The films competing for the "Golden Orange" (Altın Portakal) at the 63rd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival have been announced across the following categories: National Feature Film, National Short Film, National Documentary Film, and International Feature Film.
The National Feature Film Competition of the International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival—Turkey’s longest-running film festival, set to take place from October 24 to 31, 2026—will feature 12 films. At the Golden Orange, films will compete for awards in the following categories: Best Film, Dr. Avni Tolunay Special Jury Award, Behlül Dal Best Debut Film Award, Best Director, Cahide Sonku Award, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Documentary Film, Documentary Film Special Jury Award, Best Short Film, Short Film Special Jury Award, the Sungu Çapan Critics’ Jury Award for Best Domestic Film, and the Film-Yön Best Director Award. All films in the national selections will have their Turkish premieres at the Golden Orange.
Offering significant support to cinema with a total prize pool of 11 million TL this year, the festival has set the award for Best Film in the National Feature Film Competition at 5 million TL. Derviş Zaim will serve as the jury president for the National Feature Film Competition at the Golden Orange. 12 Films to Compete in the National Feature Film Competition
The National Feature Film Competition—with a preliminary jury comprising production manager and post-production technician Ahmet Seyrekbasan, producer Derya Tarım, and academic Prof. Dr. Zeynep Çetin Erus—will feature films that contribute to cinematic culture and stand out for their original storytelling and artistic approach. Every film in the selection will have its Turkish premiere, with 8 of these films making their world premiere in Antalya.
The films competing for the Golden Orange in the National Feature Film Competition are: *Artakalan* (directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu), *Bekle Bizi Brüksel* (directed by Necmi Sancak), *Bir Anne Hakkında* (directed by Büşra Bülbül), *Cinlerin Düğünü* (directed by Ferit Karahan), *Düğün Şarkıcısı* (directed by Emre Aybek), *Elisa* (directed by Sinan Sertel), *Hakikatin Ölümü* (directed by Hüseyin Karabey), *Kadim Mavi* (directed by Emir Ziyalar), *Ölü Arının İğnesi* (directed by Aydın Orak), *Selma* (directed by Emre Kavuk), *Taş ve Tüy* (directed by Ragıp Türk), and *Tatlı Maya* (directed by Biket İlhan).
THE NATIONAL FILMS
Bir Anne Hakkında
Türkçe: Bir Anne Hakkında • English: About The Mother
Directed By: Büşra Bülbül
Year:2026
Length:84'
Country: Türkiye
Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Büşra Bülbül
Screenplay:
Büşra Bülbül, Bekir Bülbül
Production Company:
Mayıs Film
Cinematography by:
Kürşat Üresin
Edied by:
Naim Kanat
Art Directed by:
Natali Yeres
Mucic:
-
Sound Design:
Sedat Polat
Cast:
Sevda Erginci
Duygu Köse
Ümran Şakır
Osman Doğan
Ecmel İs Ergür
Ahmet Çelik
Synopsis:
Sibel’s husband is hospitalized with liver failure and waits
for an organ transplant. As time runs out, Sibel searches for a donor on her
own. Her husband’s brother Osman is a suitable match, but past conflicts, his
health problems, and his wife’s opposition stand in the way. To pay off Osman’s
debts, Sibel sells milk on the streets. As her husband’s condition worsens, she
begins Languageuting the milk with water to earn more, crossing a moral line in
her struggle to save him.
Director Bio and View:
Büşra Bülbül is a director, screenwriter, and producer.
