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Sansür (1970)

Sansür poster
Directed by
Tan Oral
Genre
animation
Country
Turkey
Runtime
7 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short animated film that criticizes censorship through a satirical story. The film itself was banned from television and later published as a book with a warning label.

satiricalabsurdfrustratingironicunsettlingsubversive

What happens

Sansür (En: Censorship) is a 1970 Turkish animated short directed by Tan Oral. The film won the grand prize at the 1970 TRT's Television Films Competition. It is then stated that the film will be shown on TV screens a week after the award ceremony, but the film is never aired on TV. Sansür was published as a book in 1977. But a court ruled to publish the book with a label stating "not suitable for those under 18" & "subject to threat". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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