Taormina Film Festival Announces 2026 Winners, Turkish Film ‘Hear The Yellow’ Takes Top Honors

The 62nd Taormina Film Festival concluded Sunday with “Hear The Yellow,” a Turkish drama directed by Banu Sıvacı, sweeping major prizes in a ceremony that also featured a jury presided over by Jane Campion. According to Deadline’s report on the winners, the film won best film, director, actor and actress in ex-aequo, making it the festival’s dominant title on the awards night.

The festival’s international competition drew on the jury’s seasonwide emphasis on auteur-led storytelling, and Campion’s role as jury president shaped the lineup of presenters and the focus of the evening. The report said Campion was accompanied on the jury side by Holly Hunter, known for her work in “The Piano,” as well as costume designer Miyako Bellizzi (recognized for “Marty Supreme”) and casting director Francine Maisler, whose participation was noted as part of the jury’s broader film-industry expertise.

Deadline reported that “Hear The Yellow” translated its jury presence into multiple awards, including best director for Sıvacı and acting honors that were shared in ex-aequo categories. The “swept the board” phrasing in the report indicates that the film’s wins were spread across both creative and performance areas rather than concentrating in a single technical track.

Beyond the central wins, the Taormina awards cycle also continued the festival’s practice of publicizing the breadth of talent represented in its competition, with the jury’s composition indicating a mix of filmmaking disciplines. In addition to directing and performance, the jury’s lineup brought costume and casting perspectives into the evaluation, a structure that typically affects how production design and performance work are weighed in festival judging.

The 2026 ceremony took place as the festival continues to position itself as a high-visibility international stop for European and global cinema. With multiple prizes awarded to a single Turkish film, the result underscored the festival’s willingness to elevate work beyond traditional festival heavyweights, at least within its own awards framework.

No additional winners beyond the reported headline categories were detailed in the Deadline account. As the festival’s awards season moves into the next cycle, distributors and talent representatives typically use these results to support acquisition and release decisions, though those downstream outcomes were not addressed in the published report.

For viewers and industry participants, the practical next step is to follow official festival and film release announcements that confirm how “Hear The Yellow” will be exhibited after Taormina. Deadline’s report establishes the immediate awards record for the film and the key figures recognized by the jury, including Campion’s jury presidency and Sıvacı’s directing win.

The awards outcome also serves as a reference point for the festival’s 2026 competitive slate, particularly because the jury prizes included shared acting honors. That combination, best film paired with director and acting categories, places “Hear The Yellow” at the center of Taormina’s 2026 awards narrative based on the categories covered by the report.