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]
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Born | Doğuş Özokutan 1984 (age 39–40) |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2006–present |
Spouse | Vasvi Çiftcioğlu |
Professional career
editHer 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
editFilms | |||||||
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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 |
Awards
editOlağan 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]
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