Throughout her career, she has worked as a screenwriter and producer on short
and feature films. She co-wrote and produced My Little Words (2018) and A Bunch
of Cloves (2022). Her short film Bleach (2020), which she wrote and directed,
had its world premiere at the 40th Istanbul Film Festival and was screened and
awarded at several national and international festivals. Her feature
directorial debut, About the Mother (2026), received the TRT 12 Punto Co-Production
Award during its development. The film had its world premiere in the Asian New
Talent Competition at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Cinlerin Düğünü
Türkçe: Cinlerin Düğünü • English: Djinn Wedding
Directed By: Ferit Karahan
Year:2026
Length:132'
Country: United Kingdom
Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Ferit Karahan
Screenplay:
Ferit Karahan
Production Company:
Ferit Karahan, Arya Yapım, Maya Film, Royal Pictures
Cinematography by:
Serdar Özdemir
Edited by:
Ferit Karahan, Marco Spoletini, Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, Yusuf Ziya
Kaya, Mustafa Umut Ay
Art Direction by:
Selin Girgin
Music by:
İlke Ulaş Kuvanç
Sound Design:
Noyan Coşarer
Cast:
Demet Özdemir
Kaan Yıldırım
Helin Kandemir
İlhan Şen
Sarp Bozkurt
Tuba Ünsal
Deniz Barut
Mine Çayıroğlu
Hasibe Eren
Evliya Aykan
Erol Babaoğlu
Kubilay Çamlıdağ
Baki Davrak
Gürhan Altundaşar
Barış Hacıhan
Hakan Salınmış
Synopsis:
When four estranged siblings reunite in their remote
Anatolian village for their sister’s wedding, long-buried memories begin to
resurface. As the celebrations unfold, two of them are drawn back into the
unbreakable bond they once shared. Family secrets slowly come to light, leading
them on a journey through grief and the invisible ties between generations.
Director Bio and View:
Ferit Karahan is a Kurdish filmmaker from Eastern Anatolia
whose work explores the intersections of violence, social isolation, and the
unseen within the shadowy landscapes of memory. His debut feature, The Fall
from Heaven (2013), won Best Film at the Antalya Film Festival and Best First
Film at the Ankara Film Festival. His second feature, Brother’s Keeper (2021),
premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the
FIPRESCI Award. The film went on to win more than 40 international awards and
screened at over 200 festivals worldwide, including the BFI London Film
Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, and
Chicago International Film Festival. Karahan’s films are deeply rooted in the
landscapes and oral traditions of Eastern Anatolia, combining stark realism
with subjective memory, folklore, and political undercurrents. His latest
feature, Djinn Wedding (2026), was selected for the Platform Competition at the
Toronto International Film Festival.
DÜĞÜN ŞARKICISI
Türkçe: DÜĞÜN ŞARKICISI • English: THE WEDDING SINGER
Directed
By: Emre Aybek Year:2026 Length:91' Country: Türkiye
Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Emre Aybek
Screenplay:
Erdi Işık
Production Company:
Rodi Medya, Saros Film
Cinematography by:
Sebastian Weber
Edited by:
Aziz İmamoğlu
Art Direction by:
Onur Tuğ
Music by:
Cem Tuncer, Barış Doğukan Yazıcı
Sound Design:
-
Cast:
Yasemin Sakallıoğlu
Yiğit Özşener
Tuğba Çom
Şahin Eryılmaz
Hande Doğandemir
Mehmet Korhan Fırat
Selen Uçer
Levent Öktem
Synopsis:
In 2001, young jazz singer Şahnaz comes to Istanbul from
Ankara, dreaming of a life in music. Discovered by venue owner Muzaffer, she
becomes the lead singer of Urban Jazz Bar. As Istanbul and the country change,
she faces loss, heartbreak, economic hardship, and the pandemic. When the bar
becomes a wedding hall, she leaves, but eventually returns. What she first sees
as defeat becomes a new beginning, as she discovers that weddings are also
stages where people share their joy, pain, and hope.
Director Bio and View:
Emre Aybek is a Turkish independent director. After
graduating from Izmir American Collegiate Institute, he studied Film Design at
Yaşar University in Izmir. He began his professional career as an assistant
director on Köksüz (2013). He subsequently worked on productions including
Tatar Ramazan (2013), Unutursam Fısılda (2014), Kara Para Aşk (2014-2015),
Nadide Hayat (2015), Kehribar (2016), Benim Adım Feridun (2016), Vatanım Sensin
(2017-2018), and Aşk 101 (2020). He worked as a second-unit director on Ottoman
Rising (2020), and his directing credits include Hekimoğlu (2020-2021),
Tetikçinin Oğlu (2023), and Uzak Şehir (2024). The Wedding Singer (2026) is his
first feature film.
