Turkey's nomination for best foreign language Oscar was selected amongst this year's releases "Labyrinth" (Labirent), "Inside" (Yeraltı), "Ecotopia" (Entelköy Efeköy'e Karşı), "Conquest 1453" (Fetih 1453), "Zenne Dancer" (Zenne), "Night of Silence" (Lal Gece), "Somewhere in Between" (Araf), "Can", "The Circle" (Devir), "One Day or Another" (El Yazısı)".

The film "Where the Fire Burns" is based on a true story in which a father is given the dubious task to carry out an honor killing on his own daughter. The film won the Grand Prix of the Americas world competition prize, as well as the FIPRESCI prize, at the 36th Montreal World Film Festival.

The Short Film Palme d'Or winner at this year's Cannes Film Festival "Be Dang" (Sessiz) will be representing Turkey in the short film category.