Fish Out Of Water
Turkey / Animation / 4’ / Color / 2021
When the norms, traditions, customs and culture of the society are taken as basis, there are individuals outside of them. These individuals who cannot adapt to the existing order are labeled 'misfit'. This animation presents the society that caused the character's internal and external conflicts and the lost individual himself.
Director: Nur Özkaya
Script: Nur Özkaya
Director of Photography: Nur Özkaya
Producer: Nur Özkaya
Musician: Lin Pesto
Editing: Nur Özkaya
Sound: Nur Özkaya
Animation: Nur Özkaya
Cast: Aleyna Pişiren (Voice Over)
CV
F. Nur Özkaya was born in 1998 in Diyarbakır. After finishing her university education at the Department of Communication and Design at İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University continues her career as an illustration and animation artist. With her first experimental animated film called Fish Out Of Water, she was entitled to enter the special selections of 25 different festivals and won nearly 5 awards.
Filmography
2021 Fish Out Of Water
Festival Attended
UWPG Film Festival Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival
Big Syn International Film Festival
Screen & Story Film Festival
International Uşak Short Film Festival
Soundscreen Film Festival
Balkan Can Kino Animation Festival
Pixelatl Animation Festival
Queer Vision at Pride Of The Deise Animation Festival
13th International Inter University Short Film Festival
Internacional Queer Film Festival
Playa Del Carmen Pink Life Queer Festival
International Animation Festival AJAYU
Awards
İzmir İnternational Golden Cat Short Film Festival - Best Animation Award
Right to Apply for 2022 Oscar Nomination because Golden Cat Film Festival's Oscar Validity
Maltepe Anifest Animation Festival - Second Place
Adana Golden Boll Movie Festival - Best Animation Award
Canlandıranlar Animation Festival - Best Turkish Animation Base Artist Selection
Pixelatl Animation Festival - 2021 Best 10 Woman Director’s Inspiration List