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Selman Nacar

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Selman Nacar is a filmmaker, with an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University in New York City. He gave lectures on fictional filmmaking at the same university. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law in 2015 and from the Faculty of Film in 2016. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents 2019 and the First Films First 2020. Nacar's debut Between Two Dawns premiered at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival and received many awards, including the Best Film Award at the 39th Torino Film Festival. Nacar's second film Hesitation Wound premiered at the 80th Venice Film Festival in 2023 and won the Golden Eye for the Best International Feature Film in the 2023 Zurich Film Festival.
BornOctober 10, 1990
BornOctober 10, 1990
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    Between Two Dawns (2021)
    Between Two Dawns
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2021
    Tülin Özen in Hesitation Wound (2023)
    Hesitation Wound
    6.6
    • Producer
    • 2023
    Kuyu (2015)
    Kuyu
    7.4
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2015
    Alex (2019)
    Alex
    8.3
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2019

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    Producer



    • Tülin Özen in Hesitation Wound (2023)
      Hesitation Wound
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Forms of Forgetting (2023)
      Forms of Forgetting
      7.3
      • co-producer
      • 2023
    • Between Two Dawns (2021)
      Between Two Dawns
      7.0
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Mustafa Sönmez in Kadir (2020)
      Kadir
      7.9
      Short
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Alex (2019)
      Alex
      8.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Belonging (2019)
      Belonging
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Verge (2018)
      Verge
      8.4
      Short
      • producer
      • 2018
    • The Pillar of Salt (2018)
      The Pillar of Salt
      5.4
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • Kuyu (2015)
      Kuyu
      7.4
      Short
      • producer
      • 2015

    Director



    • Helin Kandemir and Canan Erguder in Istanbul Encyclopedia (2025)
      Istanbul Encyclopedia
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Tülin Özen in Hesitation Wound (2023)
      Hesitation Wound
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Between Two Dawns (2021)
      Between Two Dawns
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Mustafa Sönmez in Kadir (2020)
      Kadir
      7.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Alex (2019)
      Alex
      8.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Verge (2018)
      Verge
      8.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Kuyu (2015)
      Kuyu
      7.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015

    Writer



    • Helin Kandemir and Canan Erguder in Istanbul Encyclopedia (2025)
      Istanbul Encyclopedia
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Tülin Özen in Hesitation Wound (2023)
      Hesitation Wound
      6.6
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Between Two Dawns (2021)
      Between Two Dawns
      7.0
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Mustafa Sönmez in Kadir (2020)
      Kadir
      7.9
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Alex (2019)
      Alex
      8.3
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Verge (2018)
      Verge
      8.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Kuyu (2015)
      Kuyu
      7.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2015

    Personal details

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      • Kuyu Films
      • Official Site
    • Born
      • October 10, 1990
      • Usak, Turkey

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