Agora Market Manual 2010

Balkan Fund Projects51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010 - Agora/Market ManualDIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHYThings I know as Right, 2010, shortDIRECTOR’S CVBorn in 1980 in Istanbul, Ilke Yesilay studied Philosophy atIstanbul University for two years. Then she changed hermajor into communication. Along with one year pre classon German, she graduated from Radio – TV – Cinema Programin 2005. Following the graduation, she worked as anassistant director in TV commercials for two years, and producedmovie clips. She wrote film and TV critics for cinemamagazines such as Altyazı. In 2008 she went to New Yorkand undertook screenwriting classes at New York University.She studied drama, including method acting, theater historyand dramatic writing classes, at Lee Strasberg Institute forone year. In the meantime she worked as an assistant producerand writer, in a TV show called New Horizons. In 2009she came back to Turkey. The Last Sleepless is going to beher first feature film.Ilke Yeşilay, Screenwrite / Directorpresent at BFPRODUCER’S FILMOGRAPHYCome to My Voice, (in development)by Hüseyin KarabeyDo Not Forget Me Istanbul (in production)by Various DirectorsEastern Plays, 2009 – co-producerDirector’s Fortnight Cannes Film FestivalSüt-Milk, 2008Venice Film FestivalPRODUCER’S PROFILEAfter studying cinema at Mimar Sinan University and Universitéde Paris I - Sorbonne Emre Yeksan started off his careerin Paris as an assistant producer in music videos andTV commercials. He later moved on to production and financingof feature films and worked as a freelancer in Parisand Berlin until he decided to move back to Istanbul. Hehas since been working as a producer with directors suchas Semih Kaplanoğlu Süt/Milk, Kamen Kalev Eastern Playsand Hüseyin Karabey. Along with The Last Sleepless by İlkeYeşilay he is currently producing the second feature lengthproject by Hüseyin Karabey Come to My Voice.Emre Yeksan, Producerpresent at BF23