ELİSA
Türkçe: ELİSA • English: ELISA Directed By: Sinan Sertel Year:2025
Length:95' Country: Türkiye
Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Sinan Sertel
Screenplay:
Selman Kılıçaslan, Sinan Sertel
Production Company:
Sancak Medya Yapım
Cinematography by:
Cevahir Şahin
Edited by:
Naim Kanat
Art Direction by:
Reyhan Acar
Music by:
Ali Saran
Sound Design:
Cenker Kökten
Cast:
Ekin Türkmen
Ulvi Kahyaoğlu
Berfu Öngören
Sabahattin Yakut
Cemil Büyükdöğerli
Serkan Altıntaş
Defne Doğar
Mehmet Çepiç
Synopsis:
Nuclear war and the disasters that followed brought the
world to ruin. Born of that chaos, Solisvita built the sheltered Kalekents and
developed Geneterna, a treatment granting genetic immunity. To find the rare
ore needed to spread it, seven people are placed in a cave with 180 days of
water. As the water runs out, contact is lost. A radiation-sick Gypsy found
unconscious at the door with a clarinet, and an ancient chapel deep in the
cave, turn the search into a trial that lays every soul bare.
Director Bio and View:
Born in 1981, Sinan Sertel graduated from Istanbul Technical
University before studying filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. He has
written and directed four short films and two feature films. His first short
film, No Signal (2010), premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. His
debut feature, Once Upon a Child (2018), won Best Film, Best Director, and Best
Screenplay at the Iranian International FICTS Festival. His second feature, The
Hero Within Me (2021), competed at the Adana, Malatya, and Bosphorus
international film festivals, receiving several awards, including Best
Director, Best Music, and Best Editing. Continuing his theoretical and
practical work in cinema, Sertel wrote and directed his third feature film,
Elisa.
Hakikatin Ölümü
Türkçe: Hakikatin Ölümü • English: Death Of Truth Directed
By: Hüseyin Karabey Year:2026 Length:100' Country: Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle:
İngilizce
Directed By
Hüseyin Karabey
Screenplay:
Hüseyin Karabey
Production Company:
Asi Film Yapım
Cinematography by:
Orçun Özkılıç
Edited by:
İsmet Araç
Art Direction by:
Çağlar Narler
Music by:
Özgür Zoral
Sound Design:
Kerem Işık
Cast:
Mert Fırat
Mehmet Günsür
Yağmur Elif Seber
Ümit Çırak
Emre Yıldızlar
Synopsis:
Feridun’s quiet life changes when Timuçin, his old friend,
suddenly shows up for a showdown. Timuçin suffers a pang of conscience because
of the murders he committed in the past and he considers turning himself in.
Feridun wants to prevent him from turning himself in, which, as a matter of
fact, is necessary for his own freedom. The past and relationships begin to be
questioned behind the locked door of Feridun’s house, which is his entire
world.
Director Bio and View:
Born in Istanbul in 1970, Hüseyin Karabey graduated from
Pertevniyal High School before studying Film and Television at the Faculty of
Fine Arts, Marmara University. He began his career working in both documentary
and fiction filmmaking. His short films, feature films, and documentaries have
received numerous international awards. His debut feature, Gitmek (My Marlon
and Brando), premiered at the 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam. He
received the Best Director Award at the 6th Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
The film screened at 36 international film festivals and won numerous awards.
His second feature, Sesime Gel (Come to My Voice), premiered at the Berlin
International Film Festival and received several awards, including Best Film
and Audience Awards at festivals in Istanbul, Milan, and Mar del Plata. His
project Hamarat Apartmanı has also received awards during screenplay
development. Karabey has directed five feature films, seven documentaries, and
three short films. His film İçerdekiler (Insiders) won Best Screenplay at the
Dhaka International Film Festival. He has taught filmmaking at independent
cultural centers, Marmara University, and international workshops. He has
worked with refugee children in London, young people in São Paulo, and minority
communities in Greece. He studied script consultancy at The Script Factory in
London.
