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Doğuş Özokutan
Born
Doğuş Özokutan

1984 (age 39–40)
Nicosia, Cyprus
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2006–present
SpouseVasvi 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]

Professional career

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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]

Filmography

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Films
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

Awards

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Olağan Denemeler / Random Attempts[53] (2015, short fiction): Writer, Co-director & Producer

  • Platinum Remi Award - Comedy-Black/Dark – 48th Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, April 2015, USA[54]
  • Winner – 3rd Seattle Turkish Film Festival, November 2015, USA[55]
  • Special Mention – 5th Macaé Cine – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Macaé, November 2015, Brazil[56]

Kısmet / Kismet[57](2018, short fiction): Writer, Co-director & Producer

  • Audience Award – 9th Brazil Cinefest, December 2018, Brazil[58]

Çoban / The Shepherd (2020, short animation): Writer, Co-director & Producer

  • Bronze Remi – 53rd Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, April 2020, USA[59]

Teslimat / The Delivery (2020, short fiction): Writer, Director, Co-producer

  • Audience Award – 74th Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno, December 2020, Italy[60]
  • Best Short Film & Best Actor – 12th Festival de Cine Europeo de Puerto Rico, December 2021, Puerto Rico)[61]
  • Best Social Short Film – 15th Festival Internacional de Cine de Sax [GOYA qualifying], July 2021, Spain[62]
  • Best International Short Film – 44th Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche [GOYA qualifying], July 2021, Spain.[63]
  • Best Actor – 18th FECISO – Festival de Cine Social de Castilla-La Mancha, October 2021, Spain.[64]
  • Best Actor Dramatic Performance in a Foreign Language Short – 36th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, December 2021, USA.[65]
  • Best Narrative Short Film – 19th Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona, December 2021, Spain[66]

References

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  37. ^ "Teslimat, Üç Goya Festivali'nde Daha Finalist". Yeni Düzen. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
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