD), honored the best Turkish films of 2011 and took place on January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16), at the Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, Turkey.

## Awards and nominations
### Best Film

* Winner: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da) produced by Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
** Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer) produced by Soner Alper and Ersin Celik
** Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler) produced by Önder Çakar, Sevil Demirci and Seren Yüce
** Press produced by Sedat Yılmaz
** Hair (Turkish: Saç) produced by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Veysel İpek and Rena Vougioukalou

### Best Director

* Winner: Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Çağan Irmak for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
** Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
** Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
** Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

### Mahmut Tali Award for Best Script

* Winner: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Ümit Ünal for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
** Tayfun Pirselimoğlu for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
** Sedat Yılmaz for Press
** Derviş Zaim for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

### Cahide Sonku Award for Best Actress

* Winner: Nazan Kesal for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
** Demet Akbağ for Eyyvah Eyvah 2
** Nesrin Cavadzade for Fire! (Turkish: Yangın Var)
** Hazar Ergüçlü for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
** Nergis Öztürk for Merry-Go-Round (Turkish: Atlıkarınca)

### Best Actor

* Winner: Ayberk Pekcan for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
** Taner Birsel for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Serkan Ercan for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)
** Osman Sonant for Fire! (Turkish: Yangın Var)
** Muhammet Uzuner for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)

### Best Supporting Actress

* Winner: Asiye Dinçsoy for Press
** Popi Avraam for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
** Gökçe Bahadır for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
** İdil Fırat for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
** Nergis Öztürk for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)

### Best Supporting Actor

* Winner: Ercan Kesal for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Rıza Akın for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
** Rıza Kocaoğlu for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)
** Fırat Tanış for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)

### Best Cinematogropher

* Winner: Gökhan Tiryaki for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Feza Çaldıran for Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer)
** Emre Erkmen for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
** Ercan Özkan for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
** Mehmet Zengin for Zephyr (Turkish: Zefir)

### Best Music

* Winner: Mircan Kaia for White as Snow (Turkish: Kar Beyaz)
** Mustafa Biber for Future Lasts Forever (Turkish: Gelecek Uzun Sürer)
** Selim Demirdelen for Pomegranate (Turkish: Nar)
** Marios Takoushis for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
** Cavit Ergün, Erdem Tarabuş and Can Göksu for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)

### Best Editor

* Winner: Bora Gökşingöl and Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Haluk Arus for Losers' Club (Turkish: Kaybedenler Kulübü)
** Çiçek Kahraman, Evren Luş and Tolga Karaçelik for Toll Booth (Turkish: Gişe Memuru)
** Erdinç Özyurt for Hair (Turkish: Saç)
** Aylin Tinel for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)

### Best Art Director

* Winner: Haluk Ünlü for My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları)
** Dilek Yapkuöz Ayatuna for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da)
** Nevin Doğan for Press
** Elif Taşçıoğlu for Shadows and Faces (Turkish: Gölgeler ve Suretler)
** Natali Yeres for Hair (Turkish: Saç)

### 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)