Ömür Kınay
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Ömür Kınay, who was nearly killed in the earthquake in August 1999, intended to be a director and received the Golden Cocoon Award with her short film.
Ömür Kınay lost her mother in the earthquake and now continues her life in a wheelchair. She said that she made a film about Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi due to it being the third "Mevlana Year." She stated that she is proud to receive the award.
omur Kinay wins the Golden Cocoon Award with her film depicting the seven counsels of Mevlana.
A girl we all know of from the earthquake on August 17th 1999, Ömür Kınay, has won the Golden Cocoon Award for the "Best Experimental Film" with her short film depicting the seven counsels of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi. The name of the film is "Kün," which means "To be" in Arabic.
Kınay is a Communication and Design Department sophomore student in Kültür University. The film, which previously won two more awards, was prepared to be her final project. Its duration is 3 minutes and 20 seconds. She says that she used "symbolic and strking visuality" in the film.
The soundtrack of the film includes "Ab-ı Nafi" by Mercan Dede and Ceza. The seven counsels were dubbed by Okan Bayülgen. Kınay also expressed that she did not receive this award for being disabled but for producing a good work.
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The Learning Channel (The Ultimate 10...) - Earthquake, rescue and one year later - Ömür Kinay
On behalf of "The Learning Channel" Feiland Media looked up and produced a single fate portrait contected to the large Izmit earthquake (40 sec at 7.4) at which more than 20,000 people died. The selection fell on Omur Kinay, which was buried in the ruble of her house. Her mother was hit by the concrete and died, lying next to Omur. Omur was parcially paralysed. She is bound to the wheelchair. The cheerfull 21year old woman makes large progress with the rehablitation. With sprags she can already walk some meters by herself.
The topic "Earthquake" is still current in Istanbul. Over 10 million citiziens expect the next disaster to happen with a magnitude of 7-8 (Richterscale). It may happen any moment... Ömür Kinay
