{"id":3190,"date":"2017-10-19T19:42:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T19:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2024-09-01T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:12:47","slug":"a-savage-tale-finely-wrought-ayce-kartals-wicked-girl-makes-waves-on-the-festival-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/a-savage-tale-finely-wrought-ayce-kartals-wicked-girl-makes-waves-on-the-festival-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Savage Tale Finely Wrought: Ayce Kartal\u2019s \u2018Wicked Girl\u2019 Makes Waves on the Festival Circuit | ANIMATIONWorld"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018Wicked Girl\u2019 directed by Ayce Kartal.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

AnimationWorld Magazine<\/em> \u2014 October 19, 2017
A Savage Tale Finely Wrought: Ayce Kartal\u2019s \u2018Wicked Girl\u2019 Makes Waves on the Festival Circuit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of the many strong short films presented at this year\u2019s edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, one standout project was the 2D animated Wicked Girl<\/em> (K\u00f6t\u00fc K\u0131z<\/em>), which was awarded Best Narrative Animated Short at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written, designed and directed by Turkish animator Ayce Kartal, who also storyboarded, illustrated and animated the incredibly moving, eight-minute short, Wicked Girl<\/em> is a portrait of S., an eight-year-old  girl with an overflowing imagination who is keen on nature and animals. While she is looking back on the good old days in her grandparent\u2019s village, dark and terrifying memories emerge and, little by little, begin to make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kartal began his studies at the Fine Arts program at Anadolu University in Eski\u015fehir, Turkey, graduating from the Animation Department in 2000. He remained at the University as a Research Assistant, earning an MFA in 2004, and went on to complete the Time-Based Arts Pre-PhD program at UNSW Sydney. He also won a scholarship to study Film Directing at the New York Film Academy, graduating in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Turkey, if you happen to be an artist, it means it\u2019s a very sad thing for the families because this makes you really poor,\u201d Kartel wryly comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His previous short, 2016\u2019s Birdy Wouaf Wouaf<\/em><\/a>, follows an adorable bird used to being pampered by his mother and father — until the day he starts barking. Before that, in 2013, Kartal released Backward Run<\/em> (Tornistan<\/em>)<\/a>, which criticized press censorship of the Gezi Park protests that occurred in Turkey between May and July that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wicked Girl<\/em> was produced by French prodco Les Valseurs<\/a> in co-production with Gao Shan Pictures, located on France\u2019s Reunion Island, and is being distributed by uniFrance label Arte France. Currently making the festival rounds, Wicked Girl<\/em> has also screened at TIFF, HAFF, KLIK, and more, winning prizes at Annecy, the Fantoche Festival and Croatia\u2019s Supertoon Festival, among many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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