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Ilker Çatak

Awards

Ilker Çatak

15 wins & 17 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Winner Label Europa Cinemas
    • The Teachers' Lounge
  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Winner C.I.C.A.E. Award
    • Panorama
    • The Teachers' Lounge

Bodil Awards

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2024 Nominee Bodil
    • Best Non-English Language Film (Bedste ikke-engelsksprogede film)
    • The Teachers' Lounge

European Film Awards

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Screenwriter
    • The Teachers' Lounge
    Shared with: Johannes Duncker

Hamburg Film Festival

  • Once Upon a Time... Indianerland (2017)
    2017 Nominee Young Talent Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Once Upon a Time... Indianerland

German Film Awards

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Best Direction (Beste Regie)
    • The Teachers' Lounge
  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)
    • The Teachers' Lounge
    Shared with: Johannes Duncker
  • I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
    2020 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Direction (Beste Regie)
    • I Was, I Am, I Will Be
  • I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
    2020 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)
    • I Was, I Am, I Will Be
    Shared with: Nils Mohl

Haifa International Film Festival

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Nominee Carmel Award
    • Best International Film
    • The Teachers' Lounge

Max Ophüls Festival

  • Fidelity (2014)
    2015 Winner Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Fidelity
  • Where We Are (2014)
    2014 Winner Best Short Film
    • Where We Are

Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival

  • Fidelity (2014)
    2015 Nominee Scythian Deer
    • International Competition: Student Films
    • Fidelity

Munich Film Festival

  • I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
    2019 Winner New Talent Award
    • Screenwriter (Drehbuch)
    • I Was, I Am, I Will Be
    Shared with: Nils Mohl

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2024 Nominee FIPRESCI Prize
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Teachers' Lounge
  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2024 Winner Directors to Watch
    • The Teachers' Lounge

Student Academy Awards, USA

  • Fidelity (2014)
    2015 Winner Student Academy Award
    • Foreign Film
    • Fidelity
  • Where We Are (2014)
    2014 Nominee Student Academy Award
    • Foreign Film
    • Where We Are

German Film Critics Association Awards

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2024 Nominee German Film Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)
    • The Teachers' Lounge
    Shared with: Johannes Duncker

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

  • 2014 Nominee Jury Award (Hamburg Night)
    • Old School

Landshut Short Film Festival

  • 2014 Nominee Jury Award
    • Short Film
    • Zeitraum
    Shared with: Johannes Duncker
  • 2014 Nominee Jury Award
    • Springboard
    • Old School

Beijing Student Film Festival

  • Where We Are (2014)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • International Competition
    • Where We Are

LUX Prize

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2024 Nominee Lux Prize
    • LUX Audience Award
    • The Teachers' Lounge

Les Arcs European Film Festival

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Nominee Cineuropa Award
    • The Teachers' Lounge

International Izmir Short Film Festival

  • Fidelity (2014)
    2015 Winner Golden Cat Award
    • National Fiction Competition
    • Fidelity

Zagreb Film Festival

  • Namibya sehir iken... (2010)
    2011 Winner The Golden Pram
    • Shorts
    • Namibya sehir iken...
    Shared with: Johannes Duncker

Kraljevski Filmski Festival

  • Fidelity (2014)
    2015 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Short Fiction - International Competition
    • Fidelity

Guenter Rohrbach Filmpreis

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2023 Winner Preis der Saarland Film GmbH
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Teachers' Lounge
    Shared with: Johannes Duncker

Eat My Shorts – Hagener Kurzfilmfestival

  • Where We Are (2014)
    2014 Nominee Jury Prize
    • German Short Film Competition
    • Where We Are

Student International Film Festival (STIFF)

  • Fidelity (2014)
    2015 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Feature Film
    • Fidelity

Belgian Film Critics Association

  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    2025 Nominee Grand Prix
    • The Teachers' Lounge

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