BIO

Ada Güvenir is an animation filmmaker and visual artist born and raised in Izmir, Turkey. She studied Audiovisual Arts in KASK School of Arts in Ghent. After completing her masters degree, her graduation film was selected in film festivals around the world and won the VAF Wildcard prize which awarded her with a budget for her next project. Her new film ‘As If It Could’ was released in 2023 and is going around in festivals. She is currently doing a PhD in Luca School of Arts C-mine and working as a lecturer in the Audiovisual Arts department. Her doctoral research is around the themes of humour, immigration, psychoanalysis and animation. 

ABOUT THE FILM

When we fly kites, are we really flying them or are we holding them back from flying away? The short animated film ‘Some Day’ depicts the journey of Olive and her attempts to fly (with) her red kite.