Yılmaz Arslan

Yılmaz Arslan (born 20 April 1968) is an award-winning Kurdish German film director, screenwriter and producer.

Biography

Yılmaz Arslan was born in Kazanlı, Turkey, but has lived in Germany since 1975. In 1992, at the age of just 24, he made his debut film, Langer Gang, for which he subsequently won many awards. By his second film, Yara (1999) (which also won many awards), he was simultaneously carrying out the roles of director, writer and producer. The same is true of his 2005 film Fratricide.

Filmography

Year Film Roles
1992 Langer Gang Director/writer
1999 Yara Director/writer/producer
2003 Angst isst Seele auf Producer
2005 Fratricide Director/writer/producer

Awards

Yilmaz Arslan has won many awards during the course of his career:

Year Festival Award Film
1992 San Sebastián International Film Festival Best New Director Langer Gang
OCIC Award - Honorable Mention Langer Gang
1993 Bergamo Film Meeting Silver Rosa Camuna Langer Gang
Max Ophüls Festival Interfilm Award Langer Gang
1998 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Golden Orange for Best Film Yara
1999 Istanbul International Film Festival Special Prize of the Jury for National Competition Yara
Max Ophüls Festival Filmclub Award Yara
2005 Locarno International Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention Fratricide
Silver Leopard Fratricide
Youth Jury Award (3rd place) Fratricide

He was also nominated for the Golden Leopard Award at the 2005 Locarno International Film Festival and the Max Ophüls award at the 1999 Max Ophüls Festival.

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