Directed by Özer Kızıltan, "Takva" won the best film award at this summer's Sarajevo Film Festival, adding the festival's Heart of Sarajevo trophy to the film's collection that includes the Fipresci award it received earlier this year at Berlinale and the Cultural Innovation Award it took home from the 2006 edition of the Toronto Film Festival. A 13-member jury from the Turkish Cinema Copyright Holders' Association (SESAM) chose "Takva" from among a list that included movies such as Cem Yılmaz's "Hokkabaz" (The Magician), Abdullah Oğuz's "Mutluluk" (Bliss), Zeki Demirkubuz's "Kader" (Fate) and "Beynelmilel" (The International), directed by Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Muharrem Gülmez.
Turkish-born filmmaker Akın, whose latest feature "The Edge of Heaven" was earlier this week named the German entry to vie for an Oscar statuette, has thus been cited for the second time in the 80th Oscars race, as he is one of the producers of "Takva."
In the film, an İstanbul clerk finds his simple, devout life turned upside down when an Islamic group employs him as its debt collector. The film, aimed at showing how religious devotion can be tainted by hypocrisy, also earned eight awards at last year's 43rd Altın Portakal (Golden Orange) Film Festival in Antalya. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the final shortlist of best foreign film nominees, which will be narrowed to five, in January. The 80th edition of the annual Academy Awards will be held Feb. 24 in Hollywood.
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