Acclaimed director Osman Sınav, Metin Günay, photograph artist İbrahim Demirel, Chairman of the Foreign Press Association and the director of the award-winner documentary the Vanished Bus Fevzi Tanpınar, Director of Bayrak Radio TV Ziya Tunaç, Dean of GAU Faculty of Communication Prof. Dr.Alpay Ataol, Chairperson of GAU Radio TV Cinema Department Prof. Dr. Sacide Vural, Chairperson of GAÜ Public Relations and Press and Media As. Prof. Dr. Neriman Saygılı, the critic of Kıbrıs Newspaper Ahmet Tolgay and Producer and Director Derviş Zaim also took place in the jury.

A seminar, in which Osman Sınav and Metin Günay participated as speakers, was held for the students of the Faculty of Communication before the award ceremony. Osman Sınav : “We would like to study at Karmi Campus if we were students.” As. Prof. Dr. Neriman Saygılı : “The aim is to discover new talents” Mahsun Tekin from Hakkari Şemdinli Sabri Özel High School ranked the first place with his “Kundura” film, Mehmetcan Soyluoğlu from Nicosia Bülent Ecevit Anatolian High School ranked the second place with his “Asosyal” film, Mehmet Kelekli from Izmir Bayraklı Technical and Industrial Vocational High School ranked the third place with his “Muzaffer oldu Şarlo (Muzaffer turned into Şarlo)” film. The films that ranked the first three places were watched at GAU Cyprus Karmi Campus Senate Congress Hall after the award ceremony. The grand prize is higher education with full scholarship at GAU UK Campus The works that attended the 4th GAU Short Film Festival Among High Schools and that were ranked would be broadcasted at GAU TV short film time.

93 Films competed at the tough jury

The winners of the 4th Short Film Competition Among High Schools, which was held by Girne American University (GAU), were determined. A seminar on cinema and directing was held before the award ceremony, in which young communication students met with acclaimed director Osman Sınav and Metin Günay.

A more intense interest was given to the awarded short film competition of GAU Faculty of Communication according to the previous years. The best three films, which were chosen as a result of the works of many days and which were difficult for the jury to chose, were the films of the students that attended from Izmir, Hakkari and Nicosia.

Mahsun Tekin from Hakkari Şemdinli Sabri Özel High School won 100 % preparatory scholarship from GAU Canterbury Campsu or 2500 Euro with his “Kundura” film, Mehmetcan Soyluoğlu from Nicosia Bülent Ecevit Anatolian High School won 1500 Euro and a digital camera with his “Asosyal” film, Mehmet Kelekli from Izmir Bayraklı Technical and Industrial Vocational High School won 750 Euro and a DivX/DVD player with his “Muzaffer oldu Şarlo” film. The winner students were invited to the island for the ceremony and they were hosted in the island.

< Acclaimed director Osman Sınav, Metin Günay, photograph artist İbrahim Demirel, Chairman of the Foreign Press Association and the director of the award-winner documentary the Vanished Bus Fevzi Tanpınar, Director of Bayrak Radio TV Ziya Tunaç, Dean of GAU Faculty of Communication Prof. Dr.Alpay Ataol, Chairperson of GAU Radio TV Cinema Department Prof. Dr. Sacide Vural, Chairperson of GAÜ Public Relations and Press and Media As. Prof. Dr. Neriman Saygılı, the critic of Kıbrıs Newspaper Ahmet Tolgay and Producer and Director Derviş Zaim also took place in the jury.

“We would like to study at Karmi Campus if we were students. We celebrate GAU.” Osman Sınav and Metin Günay met with communication students before the award ceremony at GAU Cyprus Karmi Campus Millennium Complex Senate Hall. The famous directors began the interview, in which they shared their work lives and the secrets of their successes, by saying “We would like to study at GAU if we were students.”

Expressing that they were pleased to take place in the short film competition of GAU as guests, the directors talked with the students on cinema. Making conversations with students in question and answer form, the directors surprised the students with the interesting answers they gave. Expressing the secret of success as the dreaming philosophy, Osman Sınav explained his dreams by saying “I look for dream partners to make dreams come true. One of them is Metin Günay. Even the most difficult dreams come true when you find the dream partners. Every person who changed the world had a dream, if you do not have a dream, you will be the figurant of the dreams of someone else.”

“My last dream is to shoot a love film, in which East and West would be sythesis.” Stressing that his last dream was to make a love film, Sınav said he wanted to shoot a Romeo and Leyla or Juliet and Mecnun type film. Metin Günay has said that his accomplishments in TV shows were to work with trained cinema artists and he gave advice to young communication students by saying “Turkish TV show and cinema sectors are developing; because cinema and TV departments are being studied in universities since 1980s. Success is sourced from education.” The 25th year flowers of Osman Sınav and Metin Günay were given to them by Chairman of GAU Health, Culture and Sports Department Türkay Akpınar and by the Dean of GAU Faculty of Communication Prof. Dr. Alpay Ataol for their contribution. After the interview, the films that ranked the first three place in the award ceremony of the 4th Short Film Festival Among High Schools, in which amateur cinema artists came together from Turkey and TRNC, were watched. As. Prof. Dr. Neriman Saygılı : “The aim is to discover new talents” In the statement she made, the Chairperson of GAU Communication Faculty Public Relations and Press and Media Department As. Prof. Dr. Neriman, who made a lot of effort in the organization of the competition, said the organization that was held traditionally was aimed to discover new talents in Turkey and TRNC and to gain them in the sector and as GAU Faculty of Communication, they would continue their works.

The 93 films that attended the 4th GAU Short Film Competition Among High Schools would be presented to the cinema lovers at GAU TV Short Films time.