After making several award-winning shorts in Turkey, Yesim UstaoÄŸlu made her feature film debut with 1994’s ‘The Trace’ (Ä°z). The film was presented at numerous international festivals, including Moscow and Gotenburg and won the Best Film Award at Istanbul Film Festival. Yesim UstaoÄŸlu received international recognition for her 1999 film, ‘Journey To The Sun’ (GüneÅŸe 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 UstaoÄŸlu 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. UstaoÄŸlu’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).
YeÅŸim UstaoÄŸlu Biography / Wiki
Name
YeÅŸim UstaoÄŸlu
Also Know
Gender
Female
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Kars, Turkey
Date of Birth
1960-11-18
Age(as in 2022)
61
Deathday
YeÅŸim UstaoÄŸlu Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Bir Anı Yakalamak
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 imaginar…
YeÅŸim UstaoÄŸlu Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Pandora’s Box
Director
2008-09-06
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care …
Waiting for the Clouds
Director
2003-10-14
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….
Journey to the Sun
Director
1999-02-16
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. …
Araf/Somewhere in Between
Director
2012-09-21
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 con…
Clair Obscur
Director
2017-12-07
Åžehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks …
The Trace
Director
1994-01-01
Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in h…
Bir Anı Yakalamak
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 imaginar…
Otel
Director
1992-01-01
The film is an investigation of a hotel that no one can leave….
Duet
Director
1990-01-01
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….
Magnafantagna
Director
1987-01-01
Inspired by Wendy Lichtman’s story, UstaoÄŸlu’s second short film portrays a little girl’s discovery of death….
Life on Their Shoulders
Director
2004-04-18
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 gr…
YeÅŸim UstaoÄŸlu Production Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Clair Obscur
Producer
2017-12-07
Åžehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks …
The Helix
Executive Producer
2019-04-07
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 …
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Araf/Somewhere in Between
Writer
2012-09-21
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 con…
Journey to the Sun
Writer
1999-02-16
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. …
Clair Obscur
Writer
2017-12-07
Åžehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks …
