The short film “Elsa’nın Gözleri” (Elsa’s Eyes), made for his “Graduation Project” by İsmail Kurt, a final-year student in the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, Faculty of Communication, Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU), was awarded third place in the Animation Film category of the TRT Future Communicators Competition.
The awards of the “TRT Future Communicators Competition”, organised by TRT to contribute to and encourage the work that university students undertake within the scope of their educational activities, have found their winners.
Prof. Dr. Bülent Küçükerdoğan, Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, HKU Faculty of Communication, underlined that it was very important and meaningful that the film “Elsa’nın Gözleri” stood out among 1615 works and 2213 students from 115 universities to win an award in the competition, which was held in four main categories (radio, visual, digital and communication campaign) and 13 sub-categories, and congratulated his student İsmail Kurt on his success.
İsmail Kurt, the writer and director of “Elsa’nın Gözleri”, said he was happy to have received an award at the TRT Future Communicators Competition, held for the eighth time this year. İsmail Kurt thanked everyone who contributed to the production, above all his project supervisor, Prof. Dr. Bülent Küçükerdoğan, Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, HKU Faculty of Communication.
THE SUCCESS NEWS FROM OUR FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION MAKES US ALL PROUD
Saying that its students and graduates represent HKU in the best possible way through their significant achievements, Rector Prof. Dr. Türkay Dereli said: “These days, the success news coming one after another from our Faculty of Communication makes us all proud. The news of this placing in the TRT Future Communicators Competition is also quite important as an indicator of the quality of the education provided at Hasan Kalyoncu University. We are always by our young people and we support them. I also congratulate our graduating student who received the award on his success, and I thank the lecturers of the Faculty of Communication who share in this achievement.”
Prof. Dr. Gül Rengin Küçükerdoğan, HKU Vice-Rector and Dean of the Faculty of Communication, noting that her students have so far won awards in many national and international competitions, including the Golden Boll (Altın Koza), said: “We are very happy with these achievements of our students. I congratulate all our lecturers who contributed to this success and our student who placed in the competition.”
News: Çetin KARABIYIK /HKU
