Hazar Ergüçlü wins Best Actress award at Adana film festival

North Cyprus actor Hazar Ergüçlü has received the Best Actress award at the 33rd International Adana Altın Koza Film Festival in Turkey, according to Yeniduzen.

Ergüçlü was recognised for her role in Mutter: Bir Annenin Hatıra Defteri at the festival’s closing and awards ceremony, held at Çukurova University Congress Centre in Adana.

In her acceptance speech, Ergüçlü addressed the experiences of miners and their families, social injustice and working conditions within the film industry, the newspaper reported. She said that her grandparents had worked in coal and copper mining, and referred to Yaşar, the son of Soma mining victim Kerim Ören.

Mutter: Bir Annenin Hatıra Defteri received four awards in total at the festival, Yeniduzen reported.

Gazimağusa Mayor Dr Süleyman Uluçay and members of a municipal delegation attended the ceremony as guests of Adana Metropolitan Municipality.

Elsewhere in the awards, Bir Arada Yalnız won Best Film and Best Director for Ali Vatansever. Yeniduzen reported that it received five prizes, the highest total of the festival. Banu Sıvacı’s Günyüzü received the Yılmaz Güney Special Award.