SEMIH KAPLANOĞLU

International jury 2024

Semih Kaplanoglu is one of the most acclaimed writer-director-producers of contemporary filmmaking. Born and raised in Izmir, Turkey, he received BS in Cinema-Television from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylül University, in 1984. Kaplanoglu made his debut feature in 2001 ‘Away From Home’, and he was awarded Best Director in Singapore IFF. He then set up his own production company Kaplan Film and started writing and directing as an independent producer, making worldwide acclaimed international coproductions. He directed several feature films, premiering in Cannes, Venice and Berlin. Semih Kaplanoglu, has also written many articles based on plastic arts and cinema which have been translated into foreign languages and published in many magazines and journals between 1987 and 2003.