HAK-İŞ, one of the largest labor confederations of Turkey, in 2012 progressed in a new dimension to the works carried out by considering hand labor, brain power; art and crafts together and organized a short film contest themed 'Respect for Labor'. By taking courage from intense interest and the high level of the qualities of products HAK-İŞ has decided to organize this contest every year in order to find out reflection of defended principles at the image world

HAK-İŞ Traditional Short Film Contest to be held 14th one this year is being extended to international arena. The title of the contest is again 'LABOR' as it was in the past and will be in the future. The contest is organized to increase the number of films on 'Labor' and to create a platform where the 'laboring' producers can come together.

HAK-İŞ Short Film Contest aims followings

• To create a synthesis by meeting labor with information, art and culture, and to develop a new dimension to the concept of worker through labor theme
• To enable finding counterpart of principles, HAK-İŞ Confederation advocates, in the art world that
• To provide a cultural contribution to the construction of a new trade union civilization,
• To create a different perspective on the center of human and labor for the building of a virtuous union,
• To be able to help publicizing high quality work,
• To increase the awareness of the "Labor" movement at national and international platforms through the use of cinematographic materials in the direction of undertaking the advocacy of rights by HAK-İŞ Confederation,
• To increase the quality of the products subject to technical and visual evaluations, to enable and encourage the workers to focus on culture and young people especially the people studying at the related departments of the universities (Communication Faculty - Radio Television and Cinema, Cinema and Television) work on "Labor" with the artistic point of view of

  Our Confederation HAK-İŞ has been organizing award ceremony for the Short Film Contest that has been held since 2012, and the ceremony become a platform where the ceremony, culture and art world and politics and union world come together.

  Number of applications to HAK-İŞ Short Film Contest is as following by year;

  67 projects in 2012,
  55 projects in 2013,
  72 projects in 2014,
  52 projects in 2015,
  6033 projects from 129 countries in 2016,
  5404 projects from 124 countries in 2017,
  4104 projects from 128 countries in 2018,
  4046 projects from 119 countries in 2019,
  4127 projects from 120 countries in 2020,
  4097 projects from 114 countries in 2021,
  4.034 projects from 128 countries in 2022,
  4.431 projects from 128 countries in 2023 and
  4.410 projects from 117 countries in 2024 and
  4.106 projects from 118 countries in 2025.

  Our Confederation HAK-İŞ will hold the 15th International Short Film Contest this year again with the theme of 'Respect for Labor'. Our main goal, this year, is to increase the number of short film contestants. For this purpose, we continue to intensify our work with the experience of past years.

  Pre-Selection Committee and Jury Members

  Birsen Çiçek Odabaşı

  After graduating from Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism, she completed her Master’s degree at the same university’s Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Journalism. Following a professional career in journalism between 2000 and 2007, she was appointed as the Press Advisor to the HAK-İŞ Confederation in 2007. In addition to her role as Press Advisor, Odabaşı has served as the Chairperson of the HAK-İŞ Culture and Arts Committee since 2015 and also serves as the Director of the HAK-İŞ Short Film Competition. In 2016, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cinema, she directed numerous corporate and promotional films, most notably the documentary "Silah Sesleri: 15 Temmuz" (Gunfire: July 15) in Ankara, as well as the films "HAK-İŞ Through the Eyes of Workers", "The Color of Labor", and "The Power of the Union"..

  Alper Akdeniz

  Born in Mersin in 1979, Alper Akdeniz graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Dramatic Writing, and subsequently pursued his graduate studies at the same university. The director holds a total of 35 awards across national and international platforms. His published works include four co-authored books, four volumes of poetry, two collections of essays, and eight children's books. He currently serves as the Director of the International EgeArt Short Film Competition and the International Turan Film Festival. Furthermore, he holds the position of Project Coordinator at the Ege University Department of Health, Culture, and Sports.

  Arif Çatal

  Born in 1973 in Oğuzlar, Çorum, Arif Çatal has been serving as a professional photographer and videographer within the Press Advisory Unit of the HAK-İŞ Confederation since 1994. Throughout his career, he has been involved in the production of numerous corporate films within the field of trade unions. He has played an active role in every stage of the HAK-İŞ International Short Film Competition since its inception. Furthermore, he co-directed the film "HAK-İŞ Through the Eyes of Workers" alongside Birsen Çiçek Odabaşı and served as the Director of Photography for the films "The Color of Labor" and "The Power of the Union".

  Rufat Garazade

  Deputy General Director of the Azerbaijan Cinema Agency.

  Valeh Ahmedov

  Azerbaijani Producer and Director.

  Sahysalyh Bayramov

  Vice Chairman for Artistic Creativity of the Oguzhan Turkmenfilm Association and Director.