Kadim Mavi
Türkçe: Kadim Mavi • English: Ancient BlueDirected By: Emir
Ziyalar Year:2026 Length:80' Country: Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle:
İngilizce
Directed By
Emir Ziyalar
Screenplay:
Emir Ziyalar, Doruk Kumkumoğlu
Production Company:
Inter Medya
Cinematography by:
Murat Emkuzhev
Edited by:
Emir Ziyalar, Jérôme Pesnel
Art Direction by:
Natali Yeres
Music by:
Can Kuman
Sound Design:
Can Kuman
Cast:
Tülin Özen
Umut Aksoy
Öykü Su Okur
Barış Kolik
Bilgi Nur Aydoğmuş
Yaşar Karakulak
Synopsis:
After his boat is seized for debt, Kenan, a lonely
fisherman, sails into a deadly storm. Two months later, he washes ashore, alive
but without any recollection of his absence. As the town watches his return
with suspicion, Kenan questions his reality: he is haunted by Menodora—a woman
from an ancient time—and the heavy echoes of other lives lost. Confronted with
a long-buried trauma—the day he drowned his brother—Kenan must answer to the
sea and break the cycle of sin that has cursed the land.
Director Bio and View:
Born in April 1993, Emir Ziyalar is an Istanbul-based
director and screenwriter. A graduate of Visual Communication Design at
Istanbul Bilgi University, he completed his postgraduate studies in Directing
at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU).
Drawing inspiration from expressionist and surrealist traditions, Ziyalar
embraces auteur theory in his approach to cinema. He frames uncanny atmospheres
through intuitive narratives in which reality loses its sense of absoluteness.
ÖLÜ ARININ İĞNESİ
Türkçe: ÖLÜ ARININ İĞNESİ • English: DEAD BEE STING Directed
By: Aydın Orak Year:2026 Length:100' Country:
Serbia, United Kingdom
Directed By
Aydın Orak
Screenplay:
Aydın Orak
Production Company:
ORAK FILM
Cinematography by:
Refik Çakar
Edited by:
Macit Panahi
Art Direction by:
Kenan Çelik
Music by:
Hünkar
Sound Design:
Vahid Moghadasi
Cast:
Cansel Elçin
Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat
Nilüfer Açıkalın
Tim Seyfi
Pelin Batu
Ali Congun
Görkem Yeltan
Emre Aslan
Mehmet Çepiç
Mustafa Çavuş
Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Synopsis:
A tragic drama centered on Yusuf, a lawyer whose life
shatters after his two-month-old baby dies due to his own accidental medication
error. While Yusuf is consumed by overwhelming guilt and the belief that he is
beyond forgiveness, his wife, Ayse, sinks into a profound, silent depression.
The film utilizes the powerful metaphor of a "dead bee sting" to
represent the lingering, painful trauma of their loss.
Director Bio and View:
Aydın Orak was born in 1982. He completed a two-year program
in Theatre Directing at the Performing Arts Center. He has translated plays by
writers including Gogol, Ibsen, Yaşar Kemal, and Haşmet Zeybek, and attended
Istanbul Bilgi University's Department of Performing Arts and Performance. His
feature Moses Without Rod, which he wrote and directed, was released in Turkish
cinemas in 2014 and screened at numerous national and international film
festivals. Orak has served on juries at the Alexandria, Adana, and Antakya film
festivals. He received the Best Actor of the Year Award from the Direklerarası
Theatre Awards and has published six books covering poetry, translation, short
fiction, and research. His projects Time of Impatience and Dead Bee Sting received
four awards at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival's Film Forum, including
Best Project twice. His films have represented Türkiye at festivals in Warsaw,
Glasgow, and Sofia. He lives in Istanbul.
