TEAM

ARDA ÇİLTEPE

After graduating from Economics at Boğaziçi University, he co-produced Meteors (dir. Gürcan Keltek, 2017, Locarno Festival’s Filmmakers of the Present) and Gulyabani (dir. Gürcan Keltek, 2018, Locarno Festival’s Signs of Life). He produced The Pillar of Salt (dir. Burak Çevik, 2018, Berlinale Forum). Alongside pursuing a master’s degree in film at Hamburg Fine Arts University under Angela Schanelec, he's the producer of Gürcan Keltek’s next feature project-in-development New Dawn Fades and the producer of Semih Gülen and Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun’s debut project-in-development Athlete. He is fluent in English.

SEMİH GÜLEN

Semih began his career working for Kaplan Film during his undergraduate studies. He worked as an assistant director and/or assistant editor in several TV documentaries and features. He previously worked for Semih Kaplanoğlu, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun and Mehmet Can Mertoğlu. He is one of the producers of The Pillar of Salt (2018) which premiered in Berlinale Forum. His last short Hit Me Baby (2018) premiered at Istanbul Film Festival. Semih is currently developing his first feature Athlete. He is fluent in English.

ALARA HAMAMCIOĞLU

Alara graduated from Boğaziçi University where she majored in Sociology and minored in Film Studies. She studied at the University of Washington as an exchange student. She produced several short films that premiered at various festivals such as Istanbul Film Festival and Palm Springs Short Fest.

She was involved in the production of various TV series and features within Netflix and Ay Yapım. She is fluent in English.

SİNAN KESOVA

Sinan graduated from McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. He worked as an assistant director in various commercials and music videos under Kamara Film. Notable directors he worked for include Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Tayfun Pirselimoğlu. His last short film Outskirts (2017) won the FIPRESCI award at the 36th Istanbul Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize at 23rd Belgrade Auteur Film Festival and screened in international festivals such as Sarajevo, Les Arcs. Sinan is currently developing his first feature film. He is fluent in French and in English.

OZAN YOLERİ

Ozan completed his studies at Robert College and Boğaziçi University, with a major in Management and a minor degree in Film Studies. He spent a year in Granada University as an exchange student.

Ozan worked as assistant director in several shorts and features, including projects directed by Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun and Tayfun Pirselimoğlu.

His first short film, ‘The Lunch Break’ (2018), was screened and awarded in several international & local festivals. His second short, ‘Aylin’, has recently premiered in the 25th Palm Springs Short Fest.

He is currently working on his future projects.
Ozan speaks English and Spanish.