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Awards

Dervis Zaim

32 wins & 31 nominations

Ankara International Film Festival

  • Dream (2016)
    2017 Nominee Best Film
    • National Competition
    • Dream
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2011 Winner Special Award of the Jury
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2011 Winner Best Film
    • National Competition
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2011 Winner Best Director
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Mud (2003)
    2003 Nominee Best Film
    • National Competition
    • Mud

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

  • Flash Drive (2020)
    2020 Nominee Golden Orange
    • Best Film
    • Flash Drive
  • Dream (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Orange
    • Best Film
    • Dream
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2010 Winner Turkish Film Critics Association Award
    • Best Film
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2010 Nominee Golden Orange
    • Best Film
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Dot (2008)
    2008 Winner Golden Orange
    • Best Director
    • Dot

Bratislava International Film Festival

  • Elephants and Grass (2000)
    2001 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Elephants and Grass

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • New Directors Competition
    • Somersault in a Coffin

Istanbul Film Festival

  • Ramazan Bayar, Mustafa Salman, and Ali Ozel in Cycle (2013)
    2013 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • National Competition
    • Cycle
  • Dot (2008)
    2008 Winner Best Turkish Director of the Year
    • Dot
  • Waiting for Heaven (2006)
    2007 Nominee Golden Tulip
    • Best Film
    • Waiting for Heaven
  • Elephants and Grass (2000)
    2001 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • National Competition
    • Elephants and Grass
    For its courageous approach to a social and political subject in a tense style and with a professional direction of its actors.
  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • National Competition
    • Somersault in a Coffin

Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

  • Flash Drive (2020)
    2020 Winner Youth Audience Award
    • Social Energy Activities Young Audience Award
    • Flash Drive
  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Winner Golden Antigone - Special Mention
    • Somersault in a Coffin
  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Winner Critics Award
    • Somersault in a Coffin

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1998 Winner SKYY Prize
    • Somersault in a Coffin

Thessaloniki Film Festival

  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Winner Silver Alexander
    • Somersault in a Coffin
  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Nominee Golden Alexander
    • Somersault in a Coffin

Torino International Festival of Young Cinema

  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Winner Jury Special Prize
    • Feature Film
    • Somersault in a Coffin
  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Somersault in a Coffin
    For its capacity to tell a story of daily surviving in a essential and not rethorical way.
  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1997 Nominee Prize of the City of Torino
    • Best Feature Film
    • Somersault in a Coffin

Venice Film Festival

  • Mud (2003)
    2003 Winner UNESCO Award
    • Mud
  • Mud (2003)
    2003 Nominee Upstream Prize
    • Best Film
    • Mud

Nuremberg Film Festival "Turkey-Germany"

  • Fish (2014)
    2015 Nominee Best Film
    • Fish
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2012 Nominee Best Film
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Dot (2008)
    2009 Nominee Best Film
    • Dot
  • Parallel Trips (2004)
    2005 Nominee Best Documentary
    • Parallel Trips
  • Mud (2003)
    2004 Nominee Best Film
    • Mud

Jeonju International Film Festival

  • Mud (2003)
    2004 Nominee Woosuk Award
    • Indie Vision
    • Mud

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Dot (2008)
    2008 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Dot

MUFF Malatya International Film Festival

  • Song of My Mother (2014)
    2014 Winner SIYAD Award
    • Song of My Mother
    • Fish
    Shared with: Erol Mintas

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Tavuri (2023)
    2023 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Tavuri
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2011 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Director
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Shadows and Faces (2010)
    2011 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Shadows and Faces
  • Dot (2008)
    2009 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Director
    • Dot
  • Waiting for Heaven (2006)
    2006 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Director
    • Waiting for Heaven

World Premieres Film Festival

  • Fish (2014)
    2015 Nominee Cine Verde Award
    • Best Environmental Feature
    • Fish

Annonay International Festival of First Films

  • Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
    1998 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Somersault in a Coffin

International Crime and Punishment Film Festival

  • 2018 Winner Cinema Honor Award
    • Cinema Honor Award

Adana Film Festival

  • Fish (2014)
    2014 Winner Golden Boll in National Feature Film
    • Best Screenplay
    • Fish
  • Fish (2014)
    2014 Nominee Golden Boll in National Feature Film
    • Best Film
    • Fish
  • Dot (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Boll in National Feature Film
    • Best Film
    • Dot
  • Waiting for Heaven (2006)
    2007 Winner Golden Boll in National Feature Film
    • Jury Prize
    • Waiting for Heaven

Bosphorus Film Festival

  • Flash Drive (2020)
    2020 Nominee National Competition
    • Best Feature Film
    • Flash Drive

New York Independent Cinema Awards

  • Flash Drive (2020)
    2021 Winner New York Cinema Award
    • Best International Narrative Feature
    • Flash Drive

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