TURKEY -- Honoring TTNET & the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
Turkey's enduring culture is a critical bridge between Europe and the Middle East, and as such, has enormous impact and influence today. As one of the world's leading storytelling cultures, its television and filmmaking have long had influence far beyond its borders. Turkish Telecom's TTNET was the first web and television operator to embrace short films in Southern Europe or the Middle East. For the first time ever, regional filmmakers have a platform to credibly release their work and to be seen by audiences not only in Turkey, but across Europe. Turkey's leading film event each year, the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, has also greatly expanded its support for short films and short filmmaking. Together, these private efforts to expand and provide for a greater base of filmmaking in Turkey through the broad-based support of emerging voices in film is having and will continue to have enormous impact throughout Europe and the Middle East. It is because of these unheralded efforts and their significant potential impact on the world of storytelling that the Awards Committee today awards "The International Award in Short Filmmaking" to Turkey, honoring TTNET and the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

OSCAR® NOMINEE AWARDS:

NOMINEES FOR SHORT FILM (Animation)

Film: A Morning Stroll
Nominees: Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

Film: Dimanche / Sunday
Nominees: Patrick Doyon

Film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Nominees: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg

Film: La Luna
Nominees: Enrico Casarosa

Film: Wild Life
Nominees: Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby,

NOMINEES FOR SHORT FILM (Live Action)

Film: Pentecost
Nominees: Peter McDonald, Eimear O'Kane

Film: Raju
Nominees: Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren

Film: The Shore
Nominees: Terry George, Oorlagh George

Film: Time Freak
Nominees: Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey

Film: Tuba Atlantic
Nominees: Hallvar Witzø

NOMINEES FOR SHORT FILM (Documentary)

Film: Incident in New Baghdad
Nominees: James Spione

Film: Saving Face
Nominees: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Film: The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Nominees: Gail Dolgin, Robin Fryday

Film: The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Nominees: Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen

Film: God is the Bigger Elvis
Nominees: Rebecca Cammisa, Juile Anderson

VISIONARY AWARDS:
Shorts are prophetic enterprises that take those involved on unpredictable journeys to the boundaries of filmmaking. This award recognizes those individuals that embrace the medium's reputation for bucking the trend, contributing their considerable talents to innovative short movies that embody the category's best qualities.

This award recognizes established filmmakers that embrace the medium's reputation for bucking the trend, contributing their considerable talents to innovative short movies that embody the genre's best qualities.

VISIONARY ACTOR - Ray McKinnon
Ray McKinnon has a passion for the characters he inhabits. Whether in feature films such as "Blind Side," the critically acclaimed television show "Sons Of Anarchy" or his Oscar® winning short movie "The Accountant," he owns the screen with his engaging presence. Working with emerging talent, Ray's pioneering spirit has supported the early work of bright new directors, writers, and producers. His continued encouragement and inspiration to actors and filmmakers of the short film medium are why we recognize Ray McKinnon as this year's recipient of the Shorts Visionary Actor Award.