2019Nominee
Best Performance
The Illegal Film
Cem Kaya
Actor · Director · Writer
Schweinfurt, Germany
February 1, 1976
Biography
Born in Schweinfurt, Germany in 1976, he studied communication design in Stuttgart and worked first as a producer, editor and director of commercials and music videos before moving into documentary. His film Remake, Remix, Rip-Off, about the Turkish Yesilçam film industry that remakes Hollywood blockbusters for the domestic cinema market, premiered at Locarno. He is also a cinematographer and worked with others filming the investigative documentary 77sqm_9:26min, about the reconstruction of the NSU murder of Halit Yozgat, which premiered at documenta 14.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2010Nominee
Best Director
Arabeks
2019Nominee
Best Director
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
Career Highlights
2022Highlight
Best Writing
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
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Love, Deutschmarks and Death