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Belmin Söylemez / Director
Born in Istanbul. She worked as copy writer, editor, producer for companies like ARD German TV (Istanbul Office) and BBA (Independent Press Agency Istanbul). She made music videos and promotion films as a director and producer. Her short films and documentaries have been screened in international film festivals like Toronto, Göteborg, Sarajevo and recieved a number of awards nationally and internationally. Her films were broadcasted on TV Channels such as ARTE France/Germany, SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland) SBS (Australia). Her films have also participated in exhibitions such as “Call me Istanbul”, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany and `Free Kick`- the 9th Istanbul Biennial. Prsent Tense is her first fiction feature film. Filmography: ‘State of Sleep’ 1999 short film ‘The Moustache’ 2000 documentary “ZAP!” 2000 short film ‘Waves’ 2001 short film ‘Windows’ 2002 short film (for Oda Projesi) ‘The Picture of My Life’ 2003 video (for Oda Projesi) ‘34 Taxi’ documentary 2005 ‘What a Beautiful Democracy!’ documentary 2008 (co-director) |