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Aydın Sayman was born in Malatya in 1953. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Economics in 1977. Between 1970 and 1980, he worked as a cinema writer for various newspapers and magazines.
He worked as an assistant director in Turkish film industry between 1975 and 1985. He collaborated with renowned directors such as Atıf Yılmaz, Zeki Ökten, and Şerif Gören. He directed commercials and music videos. He directed four feature-length films and one television film. Currently, he is the general secretary of the Turkish Cinema Foundation and a board member of the SİNEBİR Professional Union.
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Bachelor΄s Degree in Economics, Law School, University of Athens.
Graduate of E. Hatzikou Drama and Film School.
Theatre Studies at NYU and HB Studio in New York.
She has been acting on Stage and Television for more than 30 years.
She established “ELIART”, an independent theater in Athens.
Since 2000 she directs and produces documentaries mostly about human rights issues and received numerous international awards. She has filmed in “difficult” areas such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, etc.
Selected filmography:
“Qadir, an Afghan Ulysses “, “Playing with Fire”, “The Nymphs of Hindu Kush”, “After the Tsunami – Sumatra”, “Europe, the Dream”
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David Archibald is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow. His publications include The war that won’t die: The Spanish Civil War in Cinema (2012), Tracking Loach: Politics | Practices | Production (2022) and many essays on film and film culture. He is Editor of the Edinburgh University Press Political Cinemas Series, sits on the editorial boards of Journal of Class and Culture, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, and Media Practice and Education, and is a member of the Radical Film Network international steering committee. David is currently making films with Núria Araüna Baró under the banner ‘Ragged Cinema’, writing songs for and performing with The Tenementals, and is researcher-in-residence at The Revelator Wall of Death
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He is an academician and director, born on March 14, 1981 in Alanya. He graduated from Eastern Mediterranean University Radio, TV and Cinema Department. He made many short films and won awards. He is the producer and director of the documentary ‘Famagusta’. He worked as an assistant to Ülkü Erakalın, the veteran director of Yeşilçam Cinema, and he entered the cinema industry as an assistant director in the movie ‘A Love to Scream’. Later, he started to work with Producer-Director Derviş Zaim, who has many national and international awards. He is still continuing his doctorate program and giving lectures on cinema, short films, documentaries and photography at different universities. He continues short film and documentary projects. He has served as a jury member at national and international film festivals and has taken part in festival committees.
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He was born on October 13, 1950 in Izmir. Turkish actor, director, art director and writer. In 1971, he entered Ankara State Conservatory Theatre Department with a level exam. He graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Graduate Programme in 1977. He worked in the State Theatres first as an actor, then as a director, and later he served as the deputy general director and the general director. The plays he directed have been invited to festivals in Russia, Canada, South Korea, Iran and Northern Cyprus. He is still a director at the State Theatres and is the founder and first president of the State Theatres, Opera and Ballet Employees Foundation (TOBAV) and Theatre Actors Professional Union (TOMEB).