Film crew of the short film Sol Ayağım win competition and gain the opportunity to work with Osman Sınav.
Students of prominent director Osman Sınav at the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Department of Radio-TV and Film Studies faced the jury with their short films they completed as part of their finishing projects. The jury selected Cemil Çoruhlu and Sinan Tolun’s film titled “Sol Ayağım” as best film at the gala.
Apart from Director Osman Sınav, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies Dean (a.) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agah Gümüş, Department of Radio-TV and Film Studies Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bahire Efe Özad, Department of Public Relations and Advertising Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anıl Kemal Kaya, Department of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Chair (a.) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senih Çavuşoğlu, Department of Radio-TV and Film Studies Vice Chair Ahmet Goran and academic staff members, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ümit İnatçı, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tutku Akter, Asst. Prof. Dr. Pembe Behçetoğulları, Asst. Prof. Dr.Yetin Arslan, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ülfet Kutoğlu Kuruç, Asst. Prof. Dr. Aysu Arsoy, Asst. Prof. Dr. Metin Ersoy, Asst. Prof. Dr. Umut Ayman, Pembe Tölük and Barçın Boğaç were also present at the gala. Bayrak Radio Television Corporation Director Meryem Çavuşoğlu Özkurt also attended the gala as a member of the jury.
“The Term Finished Very Quickly”
The opening speech at the gala was made by prominent director Osman Sınav, who touched upon the excitement of the art of cinema and thanked academic staff members and students. Sınav noted “The term finished very quickly. This period wasn’t long enough for us. I tried to relay all of my experience and knowledge to the students”. Stating that stories are at the core of human life Osman Sınav noted that it is not necessary to search for ideologies or other things within these stories. “The way stories are told make their presence felt in infinite creativity.”
“You can’t Find a Distinguished Audience Like Today’s Audience”
Reminding the students that they will not find a chance to tell their stories in front of such an academic and distinguished audience, Sınav told them to enjoy this moment before concluding his words with a quote from Shakespeare: “I would prefer performing for an audience of three that understands rather than performing for a larger audience that doesn’t”.
8 Short films titled "Anı" (Derviş Kulle-Ebru Akıncı), "Bir Dakikalık Ömür" (Nurseli Korucu, Engin Çiltaş, Oğuz Fatih Aksu), "Deniz" (Sercan Kavuzlu, Bulut Ali Çağır), "Hava Çok Güzel Değil mi?" (Arsen Kutbay), "Kar Taneleri" (Ömer Bilgiç, Zehra Bilgiç, Emre Demirören), "Karar" (DevrimTemel, Arsen Kutbay, Kaan Arslangiray), "Sol Ayağım" (Cemil Çoruhlu, Sinan Tolun) and "Son Kare" (Berkay Gül, Mehmet Akif Yıldız, Emre Ateş) were shown at the gala. The film "Sol Ayağım" written and directed by Sinan Tolun and Cemil Çoruhlu came first in the competition.
Osman Sınav Kept His Promise: Cemil and Sinan Join the Crew
Osman Sınav noted that as a result of their award winning project, Cemil Çoruhlu and Sinan Tolun will be carrying out an internship at his upcoming project about Karadeniz. “If they are successful there will be a place available for them in our professional crew. I hope that they will be successful. I am fulfilling the promise I made at the beginning of the term. In our Karadeniz project titled “Sen Anlat” we will be showing the passion and love of people in Karadeniz.
Department of Radio-TV and Film Studies Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bahire Efe Özad thanked Osman Sınav for teaching students at EMU despite his very busy schedule.
The film "Deniz" by Sercan Kavuzlu and Bulut Ali Çağır came second in the competition whilst the film “Anı" by Derviş Kulle and Ebru Akıncı made it to the third place. All students at the gala were handed their participation certificates by Osman Sınav and members of academic staff.
