TRT World Citizen “Humanitarian Film Festival” Awards Found its Winners

TRT World Citizen "Humanitarian Film Festival," organized by TRT to provide film producers with an important platform to address humanitarian issues from their unique perspectives, was held for the fifth time this year. Participants of the festival, during which significant topics such as war, conflict, women's rights, the climate crisis were discussed, met with film producers and industry professionals. At the awards ceremony held at the end of the festival, the directors of the winning films received their awards by Presidency's Director of Communications of the Republic of Türkiye Fahrettin Altun and General Director of TRT Mehmet Zahid Sobacı. The TRT Special Award at the festival was presented to the film "Night" by Palestinian director Ahmad Saleh.

The TRT World Citizen "Humanitarian Film Festival," which aims to shed light on global humanitarian issues, took place on Sunday, November 5th, at the Atatürk Kültür Merkezi in İstanbul. In its fifth year, the festival centered on various topics such as war, conflict, women's rights, the migration crisis, climate change, environmental pollution, hunger, famine, homelessness, and poverty while keeping humanity at its core. The winning films at the festival were awarded by Presidency's Director of Communications of the Republic of Türkiye Fahrettin Altun and General Director of TRT Mehmet Zahid Sobacı.

Presidency's Director of Communications of the Republic of Türkiye Altun: ""I find this festival, which draws attention to millions of people in pain and despair with the power of art, extremely valuable"

Presidency's Director of Communications of the Republic of Türkiye Fahrettin Altun, presented the First Prize and Climate Awareness Award at the TRT World Citizen "Humanitarian...