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Yilmaz Özdil

Yilmaz Özdil

Yılmaz Özdil was born in Hakkari, in Turkey. After his master's degree at the Panthéon Sorbonne University, he defended his thesis entitled "The visual construction of Kurdish identities in cinema" at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University. He has directed several documentaries and worked as an assistant director on several films shot in Turkey, Iraq and France. Since 2014 he has been working at the University of Van Yüzüncü Yıl as an assistant professor.

Yılmaz Özdil wurde in Hakkari, in der Türkei, geboren. Nach seinem Master-Abschluss an der Universität Panthéon Sorbonne verteidigte er seine Dissertation mit dem Titel "Die visuelle Konstruktion kurdischer Identitäten im Kino" an der Universität Sorbonne Nouvelle. Er hat bei mehreren Dokumentarfilmen Regie geführt und als Regieassistent bei mehreren Filmen gearbeitet, die in der Türkei, im Irak und in Frankreich gedreht wurden. Seit 2014 arbeitet er als Assistenzprofessor an der Universität Van Yüzüncü Yıl.

Yilmaz Özdil li bajarê Colemêrgê yê Tirkiyê ji dayik bûye. Piştî xwendina masterê li zanîngeha Panthéon Sorbonne, teza xwe ya bi navê “Di sînemayê de avakirina dîtbarî ya nasnameyên kurdî” li zanîngeha Sorbonne Nouvelle parast. Derhêneriya gelek belgefîlman kiriye û di çend fîlmên ku li Tirkiye, Iraq û Fransayê hatine kişandin de wek alîkarê derhêner xebitiye. Ji sala 2014an vir ve li Zanîngeha Wanê Yüzüncü Yıl wek doçent dixebite.

Yılmaz Özdil made his first short film The Heavy Burden in 2019 and this film participated in more than 120 festivals and won 32 awards including an Oscar qualification award. Aforoz (The Banishment) is his second fiction film as a director.

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