The Turkish series The Ambassador’s Daughter (Sefirin Kizi) and the film Miracle in Cell N° 7 (Kogustaki Mucize) won awards at the third edition of the Izmir International Film Festival.
The two dramas, Sefirin Kizi (the ambassador’s daughter) and Miracle in Cell N° 7 (Kogustaki Mucize) are distributed internationally by Inter Media, which is the big winner of the competition.
The ceremony took place online a few days ago, and Inter Media’s two titles, Sefirin Kizi and Kogustaki Mucize won the most popular awards. The best series and the best film of the year.
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Sefirin Kizi best series of the year
Sefirin Kizi (the ambassador’s daughter) is a successful Turkish series that is currently distributed in more than 50 countries. (all the info about the serie, cast, synopsis history of Sefirin Kizi in this article). The series was awarded at the Izmir International Film Festival, where it won several prizes, including the award for the best series of the year.
Sefirin Kizi won a total of five awards at the Izmir International Film Festival whose awards ceremony took place online due to covid-19. The actors of Sefirin Kizi were able to thank their fans by posting messages on social networks. Voting was open to the public for more than a month and the winning series gathered votes from more than 150 countries.
The series The Ambassador’s Daughter (Sefirin Kizi) won the award for best series, as well as best actress for Neslihan Atagül who plays the role of Nare in Seferin Kizi.
- The prize for best actor was won by Engin Akyürek who plays the role of Sancar efet.
- The prize for best supporting actress was won by Tulin Yazkan for her role as Menekse, Soncar’s wife in Sefirin Kizi.
- The prize for the best male supporting role was won by uraz kaygılaroğlu, who plays the role of Gediz, Sancar’s best friend.
- The prize for best child actor went to Beren Gençalp, in the role of Melek, Sancar and Nare’s daughter.
Gediz and Menekse best supporting role in a series for Sefirin Kizi
Inter Media’s flagship series, which is currently broadcast on the Turkish channel Star Tv, continues to grow in terms of international sales and is currently distributed in many countries even though it only has about twenty episodes so far. The first season of Sefrini Kizi ended at episode 16 because of the covid crisis and the prolonged stop of series shooting in Turkey.
The Turkish series Sefirin Kizi benefits from the international popularity of the actor duo Neslihan Atagül and Engin Akyürek and a strong script. A love story so strong that it gave birth to a poem.
“The story of the ambassador’s daughter who becomes a bird and flies away.”
The love between Nare and Sancar that life separated, but which are reunited a few years later.
Miracle in cell n°7 best film of the year
The other big winner of the Izmir International Film Ceremony is the film Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Kogustaki Mucize). This drama set in the 1980s in Turkey won 6 awards during the ceremony.
The film was a great box-office success when it was released in Turkey with more than 5 million viewers. The film was then available on the Netflix streaming platform where it reached an international audience and was quickly ranked in the Netflix trends. It even joined the Netflix top 10 in many countries.
During this third edition of the Izmir International Film Festival, the miracle film in cell no. 7 Kogustaki Mucize, won the prize for the best film of 2020. Actor Aras Bulut Iyenemli (Memo) won the award for best actor and Nisa Sofiya Aksongur, won the award for best child actor for the role of Ova.
The film tells the story of a mentally handicapped father, sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. He finds himself separated from his daughter, but will do anything to see her again. (More information about the film and the cast of Miracle in cell N° 7 here)
