FILMS
THE GRAND SIEGE BÜYÜK KUŞATMA 2024
97'' · 2.39:1 · 5.1
After the passing of his wife Berna, Macit's hope for a fresh start is put to test by his son Alp and his wife's assistant Feyza, both strongly attached to Berna's legacy.
Cast Alp Öyken, Dolunay Soysert, Yiğit Sertdemir, Asiye Dinçsoy, Samal Yeslyamova, Tarık Papuççuoğlu, Eraslan Sağlam
Guest Stars Zeyno Eracar, Murat Kılıç, Görkem Kasal
Director Sinan Kesova · Producers Alara Hamamcıoğlu Bayraktar, Ilgım Coşar, Sinan Kesova · Writers Arda Ekşigil, Sinan Kesova · Executive Producers Jelena Angelovski, Xavier Rocher · Cinematographer Emre Kabaşabanoğlu · Production Designer Natali Yeres · Editor Sinan Kesova (as Lisa Aksel Ayhan) · Re-recording Mixer İlkim Temmuz Ulukır · Sound Designers Tuğrul Gültepe, Oğuzhan Gedik · Sound Recordist Ahmet Burak Gürbüz · First AD Dilek Sucuoğlu · Key Grip Ali Albal
AWARDS / NOMINATIONS / SCREENINGS
43rd Istanbul Film Festival · Seyfi Teoman Best First Feature Award
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OUTSKIRTS HİNTERLANT 2017
17'20'' · 2.39:1 · 5.1
The sale of an inherited house results in an unspoken tension between Çiğdem and Kerim, a couple in their late thirties, to which their daughter does not seem oblivious.
Cast Sanem Öge, Fatih Al, Derin Akyazıcı and Murat Kılıç
Director Sinan Kesova · Producers Yoel Meranda, Sinan Kesova · Co-Producers Meryem Yavuz, Eytan İpeker · Writers Rüya Pamuk, Arda Ekşigil, Sinan Kesova Cinematographer Meryem Yavuz · Editors Ayhan Ergürsel, Eytan İpeker, Sinan Kesova · Composer Erdem Helvacıoğlu · Sound Designer Cenker Kökten · Sound Recordist Fırat Karabina Colorist Cenk Erol · Key Grips Kenan Şahin, Kemal Şahin · Image and Sound Transfer Eytan İpeker · 1st AC Osman Yılmaz · 2nd AC Musa Şahin Sound Design Assistants Alper Özşen, Ulaş Dutlu · Color Grading Assistants Veysel Bak, Ciwan Zengin · Drivers Bilgin Yolgiden, Yaşar Uyanık
AWARDS / NOMINATIONS / SCREENINGS
36th Istanbul Film Festival · FIPRESCI Prize
23rd Belgrade Auteur Film Festival · BRAVE BALKANS Special Jury Prize
23rd Sarajevo Film Festival · Short Film Competition
9th Les Arcs European Film Festival · Short Film Competition
15th Tangier Mediterranean Short Film Festival · Competition
15th Tirana Int'l Film Festival · Special Program Balkanorama
14th Akbank Short Film Festival · Competition
5th Bosphorus Film Festival · National Short Film Competition
50th Turkish Film Critics' Association (SİYAD) Awards · Best Short Film Nominee
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FUTURE GELECEK 2015
17'35'' · 1.33:1 · STEREO
Deniz, an unemployed young man, lives with his grandfather Orhan in the metropolis of Istanbul. Both men challenge each other's views on the future.
