Jury Talks: Ezel Akay

14 September 2019 (17:00 - 18:30), Soho House Istanbul

Language: Turkish


One of the well-known film narrators Ezel Akay will be at !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival Istanbul as the jury president of !nhouse national competition.


* Ezel Akay Jury Talk will be held in Turkish.

* This event is free of charge and capacity is limited.


Who Is?

Ezel Akay was born in 1961. He studied engineering at Bosphorus University, and theatre arts at Villanova University, Philedelphia USA. He took part in many theatre productions as an actor and director before entering film production as a founding partner of IFR, where he was the director of more than 900 commercials. Starting in 1996, he produced Dervis Zaim’s feature film debut, ”Somersault in a Coffint”. The film won the highest number of international awards ever received by a Turkish film. Following this film, he was the executive producer of Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s “Journey to the Sun”, which also won many awards at international festivals including the prestigious Berlin Film Festival. The films he produced and directed has won many awards nationally and internationally.