Nadir Öperli
He received his BA in Business Administration and MA in Critical and Cultural Studies from Boğaziçi University. He started his career as a film critic, and he was one of the founders of Altyazı film magazine. He was one of the deputy editors of sinema.com from 2004 to 2009. He started to produce feature films in 2007. As of today, he has produced and co-produced internationally acclaimed titles including Les Enfants Terribles (2021), A Tale of Three Sisters (2019), My Favourite Fabric (2018), Grain (2017), Until I Lose My Breath (2015), Frenzy (2015), Lifelong (2012), Our Grand Despair (2010), Dark Cloud (2009), On the Way to School (2008), Summer Book (2008). In 2010, he was selected to the producers’ network ACE, and in 2012 he attended the post-production workshop EP2C. He is a board member of SEYAP (Film Producers’ Association of Turkey), and a member of European Film Academy.
Irem Akbal
Irem Akbal graduated from Koç University Law and Philosophy Departments with a double major. She worked with several independent theaters during her college years. She has been working with Tiyatro BeReZe (Theatre BeReZe) since 2017 and also produced various fiction and non-fiction short films between 2017-2021. In 2021 March, she joined Liman Film. She also continues her legal consultancy works in fields of intellectual property and copyright law.
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SUMMER BOOK
Written & directed by Seyfi Teoman
2008, 35mm, 94 min, Turkey
Production Company Bulut Film (Turkey)
World Premiere 58th Berlin International Film Festival, Forum
Selected Awards & Nominations
27th International Istanbul Film Festival: Best Film Award and FIPRESCI Award in National Competition / 54th Taormina International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize / 16th Artfilm International Film Festival: Best Film Award / 11th Palic European Film Festival: FIPRESCI Special Mention / Montreal World Film Festival, Bronze Zenith
Supported by Hubert Bals Fund for script and project development (Rotterdam Film Festival)
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ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL
Written & directed by Orhan Eskiköy, Özgür Doğan
2008, HD-35mm, 81 min, Turkey-Netherlands
Production Companies
Perisan Film (Turkey) – Bulut Film (Turkey) – PvH Films (The Netherlands)
World Premiere 21st IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
Selected Awards
15th London Turkish Film Festival Audience Award / 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Best First Feature / 3rd Abu Dhabi Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) Black Pearl Award for Best Middle Eastern Documentary Film / 1st Romania International Film Festival Best Documentary / 16th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Yılmaz Güney Grand Jury Prize / Turkish Film Critics’ Association (SİYAD) Best Film Award / 5th ZagrebDox Little Stamp Best Film Award / 15th Sarajevo Film Festival – EDN Talent Award -
DARK CLOUD
Written & directed by Theron Patterson
2009, HD-35mm, 90 min, Turkey
Production Company Bulut Film (Turkey)
Selected Awards & Festival Selections
4th Bursa Silkroad Film Festival Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor / Selected to City-to-City section of Toronto Film Festival -
OUR GRAND DESPAIR
Written by Seyfi Teoman, Barış Bıçakçı - Directed by Seyfi Teoman
2011, 35mm, 102 min., Turkey–Germany–The Netherlands
Production Companies
Bulut Film (Turkey), UnaFilm (Germany),
Circe Films (The Netherlands)
World Premiere 61st Berlin Film Festival, Competition
Selected Awards
30th International Istanbul Film Festival: The Golden Tulip Special Prize of The Jury, Best Director of Photography , People’s Choice Prize
Supported by Eurimages, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkish Republic, Medienboard-Berlin Brandenburg, Hubert Bals Fund (Script and Project Development, HBF Plus), TRT
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LIFELONG
Written & directed by Aslı Özge
2013, 2K, 108 min., Turkey–Germany–The Netherlands
Production Companies
Bulut Film (Turkey), Razor Film (Germany), Augustus Film (The Netherlands), Kaliber Film (The Netherlands), The Post Republic (Germany), Sodamedya Interactive (Turkey)
World Premiere 63th Berlin Film Festival, Panorama Special
Selected Awards
32nd Istanbul International Film Festival: Best Director, Best Cinematography
Supported by Eurimages, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkish Republic, Medienboard-Berlin Brandenburg, ZDF/Arte, Netherlands Film Fund
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UNTIL I LOSE MY BREATH
Written & directed by Emine Emel Balcı
2015, 2K, 94 min., Turkey–Germany
Production Companies
Prolog Film (Turkey), Liman Film (Turkey), unafilm (Germany)
World Premiere 65th Berlin International Film Festival, Forum
Selected Awards
16th Jeonju International Film Festivali (South Korea) Special Mention: Esme Madra / 22nd Adana Golden Boll Film Festival Best Promising Young Actress Award: Ece Yüksel / Katowice Ars Independent Film Festival The Youth Jury Award The Black Horse / 15th Frankfurt Turkish Film Festival: Best Film, Best Actress
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FRENZY
Written & directed by Emin Alper
2015, 2K, 119 min., Turkey–France–Qatar
Production Companies
Liman Film (Turkey), Paprika Films (France), Insignia (Turkey)
World Premiere 72nd Venice Film Festival, Competition
Selected Awards
72nd Venice Film Festival, Special Jury Prize / 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards / Jury Grand Prize / 20th Sofia Film Festival, Domaine Boyar Award for Best Balkan Film
Supported by Eurimages, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkish Republic, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée – CNC, Doha Film Institute Vision Sud Est
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GRAIN
Written & directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
2017, 35mm, Turkey–Germany–France–Sweden–Qatar
Production Companies
Kaplan Film (Turkey), Heimatfilm (Germany), Sophie Dulac Productions (France),
The Chimney Pot (Sweden), Galata Film (Turkey)
World Premiere 23th Sarajevo Film Festival, Competition
Selected Awards 30th Tokyo Film Festival, Grand Prix: Best Film
Supported by TRT, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkish Republic, Republic of Turkey Promotion Fund Eurimages, ZDF-ARTE Grand Accord, Filmstiftung NRW, DFFF, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée – CNC, Film i Väst, Doha Film Institute, TORKU, Turkish-German Co-Production Development Fund
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MY FAVORITE FABRIC (MON TISSU PRÉFÉRÉ)
Written & directed by Gaya Jiji
2018, 2K, France–Germany–Turkey
Production Companies
Gloria Films (France) – Dublin Films (France) – Les Films de la capitaine (France) – Katuh Studio (Germany) – Liman Film (Turkey)
World Premiere 71st Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard
Supported by Eurimages, CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel (in conjunction with ARTE), French-German mini co-production treaty, Amien Film Festival’s script development support
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A TALE OF THREE SISTERS
Written & directed by Emin Alper
2019, 2K, Turkey–Germany–The Netherlands–Greece
Production Companies
Liman Film (Turkey) – NuLook Production (Turkey) – Komplizen Film (Germany) –
Circe Films (The Netherlands) – Horsefly Productions (Greece)
World Premiere 69th Berlin Film Festival, Competition
Awards
38th Istanbul Film Festival: Best Film Award, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Music, and FIPRESCI Awards
25th Sarajevo Film Festival: Best Director, CICAE
24th World Cinema Amsterdam Film Festival: World Cinema Exchange Award
Supported by Eurimages,Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, ZDF/Arte, Netherlands Film Fund, Greek Film Center, Turkish-German Co-Production Development Fund, Eurimages Development Prize, Antalya Film Forum Best Pitching Award
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