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Başak Kırıcı 
   
  b.2000

Animation Director & Visual Artist
Born in Istanbul, lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 

contact:
basakirici@gmail.com

Education
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam 2018 - 2022
Avni Akyol Fine Arts School, Istanbul 
2014 - 2018


Festivals
Flatpack Festival, Short Film Competition, UK 2025
ShorTS International Film Festival, Express Section, Trieste, ITA 2025
FILMFEST DRESDEN, Short Film Bingo, GER 2025
Kaboom Animation Festival, Dutch Shorts, NL 2025
12th Canlandiranlar Film Festival, TR 2024
NUSCA Festival, Venice, ITA 2024
Kaboom Animation Festival, Graduation Film, NL 2024
Dutch Directors Guild, DDG Animation Nominee, NL 2023
Apedemak Sudan International Animation Film Festival, SD 2023
Nederlands Film Festival, NFF Student Competition, NL 2023
NFF - EY Young Talent Award, NL 2023
Playgrounds Student Awards, Nomination, NL 2023
Close-Up Student Film Festival, Rotterdam , NL 2023
Kaboom Animation Festival, Debutant Ball, NL 2022



Screenings
Corte Migrante, Maaspodium, Rotterdam, NL 2025
Netherlands Film Funds, Ultrakort Private Premier, Utrecht, NL 2024
Zeze & Mercedes Private Premier, KINO, Rotterdam, NL 2023


Publications
Kaboom Animation Festival, Filmmakers Talk, Utrecht, NL 2025
Le Guess Who? U?, Maardevan; A Study of A Shared Meal, Utrecht, NL 2024
NFF Archives, Ultrakort - Please Make My Wish Come True, Rotterdam, NL 2024
Heritage Studios, (A)wake - MONO, Rotterdam, NL 2023
Science & Art School - Science Gallery Rotterdam, NL 2023
Marbella Marbella Art and Culture, Amsterdam, NL 2023
Pop-Up Exhibition, Lokatie Laurier, Amsterdam, NL 2023
WdKA Graduation Show, Rotterdam, NL 2022
Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend, Rotterdam, NL 2021
Culemborg Art Festival, Culemborg, NL 2018
AAGSL Graduation Exhibiton, Istanbul, TR 2018
Alt-Üst AAGSL Exhibiton, Istanbul, TR 2017


Work
(WIP) , - Visual Development, Animation Supervisor, NL 2025
"Please Make My Wish Come True”, NFF Ultrakort 2024 - Director, NL 2024
“Zeze & Mercedes”, WdKA Graduation Film - Director, NL 2023
Juanfer Marrero Group, Branie Festival - Visual Director, NL 2021
“It's Nice In Here”, Robert-Jonathan Koeyers - Lead Animator, NL 2020
"Burnout Diary”, Studio Pupil - Storyboard Artist, NL 2020
“The House”, Nexus Studios - O.T. Animator, UK 2020

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