Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (born May 25, 1987 in Bad Hersfeld ) is a German-Turkish film director and screenwriter . He is a founding member of the film production company "filmfaust".

Live and act

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay grew up in Hagen. After graduating from high school at Rahel-Varnhagen-Kolleg Hagen, studied media arts at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts and graduated with the drama Oray . He was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation . The film celebrated its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019 and was awarded the “Best First Feature Award”.

Filmography

• 2008: How I Learned to Hate Skiing (short film)
• 2012: Ömer, The Lord (documentary short film)
• 2013: Before the Gate of Ijtihad (short film; as an actor, producer, author, director)
• 2013: Utilities (sound, director)
• 2014: 31 scenes from a youth (experimental film)
• 2015: Der Metzger (short film; as actor, producer, author, editor, director)
• 2018: Luz (as production manager, sound)
• 2019: Oray (as producer, writer, director)

Awards

• 2008 Hagener Handyfilmfestival - Best short film for How I learned to hate skiing
• 2011 scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
• 2012 winner of the YAC (International Young Artist Contest), San Sperate, IT
• 2013 Turkish Film Festival Frankfurt - Award “Best Short Film” Before the Gate of Ijtihad
• 2014 Filmbüro Bremen Young Collection - Award “Best Short Film” Before the Gate of Ijtihad
• 2015 Film Festival in Saint-Entienne - Special Jury Prize for In Front of the Gate of Ijtihad
• 2018 Götz George Young Talent Award for Oray
• 2019 Berlinale 2019 - GWFF Best First Feature Award for Oray
• 2019 Festival del Cinema Europeo, Italy - Golden Olive Tree “Cristina Soldano Award for Best Film” for Oray
• 2019 Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz, Austria - Special Mention for Oray
• 2019 Construir Cine Film Festival, Argentina - Special Mention for Oray
• 2019 CINEDAYS Festival of European Film, Macedonia - Best Director for Oray
• 2019 Moment Film Festival, France - Main Jury Award for Oray

Web links

Commons : Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Filmfaust official website
• Faith as a superhero guest at Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay see renk-magazin.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay see filmportal.de
2. ↑ GWFF Award for Best First Feature. Berlin International Film Festival, accessed on February 16, 2019 .