The 13th Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (BIFED) closed on Sunday 11 October after five days of screenings and discussions on ecological and social issues on the island of Bozcaada in Türkiye. The awards were presented at a ceremony on the evening of Saturday 10 October, and the final screenings of the winning films followed the next day.

The Fethi Kayaalp Grand Prize of the International Competition went to The Price of the Sun by Jérôme le Maire. The film follows a nomadic Berber community in Morocco’s Atlas region whose pastoral way of life is upended when a large solar power plant is built on its desert land. Le Maire could not attend, and the prize was accepted on his behalf by Yahya Göztepe, Mayor of Bozcaada and BIFED President. Göztepe said that whether or not he remains in office, he will keep working to ensure the festival stays on the island for years to come. The Price of the Sun also received the İdil Schneider-Bulut Award for Best Music and Sound Design.

The Madame Melpo Second Prize went to DIDY, directed by Gaël Kamilindi and François-Xavier Destors, a film about a son’s search for his late mother through the women who knew her, which Gloria Nkatha reviewed for Modern Times Review. In the Gaia Student Competition, the Naci Güçhan Student Award was presented to Oscurana by Violeta Mora.

Festival Director Petra Holzer used her closing speech to recall the Ankara train station bombings of 10 October 2015, which killed 109 people who had gathered to call for peace and solidarity. Marking the eleventh anniversary, she said «We need to keep asking questions about the accountability of politicians and corporate interests». Holzer thanked everyone who had stayed with the festival through a demanding year and credited its sponsors and partners, as well as its solidarity networks, with making the event possible. She described BIFED as a shared space for collective reflection and critical inquiry.