TOKAY

Tokay is a Swiss-Turkish director and designer based in Switzerland. He grew up in the city of Bern, where he started experimenting with in camera stop motion animation at a very young age. During his later schooldays he explored and documented the local nightlife and underground scene using old MiniDV cams and played visuals at multiple events. He also created various short films and music videos in the Swiss Alps with simple means.

In his work, connecting image and sound, his main focus lies in the interaction between light and perception. He likes to limit himself to basic materials and simple workflows and he tries to push the boundaries to create visual illusions working with texture, materiality, light and perspective.

Thanks to his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, he specialized mainly in crafting and stop motion animation. During his undergraduate studies, Tokay co-directed and animated the ident «Fantastic Adventures» for Cartoon Network in stop motion.

Currently he is doing the MA in Animation at Lucerne School of Art and Design and working on different film and design projects.

CV

2021 - Jetzt

• Masterstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst

2018 - 2021

• Bachelorstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst

2017 - 2018

• Rö, Röthlisberger Innenausbau & Kollektion

2014 - 2018

• Schreiner EFZ TFB, Technische Fachschule Bern

Contact

• Mail: contact@tokay.tv
• Vimeo / Instagram / Web: @tokay.tv

Works / Filmography /Festivals

2021

• Dude Bachelor Abschlussfilm

2020

• 2. Platz «Eyes & Ears Awards 2020» mit «Fantastic Adventures»
• Cartoon Network Ident «Fantastic Adventures»
• «Cargo» gestickter Trailer für ein zukünftiges Filmprojekt.

2019

• Mithilfe bei der Animation von «Golema». Ein Film von Geena Gasser und Amon Zucker.
• Teilnahme an «Out of Home Animation» an der Hochschule Luzern, Blankenburg (BE)
• Teilnahme an «Animation Unplugged» an der Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf, Babelsberg (DE)
• Audiovisuelle Installation, «The Colors of the Sea», Neubad Luzern
• 24h Animationsmarathon mit Georges Schwizgebel. Ecole Ceruleum, Lausanne

2018

• Abschlussaustellung Gestalterische Berufsmaturität Gibb, Lorraine, Bern

2012

• «Hauptstadtlegenden», Teilnahme am Filmfestival Rostige Hund.