Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Nacimiento : 1960-11-18, Kars, Turkey
Historia
After making several award-winning shorts in Turkey, Yesim Ustaoğlu made her feature film debut with 1994's 'The Trace' (İz). The film was presented at numerous international festivals, including Moscow and Gotenburg and won the Best Film Award at Istanbul Film Festival. Yesim Ustaoğlu received international recognition for her 1999 film, 'Journey To The Sun' (Güneşe Yolculuk) which competed in Berlinale and received the Blue Angel Award (Best European Film) and the Peace Prize before sweeping the Istanbul Film Festival by winning Best Film, Best Director, the FIPRESCI Prize and the Audience Award. Launching her own production company Ustaoğlu Film in 2003, her third film, 'Waiting for the Clouds' (Bulutları Beklerken) premiered in 2014 Berlinale Panorama and was awarded NHK Sundance - International Film-maker's Award. Ustaoğlu's fourth feature, 'Pandora's Box' (Pandora'nın Kutusu) premiered in Toronto (TIFF) and won Golden Shell for the Best Film and Silver Shell for the Best Actress Award in San Sebastian FF. Her fifth feature 'Somewhere in Between' (Araf, 2012) premiered in Orrizonti section in 69th Venice FF, won Best Film Award in Abu Dhabi FF and Split Mediterranean FF, as well as Best Performance in Moscow, Tokyo and Pune Film Festivals. Her latest film 'Clair Obscur' (Tereddüt).
Executive Producer
A man with no recorded memory about his past finds himself in a bar, following a mysterious woman whom he finds familiar. This abrupt encounter leads him to the discovery of his repressed, hidden desires. But his reactions to this unfamiliar world backlash, and he finds himself enclosed in a never ending loop.
Producer
El escritor y director turco Yesim Ustaoglu ofrece un estudio paralelo de dos mujeres - una psiquiatra con una relación de muchos años y una esposa en un hogar conservador y casi tiránico - que muestra las posibilidades y limitaciones que existen para las mujeres en la Turquía actual.
Writer
El escritor y director turco Yesim Ustaoglu ofrece un estudio paralelo de dos mujeres - una psiquiatra con una relación de muchos años y una esposa en un hogar conservador y casi tiránico - que muestra las posibilidades y limitaciones que existen para las mujeres en la Turquía actual.
Director
El escritor y director turco Yesim Ustaoglu ofrece un estudio paralelo de dos mujeres - una psiquiatra con una relación de muchos años y una esposa en un hogar conservador y casi tiránico - que muestra las posibilidades y limitaciones que existen para las mujeres en la Turquía actual.
Writer
Araf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.
Director
Araf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.
Director
Una noche, tres hermanos de unos 40 años de Estambul, reciben una llamada informándoles de que su madre ha desaparecido de su casa de la costa Oeste del Mar Negro en Turquía. Dejando a un lado sus diferencias, los tres se unen para buscarla, pero los conflictos no tardarán en resurgir. Como los secretos de la caja de Pandora. Se dan cuenta de lo poco que se conocen realmente y aprovechan para meditar sobre sus propios defectos
Director
The documentary shot in a Laz village called M3’anu is about the lives of women living in the region. The documentary focuses on women who have a great endurance without being crushed under the heavy load they carry on their backs, the difficulties of living conditions and the heavy load brought by taking care of their families, nevertheless, they do not give up their songs and smile on their faces.
Director
A member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her youth. However, events cause her to face her own past.
Writer
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten. Upon his release a week later, he becomes an outcast marked as a Kurd, losing his apartment, his job, and eventually his girl friend, Arzu. When a Kurdish friend, Berzan is killed in a street protest triggered by a hunger strike, Mehmet takes a trek to return the body to Berzan's home village near the Iraqi border, and learns why so many Kurds are refugees.
Director
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten. Upon his release a week later, he becomes an outcast marked as a Kurd, losing his apartment, his job, and eventually his girl friend, Arzu. When a Kurdish friend, Berzan is killed in a street protest triggered by a hunger strike, Mehmet takes a trek to return the body to Berzan's home village near the Iraqi border, and learns why so many Kurds are refugees.
Director
Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in her home. Kemal suspects that this is a murder and obsesses over the dead man's face.
Director
The film is an investigation of a hotel that no one can leave.
Director
Taking place at a reclusive musician's house and portraying a single night, the film follows a young man, who has escaped from Germany to Istanbul.
Director
Inspired by Wendy Lichtman's story, Ustaoğlu's second short film portrays a little girl's discovery of death.
Director
The film portrays the bus journey of a young woman played by the director herself. Throughout the journey, the woman's mind goes off to a few imaginary time zones and she starts dreaming about what could happen
The film portrays the bus journey of a young woman played by the director herself. Throughout the journey, the woman's mind goes off to a few imaginary time zones and she starts dreaming about what could happen
