Director Biography - burak kum

He was born in 1984 in Bursa. After graduating from the Department of Public Administration in Trakya University faculty of economic and administrative sciences, he worked as a director of photography, assistant director and editor in many commercials, documentaries, promotional films and feature films.

He founded Kanka Film Production Company. produced and undertook the post-production feature film ‘Love in Secret Garden’. The film was selected for the international competition section at the 35th Cairo Film Festival. Between 2017-2018, he directed many short films. His short film ‘Far Fom Home’ won awards from many national and international festivals. The film ‘Give back the Silent Spring’ was selected as the best European film at the AgriCulture film festival in Italy.His short film Far From Home won awards from many national and international festivals. The film ‘Give back the Silent Spring’ was selected as the best European film at the AgriCulture film festival in Italy. His short film Absurd Man won awards Roma Short Film Festival (Best Short Film), American Golden Picture International Film Festival (Best Experimental Short Film), Changing Face International Film Festival (Best Experimental Short Film), Nafco Film Festival (Judge’s Award Comedy), Best Istanbul Film Festival (Jury Award) , Assurdo Film Festival (Best Sci-Fantasy- Action). His short film Nevermind won award in 4th stage 32. Also he filmed intro videos for Chess Film Festival, Roma Short Film Festival and Hollywood Short Film Festival.