3rd International Eurasia Film Festival

3rd International Eurasia Film Festival

Festival Poster by Emrah Yucel
Location	Antalya, Turkey
Festival date	October 19–28, 2007
Website	http://www.tursak.org.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111&lang=en&Itemid=112

The 3rd International Eurasia Film Festival (Turkish: 3. Uluslararası Avrasya Film Festivali) was a film festival held in Antalya, Turkey from October 19 to 28, 2007. This third edition of the International Eurasia Film Festival was jointly organised by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audio-visual Culture (TURSAK) and the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (AKSAV) in conjunction with the 44th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

Awards

• Best Film: The Band's Visit (Hebrew: ביקור התזמורת) directed by Eran Kolirin (Prize worth USD 75,000)
• Best Director: Abdel Kechiche for The Secret of the Grain (French: La graine et le mulet (Prize worth USD 25,000)
• Special Jury Award: You, the Living (Swedish: Du levande) directed by Roy Andersson
• Film Critics Award: Under the Bombs (French: Sous les bombes / Arabic: تحت القصف ‎‎) directed by Philippe Aractingi (Prize worth USD 15,000)
• NETPAC Jury Award: Under the Bombs (French: Sous les bombes / Arabic: تحت القصف ‎‎) directed by Philippe Aractingi
• Eurasia Screenplay Development Fund Award: Gözlerinde 50 Sebep directed by Ozan Açıktan
• Honorary Award: Francis Ford Coppola
• Honorary Award: Shekhar Kapur
• Honorary Award: Hanna Schygulla

Competition programme

Jury members

• Lale Mansur
• Atilla Dorsay

Films in competition

• The Band's Visit by Eran Kolirin,  Israel
• Lust, Caution by Ang Lee,  Taiwan (Festival opening film)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Shekhar Kapur,  India (Festival closing film)
• Under the bombs by Philippe Aractingi,  Lebanon
• 3:10 to Yuma by James Mangold,  United States
• Guca! by Dušan Milic,  Serbia
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu,  Romania
• 3x3 - John August,  United States
• The Flock by Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak,  Hong Kong
• Control by Anton Corbijn,  Netherlands
• My Brother Is an Only Child⋅by Daniele Luchetti,  Italy
• Cruelty by Marina Lyubakova,  Russia
• I Just Didn't Do It by Masayuki Suo,  Japan
• The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea by Shinichiro Sawai,  Japan