Doğuş Özokutan | |
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Born | Doğuş Özokutan 1984 (age 39–40) |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2006–present |
Spouse | Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
Doğuş Özokutan (born in 1984., [1] [2] in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot film director, scriptwriter and film producer based in Cyprus. [3] [4] [5] Her short films explore themes of death, destiny, and choices with a dark-humoristic touch. [6] [7]
Her first short film, "Random Attempts" (2015) besides national festivals, [8] [9] competed in 41 international festivals, [10] [11] received three awards [12] [13] [14] [15] and a nomination for Best Film at the Oscars Qualifying Short Shorts & Asia 2016. [16] [17]
Her second short film, "Kismet" (2018), besides national festivals [18] [19] has been screened in 43 countries [20] [2] and garnered numerous audience award nominations, including at the BAFTA Qualifying Leeds International Film Festival 2018. [21] [3] Özokutan's animated short documentary, "The Shepherd," completed in 2020, screened in Portugal, [22] Turkey, [23] and US where it won the Bronze Remi Award at Worldfest Houston. [24]
Her fourth short film, "The Delivery" (2020) had 65 festival screenings [25] and eight awards worldwide, [26] including two awards from GOYA Qualifying festivals. [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] Premiered at the 38th Torino Film Festival, [32] [33] "The Delivery" became an official selection at numerous festivals, such as the Oscar Qualifying 45th Cleveland Film Festival [34] and 21st Cine de Lebu. [35] [36] "The Delivery" officially selected to 8 GOYA accredited festivals in total. [37] The film also become official selection at the Columbus International Film & Animation Festival. [38] [39]
Özokutan earned her MFA degree in Visual Arts at Eastern Mediterranean University. She also attended Film Development classes led by Kathleen McInnis and participated in a 9-month Film Production Workshop guided by Zeynep Atakan. [2] Her short films have been showcased in over 150 festivals worldwide, including the OSCAR, BAFTA, and GOYA accredited festivals [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] such as the Torino Film Festival, [45] Leeds International Film Festival, [46] [47] Short Shorts & Asia Film Festival, [16] Cleveland International Film Festival, [48] Elche International Independent Film Festival, [49] and Cine de Lebu Film Festival. [35] [50] Across her four short films, she won 13 international awards. [10] [24] [51] [52]
Films | |||||||
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Year | Name | Position | Genre | Notes | |||
Director | Scriptwriter | Editor | Producer | ||||
2020 | The Delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short Fiction | |
2020 | The Shepherd | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short animation & documentary | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2018 | Kismet | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Short Fiction | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2015 | Random Attempts | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Short Fiction | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2009 | Özker Özgür | No | No | Yes | No | Documentary | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2008 | Öte(de)ki | Yes | No | Yes | No | Documentary | |
2006 | Yasemin Kokan Şeher | Yes | No | No | No | Documentary |
Olağan Denemeler / Random Attempts [53] (2015, short fiction): Writer, Co-director & Producer
Kısmet / Kismet [57](2018, short fiction): Writer, Co-director & Producer
Çoban / The Shepherd (2020, short animation): Writer, Co-director & Producer
Teslimat / The Delivery (2020, short fiction): Writer, Director, Co-producer
Doğuş Özokutan | |
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Born | Doğuş Özokutan 1984 (age 39–40) |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2006–present |
Spouse | Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
Doğuş Özokutan (born in 1984., [1] [2] in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot film director, scriptwriter and film producer based in Cyprus. [3] [4] [5] Her short films explore themes of death, destiny, and choices with a dark-humoristic touch. [6] [7]
Her first short film, "Random Attempts" (2015) besides national festivals, [8] [9] competed in 41 international festivals, [10] [11] received three awards [12] [13] [14] [15] and a nomination for Best Film at the Oscars Qualifying Short Shorts & Asia 2016. [16] [17]
Her second short film, "Kismet" (2018), besides national festivals [18] [19] has been screened in 43 countries [20] [2] and garnered numerous audience award nominations, including at the BAFTA Qualifying Leeds International Film Festival 2018. [21] [3] Özokutan's animated short documentary, "The Shepherd," completed in 2020, screened in Portugal, [22] Turkey, [23] and US where it won the Bronze Remi Award at Worldfest Houston. [24]
Her fourth short film, "The Delivery" (2020) had 65 festival screenings [25] and eight awards worldwide, [26] including two awards from GOYA Qualifying festivals. [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] Premiered at the 38th Torino Film Festival, [32] [33] "The Delivery" became an official selection at numerous festivals, such as the Oscar Qualifying 45th Cleveland Film Festival [34] and 21st Cine de Lebu. [35] [36] "The Delivery" officially selected to 8 GOYA accredited festivals in total. [37] The film also become official selection at the Columbus International Film & Animation Festival. [38] [39]
Özokutan earned her MFA degree in Visual Arts at Eastern Mediterranean University. She also attended Film Development classes led by Kathleen McInnis and participated in a 9-month Film Production Workshop guided by Zeynep Atakan. [2] Her short films have been showcased in over 150 festivals worldwide, including the OSCAR, BAFTA, and GOYA accredited festivals [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] such as the Torino Film Festival, [45] Leeds International Film Festival, [46] [47] Short Shorts & Asia Film Festival, [16] Cleveland International Film Festival, [48] Elche International Independent Film Festival, [49] and Cine de Lebu Film Festival. [35] [50] Across her four short films, she won 13 international awards. [10] [24] [51] [52]
Films | |||||||
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Year | Name | Position | Genre | Notes | |||
Director | Scriptwriter | Editor | Producer | ||||
2020 | The Delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short Fiction | |
2020 | The Shepherd | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short animation & documentary | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2018 | Kismet | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Short Fiction | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2015 | Random Attempts | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Short Fiction | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2009 | Özker Özgür | No | No | Yes | No | Documentary | Together with Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
2008 | Öte(de)ki | Yes | No | Yes | No | Documentary | |
2006 | Yasemin Kokan Şeher | Yes | No | No | No | Documentary |
Olağan Denemeler / Random Attempts [53] (2015, short fiction): Writer, Co-director & Producer
Kısmet / Kismet [57](2018, short fiction): Writer, Co-director & Producer
Çoban / The Shepherd (2020, short animation): Writer, Co-director & Producer
Teslimat / The Delivery (2020, short fiction): Writer, Director, Co-producer