SELMA
Türkçe: SELMA • English: SELMA Directed By: Emre Kavuk Year:2026 Length:85' Country: Türkiye Language:
Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Emre Kavuk
Screenplay:
Mehmet Kavuk, Ferat Emen, Emre Kavuk
Production Company:
Kavuk Film
Cinematography by:
Türksoy Gölebeyi
Edited by:
Naim Kanat
Art Direction by:
Selin Girgin
Music by:
Okan Kaya
Sound Design:
Serdar Ağırlı
Cast:
Sumru Yavrucuk
Şifanur Gül
Nilsu Yılmaz
Öykü Güven
Synopsis:
Desperate acting student Neslihan joins her influencer
friends to livestream Selma, a vulnerable Alzheimer’s patient, exploiting her
for quick money. As views skyrocket, the isolated house reveals terrifying
secrets. Trapped in a deadly Dark Web broadcast, the girls realize they aren't
the predators. Is the fragile old woman truly a victim? Neslihan now faces a
twisted choice: remain a penniless failure, or murder her friend for 1 Million
TL and the viral fame she always craved.
Director Bio and View:
Born in İskenderun in 1983, Emre Kavuk graduated from Dokuz
Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and Television in
2009. His debut feature film, To Better Days (2011), won Best Screenplay and
Best Film at the 48th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and was selected for
the International Panorama section of the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Continuing his career as a director and screenwriter, his feature filmography
includes Digital Bondage (2020), Love Comes If You Call (2020), Waves and
Traces (2021), and A Better Tomorrow (2024).
TATLI MAYA
Türkçe: TATLI MAYA • English: BREAD OF HOPE Directed By:
Biket İlhan Year:2026 Length:91' Country: Greece Language: Türkçe / Subtitle:
İngilizce
Directed By
Biket İlhan
Screenplay:
Nihan Belgin, Nazlı Pınar Ünlü
Production Company:
Sinevizyon Film
Cinematography by:
Refik Çakar
Edited by:
Macit Panahi
Art Direction by:
Natali Yeres
Music by:
Yalçın Akyıldız
Sound Design:
Kostas Fylaktidis
Cast:
Ayça Bingöl
Cansu Tosun
Suna Yıldızoğlu
Emre Altuğ
Erdem Kaynarca
Gökberk Yıldırım
Erdem Ergüney
Fatih Serdar Yılmaz
Synopsis:
Nazan lives alone, running a small-town bakery in silence
and routine. One day Rana, a heavily pregnant Syrian woman with nowhere to go,
arrives at her door. Nazan takes her in, and Rana gives birth in the bakery
with the help of Nazan and Maria. But the child’s arrival awakens the town’s
prejudice. Sami, obsessed with Nazan, spreads rumors and has the bakery shut
down. Meanwhile, a quiet love begins to grow between Rana and Ali, the town’s
young municipal officer.
Director Bio and View:
Biket İlhan was born in Izmir, Türkiye. She graduated from
the Department of English at Ankara Gazi University and worked as an English
language teacher for thirteen years before transitioning into cinema. She began
her film career in 1981 as an assistant director and went on to establish
herself as a versatile filmmaker, directing feature films, documentaries, and
television series. A significant number of her projects have been realized as
international co-productions, reflecting her engagement with cross-cultural
narratives and collaborations. Her work often explores themes of historical
memory, social transformation, and human resilience, combining a strong sense
of storytelling with a refined visual language.
Taş ve Tüy
Türkçe: Taş ve Tüy • English: Stone and Feather Directed By:
Ragıp Türk Year:2026 Length:83' Country:
Türkiye Language: Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Ragıp Türk
Screenplay:
Ragıp Türk
Production Company:
RA Film
Cinematography by:
Emre Pekçakır
Edited by:
Naim Kanat
Art Direction by:
Levent Uçma
Music by:
Özge Arslan
Sound Design:
Noyan Coşarer
Cast:
Melda Tuzluca
Özgür Meriç
Duygu Aktoprak
Onur Gözeten
Tuğba Kürükoğlu
Emrah Özdemir
Synopsis:
Released from prison, Nazire lacks the steady job and home
required by the care facility for her to regain custody of her son. Besides,
the institution is considering placing Uğur with a wealthy foster family. With
the help of her friends, Nazire devises a scheme to deceive the authorities by
staging a fake home and a fake job. However, an unexpected tragedy on the day
of the inspection ruins her plans . Despite all obstacles, Nazire refuses to
give up on the arduous struggle to win back her son
Director Bio and View:
Born in Sivas, Türkiye, in 1983, Ragıp Türk graduated from
Istanbul University's Department of Radio, Television and Cinema. His short
films include A Butterfly's Suicide Temptations (2012), A Man Called Harun
(2016), and Tor (2019). Tor received the Best Actress Award at the 9th Delhi
International Short Film Festival, the Special Jury Award at the 6th Marmaris
Short Film Festival, the Second Best Film Award at the Kısadan Hisse Short Film
Festival, and Best Screenplay at the Akbank Short Film Festival Forum. Türk
lives in Istanbul and continues working in film production and directing. Stone
and Feather (2026) is his debut feature film.
