Selin Yaman
Biography
Yaman Films’ principal is Selin Yaman. Selin’s career demonstrates a commitment to diverse and distinctive screen projects. In 2001, she began a three year collaboration with satirist John Safran and the result was the popular, award winning series JOHN SAFRAN’S MUSIC JAMBOREE. The follow up was JOHN SAFRAN VS GOD, an eight part exploration into religion which saw her lead a team to countries as diverse as Haiti, Mozambique and the US. Both series’ collected AFI awards, as well as Writers’ Guild Awards and LOGIE nominations.
Selin spent three years as Head of Production at leading Melbourne-based production company Renegade Films during a growth period which saw the production of television series’ ROCKWIZ (line producer), WILFRED and VASILI’S GARDEN. With Renegade Films, Selin produced the Screen Australia funded award winning animation INK, which has screened at festivals around the world.
Independently, Selin produced Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s short film ON THE OTHER OCEAN which screened at Melbourne Film Festival in 2006, the 2007 Adelaide Film Festival and 2007 Sydney Film Festival and as part of the FFC supported Pulse director’s showcase in LA in February 2008.
In 2008, she was selected to participate in the Rotterdam Producer’s Lab in conjunction with Cinemart. Selin has a degree in media and cinema studies, has studied screenwriting at RMIT and in 2008 completed a post graduate degree in business administration.
INK (2009)
A lost toy, a stolen childhood and a girl spray painting the streets in search of both.
Written, Directed and Animated by Justine Wallace.
Produced by Selin Yaman for Renegade Films. Funded by Screen Australia.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS – a selection
Revelation Perth Film Festival 2009, Super Shorts Film Festival UK (Winner, Best Animation), LA Shorts Fest, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Salento International Film Festival (winner, Best Short Animation), Sitges Film Festival, Anim’est (Romania), California Animation Festival, Uppsalla International Short Film Festival, WOW Film Festival (winner best Animation), Columbus International Film Festival (honourable mention, Chris Awards).
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ON THE OTHER OCEAN (2006)
You there. Its late. Imagine yourself with the lid coming down. The hymns and requiems. The sense of movement as you’re borne along to the next place.
Written and directed by Amiel Courtin-Wilson.
FESTIVALS
Melbourne International Film Festival 2006.
Adelaide International Film Festival 2007.
JOHN SAFRAN VS GOD (2004)
In his most ludicrously ambitious project yet, world-famous media hooligan John Safran scours the world in search of God… AND FINDS HIM…. Or, at least, a lot of folk who believe they have.
Written by John Safran and Mark O’Toole.
Produced by Selin Yaman for the Ghost of Your Ex-boyfriend Productions (Ghost Pictures and John Safran) and SBS.
AWARDS
Winner:
2005 – AFI Award – Best comedy series series.
2005 – AFI Craft Award – Most original concept.
Nominated:
2005 – LOGIE Award – Most outstanding comedy series.
JOHN SAFRAN’S MUSIC JAMBOREE (2002)
John Safran’s back to share his peculiar passion for the wild, wild world of contemporary music. Blowing apart the music industry in this 10 part cult smash, Safran exposes the dirt, the groupies, the guns, the satanism and the egos.
Written by John Safran and Mark O’Toole.
Produced by Selin Yaman for the Ghost of Your Ex-boyfriend Productions (Ghost Pictures and John Safran) and SBS.
AWARDS
Winner:
2003 – AFI Award – Best comedy series.
2003 – AFI Craft Award – Most original concept.
2002 – AWGIE Award – Best comedy (non-format).
Nominated:
2003 – LOGIE award – Most outstanding comedy series.
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