About Us

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.

  1. 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)
    International sales Wide Management

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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
    International sales The Match Factory

  5. 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
    International sales Films Boutique

  6. 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
    Supported by Eurimages, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkish Republic, Filmstiftung NRW, Turkish-German Co-Production Development Fund

  7. 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
    International sales The Match Factory

  8. 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
    International sales The Match Factory

  9. 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
    International sales Urban Distribution International

  10. 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
    International sales The Match Factory