The 48th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkish: 48.

The Golden Orange selection committees, including the International and National Competition Juries, were entirely composed of female members for the first time in the festival's history.

The festival opened with a ceremony at the Cam Piramit Congress and Exhibition Center on October 7, 2011 at which the honorary awards were presented, songs were sung by Jane Birkin and Zuhal Olcay, and Azerbaijani director Rustam Ibragimbekov was guest of honour.

[3] Competitions were also run for the cancelled 16th (1979) and 17th (1980) editions of the festival with Belated Golden Oranges (Turkish: Geç Gelen Altın Portallar) being presented to the winners.

Thirteen Turkish films made in the preceding year were selected by the Pre-Evaluation Board from the 45 eligible to compete in the festival’s National Feature Film Competition.