Yeşim Ustaoğlu
출생 : 1960-11-18, Kars, Turkey
약력
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
Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.
Writer
Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.
Director
Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.
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
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
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
이스탄불에서 좀더 나은 생활을 꿈꾸는 마멧은 쿠르드족인 바르잔과 친구가 된다. 검문에서 쿠르드 저항세력으로 오인받아 경찰서에서 고초를 겪고 나오자 바르잔을 제외하고는 아무도 그를 받아주지 않는다. 바르잔은 시위 중 연행과정에서 죽음을 당하고 마멧은 그를 고향까지 데려다 주기 위한 긴 여행을 떠난다.
Director
이스탄불에서 좀더 나은 생활을 꿈꾸는 마멧은 쿠르드족인 바르잔과 친구가 된다. 검문에서 쿠르드 저항세력으로 오인받아 경찰서에서 고초를 겪고 나오자 바르잔을 제외하고는 아무도 그를 받아주지 않는다. 바르잔은 시위 중 연행과정에서 죽음을 당하고 마멧은 그를 고향까지 데려다 주기 위한 긴 여행을 떠난다.
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