ARTAKALAN
Türkçe: ARTAKALAN • English: WHAT REMAINS Directed By:
Yeşim Ustaoğlu Year:2026
Length:130' Country: Bulgaria, France, Luxembourg Language: Türkçe
/ Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Screenplay:
Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Production Company:
Ustaoğlu Film Yapım
Cinematography by:
Kiril Prodanov
Edited by:
Mathilde Muyard
Art Direction by:
Görkem Canbolat
Music by:
Şevket Akıncı
Sound Design:
Bruno Tarriere, Aymeric Devoldere
Cast:
Öykü Karayel
Metin Akdülger
Ali Kayra Kul
İlyas Salman
Synopsis:
A poet breaks free from a life that has become suffocating
to reconnect with her inner voice and conscience and allow her creativity to
flow again. As she begins to question the conventions of family, identity and
the meaning of life, her journey towards self-discovery challenges those around
her to reconsider their own lives — taking the whole family in a new direction.
Director Bio and View:
Yeşim Ustaoğlu (Çaykara, Türkiye, 1960) won the Golden Shell
at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2008 with Pandora’s Box.
The film’s leading actress, Tsilla Chelton, shared the Silver Shell for Best
Actress. Her film Journey to the Sun (1999) competed at the Berlin
International Film Festival, where it received the Blue Angel Award. It also
won Best Film, Best Director, the Audience Award, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the
Istanbul Film Festival. Her filmography includes The Trace (1994), Waiting for
the Clouds (2003), Somewhere in Between (2012), which screened in the Orizzonti
section at Venice, Clair Obscur (2016), and On the Dry Rock (2026), co-directed
with Jasmin Selen Heinz.
Bekle Bizi Brüksel
Türkçe: Bekle Bizi Brüksel • English: Brussels, Here We
Come Directed By: Necmi Sancak Year:2026 Length:108' Country: Türkiye Language:
Türkçe / Subtitle: İngilizce
Directed By
Necmi Sancak
Screenplay:
Necmi Sancak
Production Company:
MaaraFilm
Cinematography by:
Meryem Yavuz
Edited by:
Necmi Sancak, Osman Bayraktaroğlu, Erkut Duygulu
Art Direction by:
Zeynep Koloğlu
Music by:
Bori, Mert Karakuş
Sound Design:
Yalın Özgencil
Cast:
Caner Cindoruk
Deniz Dumanlı
Hande Doğandemir
Uğur Uzunel
Deniz Işın
Cem Sürgit
Ali Seçkiner Alıcı
Hüseyin Avni Danyal
Tekin Ezgütekin
Orkuncan İzan
Emre Bulut
Menderes Samancılar
Can Bartu Arslan
Zihni Göktay
Synopsis:
On election day, two friends hijack a plane and plunge
Türkiye into unexpected chaos. While television commentators turn the incident
into a political crisis, local residents gathered in a coffeehouse face their
own fears, anger, and prejudices fueled by the tension of the election
atmosphere. Moving between the plane, the television studio, and the
coffeehouse, the film explores how media manipulation, political polarization,
and collective panic can transform an absurd incident into a national
Director Bio and View:
Necmi Sancak was born in Istanbul in 1990. He studied film
at Santa Monica College and California State University, Northridge, in Los
Angeles. His debut feature, Ayşe, premiered at the Cairo International Film
Festival, where it received the Artistic Contribution Award. The film later won
Best Director, Best First Film, Best Actress, and the Film-Yön Best Director
Award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, as well as Best Film at the
Istanbul Film Festival. Brussels, Here We Come is his second feature film.

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