The 16th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival () was a film festival scheduled to be held in Antalya, Turkey, in 1979 which, was cancelled as a protest against state-imposed censorship.
The competition was cancelled after all the members of the jury and competitors withdrew when the Censorship Committee banned and cut scenes from ÃÂmer Kavur's Yusuf and Kenan (), Yavuz ÃÂzkan's Railroad () and Yavuz PaÃÂda's Travelers () and the organizing committee canceled the festival in solidarity. A rule change made the films eligible to compete in the following year's festival but this was also subsequently cancelled.
The awards for this and the following festival, which was also cancelled, re-christened Belated Golden Oranges (), were presented at an award ceremony as part of the 48th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, with the recipients chosen from the films originally selected as candidates by the original jury members selected to represent the competition.
The original 1979 Jury was to have consisted of Prof. ÃÂzdemir Nutku, Prof. Alim à Âerif Onaran, Süreyya Duru, Onat Kutlar, Emre Kongar, Hale Soygazi, a representative from TRT and a representative from Antalya.
The reconstituted National Feature Film Competition Jury, headed by Prof. Dr. ÃÂzdemir Nutku, awarded Belated Golden Oranges in nine categories.
Twelve Turkish films made in the preceding year were selected to compete in the festival's National Feature Film Competition.