PRE SELECTION JURY
MEHMET ALİ KARGA
About
He was born in 1982 in İstanbul. After receiving an associate degree from Marmara University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, he completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration. With his thesis titled “Students’ Freedom of Belief, Worship and Expression”, he received a master’s degree in the Sociology Department of the Institute of Social Sciences, Maltepe University. Continued his doctorate in the Department of History of Religions at Ankara University. He worked as a manager in various bookstores, media sector and he wrote book reviews in some literary magazines. Mehmet Ali Karga, who currently works as a producer and cinema contents supervisor on the TRT2 channel, also has a novel called “Ahir” and a cinema book called “Askıda Sinema”.
NİHAL ŞEN
About
Nihal Şen was born in 1984, Istanbul. She was graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Film and Television BA Degree. She is a master’s student at the same university’s Film and Television Program. She has got several documentaries, short films and video art works. She has been working in film festivals in various positions.
Filmography
Kazasker Mustafa İzzet Efendi Documentary – 2014 – 9’ (Producer-Director)
After Her Last Breath – 2016 – 43’’ (Director)
Süt – 2017 – 1′ (Director)
Bızın/Goat – 2017 – 1′ (Assistant Director)
Apartman – 2017 – 10′ (Art Director)
Dedemin Mezarını Kazıyorum – 2018 – 6’ (Assistant Director)
Cemile – 2020 – 10’ (Assistant Director)
Between Two Dawns – 2020 – 90’ (3. Camera Assistant)
Pota – 2020 – Feature-Length (DIT)
A Beautiful Dream – 2022 – Feature-Length (Assistant Director)
Things Unheard Of – 2022 – 15’ (Camera Assistant)
Festivals
- Malatya International Film Festival – 2018 – Platform Assistant Director
- Amity International Short Film Festival – 2018 – Program Assistant Director
- Amity International Short Film Festival – 2019 – Assistant Coordinator
- Amity International Short Film Festival – 2020 – Programmer
- Amity International Short Film Festival – 2021 – Programmer
- Çekmeköy International Short Film Festival – 2021 – Pre-selection Jury
- Mercy To Universe International Film Festival – 2021 – Final Draft Production Support Coordinatoar
ORÇUN KÖKSAL
About
He was born in Izmir in 1978. He studied Fine Arts in Mimar Sinan University. He took scenario lessons from the directors Ersin Pertan and Artun Yeres. In 2004, he worked in art department of the film “Angel’s Fall” by Semih Kaplanoğlu. From 2005 to 2010, he took part in Semih Kaplanoğlu’s“Bal/Honey”(60. Int. Berlin Film Festival Best Film Golden Bear Award), “Süt/Milk” and “Yumurta/Egg” films as a co-writer. He also worked in the production department of these films. In 2007, he won the Golden Orange Award for “Best Screenplay” in 44. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and won the “Mahmut Tali Öngören Best Screenplay Award” in 40. SIYAD Awards with the film, “Yumurta.” In 2021, he shot his first future film “BARS/Tulliana.”
YUNUS NAMAZ
About
He was born in Van in 1981. He completed his master’s and doctorate studies in the field of cinema. Since 2009, he has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, Faculty of Communication, Fırat University. He completed his MA in Elazığ and his Ph.D. in Kayseri. One of the short films he produced, “Your Choice” won the first prize in the Turkey Value Awards (2014), and his short film “The Fall of Innocence” was awarded the first prize in the Second Mercy to the Worlds Short Film Competition (2015). He served as jury chairman, jury member, and coordinator in many short film competitions and festivals. He continues to work on topics such as short film production, screenwriting, Turkish cinema, African cinema, political films after September 11, the other in cinema, and Orientalism. The first book of the author, who has more than ten short films, was published by Mümbit Publications in 2021 under the name Cinematic Discourses and met with its readers. In 2022, his second work “African Cinema: An Introduction to Ousmane Sembene Filmography” was published by Afrika Foundation Publications. He has many articles, book chapters, and papers on cinema. He is still a doctoral faculty member in the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema of the Faculty of Communication at Fırat University and is the head of the department of cinema.
Filmography
- Connect (2012)
- There Was a World (2013)
- Waves That Bring to Life: Anatomy of Van Earthquakes (2014)
- Your Choice (2014)
*Değerler Olimpiyatı, Turkey First Prize
- Picture of Transformation (2015)
- The Fall of Innocence (2015)
* 2. Mercy to the Universe Short Film Competition, First Prize
* 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival, Islam and World Peace Selection
- Report Card (2016)
- Forever (2017)
- Trafilm (2017)
- If the Voices Drop (2018)
- My House is Colorful (2020)
- Drop (2020)
ABDULGAFUR ŞAHİN
About
He was born in 1989 in Istanbul. He graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to the films and commercials he directed, he worked as a cinematographer, editor and assistant director in various films. He did photography in various national and international projects. He gave cinematography trainings in workshops.
Filmography
- 2022.The Missing Link, Documentary, (In Pre-Production)
- 2022. Tagiev, Documentary, (Post-Production)
- 2019. Lights of Jerusalem, Documentary, 27′
- 2017. From Love, Fiction, 15′
- 2010. Pigeon, Fiction, 10′