Nuri Bilge Ceylan is Turkey’s most internationally renowned contemporary director. For his first three features, known as the ‘provincial trilogy’, Kasaba (1997), Clouds of May (1999) and Uzak (2002), Ceylan took on almost all key technical roles: cinematography, sound design, production, editing, writing and direction. Uzak became the most awarded film in the history of Turkish cinema and made Ceylan an internationally recognised director. His subsequent four films were all Cannes Film Festival official competition award winners: Climates (2006) FIPRESCI Critic’s prize, Three Monkeys (2008) Best Director, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) Grand Jury Prize and Winter Sleep which won the 2014 Palme d’Or and FIPRESCI prize. Ceylan has won three APSAs for Achievement in Directing for Three Monkeys (2008), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) and Winter Sleep (2014).
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