Cast Hüseyin Sevimli, Oğulcan Güzeller and Tamer Levent
Producer, Editor, Writer and Director Sinan Kesova · Cinematographer A. Emre Tanyıldız · Sound Designer Umut Şenyol Sound Recordist Sertaç Selvi · Colorist Bora Gökşingöl
Assistant Directors Deniz Özmen, Burak Çevik · Production Assistant Burak Çevik · 1st AC Yağız Yavru · 2nd AC Ali Acar
3rd AC Nesim Kurnaz · Color Grading Assistant Bora Suel · D.I.T. Oğuz Tuzal · Best Boy Murat Akkaya · Assistant Electrician Yusuf Aksoy · Driver Levent Oğuz
SCREENINGS
12th Akbank Short Film Festival
19th İzmir Short Film Festival
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OTHER EXPERIENCE
FEATURE FILMS
PRODUCER in BARS (TULLANA) 2023
Director Orçun Köksal · Producers Alara Hamamcıoğlu Bayraktar, Sinan Kesova, Arda Çiltepe, Orçun Köksal, Neslihan Atagül Doğulu, Kadir Doğulu
POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR in AHLAT AĞACI (THE WILD PEAR TREE) 2018
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Producer Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
NOVEMBER 2017 · JANUARY 2018
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in TUZDAN KAİDE (THE PILLAR OF SALT) 2018
Director Burak Çevik · Producers Cem Celal Bilge, Arda Çiltepe, Semih Gülen, Burak Çevik
JUNE 2016 · APRIL 2017
TRAILER EDITOR in ALBÜM 2016
Director Mehmet Can Mertoğlu · Producers Yoel Meranda, Eytan İpeker,
SEPTEMBER · OCTOBER 2016
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in YOL KENARI (SIDEWAY) 2017
Director Tayfun Pirselimoğlu · Producers Vildan Erşen, Nikos Moustakas, Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
JANUARY · MARCH 2016
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in ALBÜM 2016
Director Mehmet Can Mertoğlu · Producers Yoel Meranda, Eytan İpeker,
AUGUST · OCTOBER 2015
ASSISTANT TO NURI BILGE CEYLAN throughout digital restoration of COCOON, THE SMALL TOWN, CLOUDS OF MAY, DISTANT
and digital rematering of CLIMATES, THREE MONKEYS and ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
AUGUST 2014 · JANUARY 2015
POST-PRODUCTION ASSISTANT in KIŞ UYKUSU (WINTER SLEEP) 2014
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Producer Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
SEPTEMBER · DECEMBER 2013
2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in BEN O DEĞİLİM (I'M NOT HIM) 2013
Director Tayfun Pirselimoğlu · Producers Veysel İpek, Nikos Moustakas, Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
OCTOBER · NOVEMBER 2016
D.I.T. in UMUT ÜZÜMLERİ (GRAPES OF HOPE) 2013
Director Tunç Okan · Producer Tunç Okan
JULY · AUGUST 2011
SHORT FILMS
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in UNE FEMME A LA MER (OUT OF THE BLUE) 2022
Director Céline Baril · Producer Marthe Lamy, Jeanne Ezvan
PRODUCER in AKINTI (THE DIAMOND SEA) 2021
Director Arda Ekşigil · Producers Sinan Kesova, Alara Hamamcıoğlu, Öykü Canlı
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in AYLİN 2019
Director Ozan Yoleri · Producer Alara Hamamcıoğlu
JUNE 2018
PRODUCER and CINEMATOGRAPHER in TAPINAK ŞÖVALYELERİ (THE KNIGHTS' TEMPLAR) 2018
Director Arda Ekşigil · Producers Sinan Kesova, Arda Ekşigil
OCTOBER 2017
CINEMATOGRAPHER in KALAN IN POST-PROD
Director Murat Sarıhan · Producers Alara Hamamcıoğlu, Ariya Toprak
OCTOBER 2017
CINEMATOGRAPHER in ÜSTÜ KALSIN IN POST-PROD
Director Yusuf Elbaşı · Producer Alara Hamamcıoğlu
AUGUST 2017
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in ROJDA 2017
Director Céline Baril · Producers Julie Colly, La Fémis
MARCH · APRIL 2017
CINEMATOGRAPHER in OLAĞANÜSÜTÜ BİR ADAM (AN EXCEPTIONAL MAN) 2017
Director Arda Ekşigil · Producer Arda Ekşigil
AUGUST 2016
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in RUH İKİZİ (SOULMATE) 2016
Director Mustafa Nuri · Producer Ceylan Naz Baycan
DECEMBER 2014
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT in YAZ GECESİ GÖKÜYÜZÜ (SUMMER NIGHT SKY) 2014
Director Can Eskinazi · Producer Yoel Meranda
OCTOBER 2012
COMMERCIAL, MUSIC VIDEOS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR in KAMARA FILM
ERGOSIS, MAZARS, ENPLAST, MAVİ · YİNE AYNI HİKAYE, ...
Director Eytan İpeker · Producer Yoel Meranda
2012 · 2015
