Results of the 1st "Umursuyorum" Short Animation Film Competition Announced

The results of the 1st Umursuyorum Animation and Short Film Competition, organized by Bahçeşehir University and the Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Türkiye on the problems faced by people with spinal cord paralysis and their solutions, have been announced.

The Bahçeşehir University Department of Cartoon and Animation collaborated with the Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Türkiye to draw attention to spinal cord paralysis, its causes, preventive measures and living conditions, and to raise awareness in this area. The results of the 1st Umursuyorum Short Animation Film Competition were announced on 6 January 2020.

In the competition, judged by Ramazan Baş (President of TOFD), Prof. Dr. Nazlı Eda Noyan (Head of the BAU Department of Cartoon and Animation), Ayşe Ünal (Director), Harun Can (Voice Actor), Metin Akdülger (Actor), Ömür Kınay (Director), Varol Yaşaroğlu (Creator of Kral Şakir) and Yavuz Sultan Selim (Animation and Post-Production), the awards were presented to their winners.

In the Adult Category, Yalçın Eren took first place with Bu Şaka Değil (This Is Not a Joke), while Hakan Sümer & Ceylin Erzen won second place among a total of 27 animations with the animation Merdivenler (Stairs).

In the Children's Category, the winner was Pınar Arzu, creator of Süper Babaanne (Super Grandma), a work based on a real-life story. In the under-18 category, second place went to Gökdeniz Urgancı and friends, students of Bahçeşehir College Kocaeli Campus, for their work Limitsiz (Limitless).

Hasan Korkmaz, a muscular dystrophy patient living in the Besni district of Adıyaman, made the top 5 in the 1st Umursuyorum Short Animation Film Competition with his animated film "Özgür Olmak" (Being Free).

BU ŞAKA DEĞİL (THIS IS NOT A JOKE)

SÜPER BABAANNE (SUPER GRANDMA)

UMURSUYORUM (I CARE)