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Demir Akal

Awards

Demir Akal

67 wins & 4 nominations

Bangkok Film Festival

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner Golden Elephant
    • Teaser / trailer
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner Golden Elephant
    • Short film
    • Double Identity
  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner Golden Elephant
    • Short film
    • Double Identity

IF Awards

  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner IF Award
    • Best LGBTQ
    • Double Identity
  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner IF Award
    • Best Director
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner IF Award
    • Best super Short film
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Sea Full of Tears (2023)
    2024 Winner Festival Award
    • Best experimental short film + Best Inspirational Director
    • Sea Full of Tears

San Francisco Independent Film Festival

  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner Grand Prize for Shorts
    • Best LGBTQ Film
    • Double Identity

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Indie Film Maker
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Oniros Film Awards

  • Powder Milk and Ice Cream
    2024 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best AI Film
    • Powder Milk and Ice Cream
    Shared with: Brian Jewell

Japan Movie Critics Award

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner Japan Movie Critics Award
    • Best Indie Director
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Japan Movie Critics Award
    • Best Trailer
    • Cataclysm Down Under

LA Live Film Festival

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2020 Winner LA Live Film Award
    • Best Experimental Short
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2020 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best proof of concept
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2018 Winner LA Live Film Award
    • Best Proof of Concept
    • Life's Mapped Out

Florence Film Awards

  • Jayden Clarke in Stranded in Time and Space (2025)
    2025 Winner Annual Award Honorable Mention
    • Sci Fi
    • Stranded in Time and Space
    Shared with: Mark Adrian Wainwright

New York Movie Awards

  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner February Award
    • Gold Award: LGBTQ
    • Double Identity

Hollywood Gold Awards

  • Walk in My Shoes (2023)
    2024 Winner Silver Award
    • Experimental Film
    • Walk in My Shoes
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner September Award
    • Best Director
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Pure Magic International Film Festival

  • Runway (2023)
    2022 Winner August Award
    • Short Film
    • Runway
  • Sea Full of Tears (2023)
    2022 Winner July Award
    • Honor award
    • Sea Full of Tears
  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2022 Winner July Award
    • Best New Story
    • Life's Mapped Out

Sweden Film Awards

  • Runway (2023)
    2021 Nominee October Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Runway

INDO-GLOBAL International Film Festival

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Debut Filmmaker of Short Film
    • Best Director
    • Life's Mapped Out

Milan Gold Awards

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2025 Winner May Silver Award
    • Original Song
    • Cataclysm Down Under
    HFor: "Hero from Cataclysm Down Under"
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2025 Winner May Silver Award
    • Best Original Song
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Naples Film Awards

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2025 Winner June Award
    • Best Arthouse Song
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2025 Winner June Award
    • Best Producer
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Naples Film Award
    • Best director super short film
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Accord Cine Fest

  • Runway (2010)
    2020 Winner September Award
    • Best Expermental Short
    • Runway

Hollywood On The Tiber Film Awards

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner April Award
    • Best Super Short Film
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner April Award
    • Best Super Short Film
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival

  • Powder Milk and Ice Cream
    2025 Winner Phenomenal Attainment Award
    • Best Music Video
    • Powder Milk and Ice Cream
    Shared with: Brian Jewell

Mokkho International Film Festival

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2025 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best Original Song
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Runway (2023)
    2021 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Director
    • Runway

Athvikvaruni International Film Festival

  • Jayden Clarke in Stranded in Time and Space (2025)
    2025 Winner May Award
    • Best Producer
    • Stranded in Time and Space
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner December Award
    • Best Music Video
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2023 Winner August Award
    • Best Music Video
    • Life's Mapped Out

Indie Cine Tube Awards

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2025 Winner Performance Award
    • Best music video
    • Cataclysm Down Under

International Gold Awards

  • Jayden Clarke in Stranded in Time and Space (2025)
    2025 Winner Gold Award
    • Sci-FI
    • Stranded in Time and Space
    Shared with: Mark Adrian Wainwright
  • 2024 Winner Gold Award
    • Best LGBTQ
    • Double Identity
  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner Gold Award
    • Best LGBTQ
    • Double Identity
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Silver Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Frida Film Festival

  • Walk in My Shoes (2023)
    2024 Winner Best Super Short Film
    • Best Super Short Film
    • Walk in My Shoes
  • Demir Akal
    2024 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Indie Filmmaker
  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Indie Director
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Double Identity
  • Sea Full of Tears (2023)
    2024 Winner Best Experimental Film
    • Best Experimental Film
    • Sea Full of Tears

Indo French International Film Festival

  • Walk in My Shoes (2023)
    2023 Winner August Award
    • Best experimental short film
    • Walk in My Shoes

Thilsri International Film Festival

  • Jayden Clarke in Stranded in Time and Space (2025)
    2025 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Stranded in Time and Space
    Shared with: Mark Adrian Wainwright
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Best Music Video
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Dona Paula International Film Awards

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner DPIF Award
    • Best Director
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Cinema Cappuccino

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Film
    • Best trailer
    • Life's Mapped Out

World Class Film Awards

  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Nominee World Class Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Double Identity
    • Sea Full of Tears
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Nominee World Class Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Double Identity
  • Sea Full of Tears (2023)
    2024 Nominee World Class Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Sea Full of Tears

New York Lift-Off Film Festival

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner Short Narrative Film
    • Best Art House Film Maker
    • Life's Mapped Out

Travancore International Film Award

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Honorable Award for Director
    • Special award for director
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Honorable Award for Director
    • Best Survival Film
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Honorable Award for Director
    • Best Micro Fiction Film
    • Cataclysm Down Under
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Honorable Award for Director
    • Special award for producer
    • Cataclysm Down Under

International Network Film Festival

  • Walk in My Shoes (2023)
    2024 Winner New Zealand Doc, Fiction and Script Fest
    • Best Experimental Film
    • Walk in My Shoes
  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner Experimental Film
    • Best Experimental Film
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Sea Full of Tears (2023)
    2024 Winner London Underground Cinefest
    • Best original experimental short film
    • Sea Full of Tears
  • Sea Full of Tears (2023)
    2024 Winner New Orleans Cinema Award
    • Experimental film
    • Sea Full of Tears
  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Experimental Film
    • Best experimental super short film
    • Cataclysm Down Under

Green Ciak Film Awards

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner Green Ciak Film Award
    • Best Trailer (Kenya Film Festival)
    • Life's Mapped Out
  • Double Identity (2024)
    2024 Winner Green Ciak Film Award
    • Super short film
    • Double Identity

International Film Market (IFM)

  • Life's Mapped Out (2023)
    2024 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Indie Filmmaker
    • Life's Mapped Out

Cine Sepia Reels Carnival

  • Demir Akal in Cataclysm Down Under
    2024 Winner Remarkable Reels Award
    • April-September
    • Cataclysm Down Under

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