فريق آمال الصغيرة في تركيّا

Recep Tuna started his career in civil society with fundraising activities for a variety of social events in 2002. He was involved in the participatory democracy, rule of law and human rights projects. He also initiated campaigns on citizenship rights with Umut Foundation. In 2005, he became the policy officer for press, cultural affairs and human rights at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in İstanbul. He moved to İzmir in 2017. Currently, he is the city coordinator for Spaces of Culture in Izmir and the consultant to ‘daire’ artist in residency program of K2 Contemporary Arts Association.

Recep Tuna, sivil toplum alanındaki kariyerine 2002 senesinde, çeşitli sosyal etkinlikler için fon geliştirme çalışmaları ile başladı. Katılımcı demokrasi, hukukun üstünlüğü ve insan haklarına odaklanan projelere dahil oldu. Umut Vakfı çatısı altında vatandaşlık hakları üzerine kampanyalar yürüttü. 2005 yılında İstanbul’daki Hollanda Başkonsolosluğu’nda basın, kültürel işler ve insan hakları sorumlusu oldu. 2017’de İzmir’e taşındı. Halen Kültür için Alan projesinin İzmir koordinatörlüğü ve K2 Çağdaş Sanat Derneği’nce uygulanan ‘daire’ konuk sanatçı programının danışmanlığı görevlerini yürütüyor.

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) is a non-profit cultural institution. Since 1973, the Foundation continues its efforts to enrich Istanbul’s cultural and artistic life. İKSV regularly organises the Istanbul Festivals of Music, Film, Theatre and Jazz, the Istanbul Biennial, the Istanbul Design Biennial, Leyla Gencer Voice Competition, autumn film week Filmekimi and realises one-off events throughout the year. The Foundation hosts cultural and artistic events from various disciplines at its performance venue Salon İKSV, located at the Nejat Eczacıbaşı Building, and offers creative events programme for children and youngsters at İKSV Alt Kat.

İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı (İKSV), kâr amacı gütmeyen ve kamu yararına çalışan bir kültür kurumu. 1973 yılından bu yana İstanbul’un kültür-sanat yaşamını zenginleştiren çalışmalar yürütüyor. Düzenli olarak İstanbul Müzik, Film, Tiyatro ve Caz Festivalleri, İstanbul Bienali, İstanbul Tasarım Bienali, Leyla Gencer Şan Yarışması ve Filmekimi’ni düzenleyen, yıl boyunca özel etkinlikler gerçekleştiren vakıf, Nejat Eczacıbaşı Binası’nda yer alan Salon İKSV’de farklı disiplinlerdeki etkinliklere ev sahipliği yapıyor ve İKSV Alt Kat’ta çocuklara ve gençlere yönelik yaratıcı bir etkinlik programı sunuyor.

AZ Celtic Films was established in 2010 and in September 2020 reached an important milestone, celebrating their 10^th Anniversary. AZ Celtic is known within the industry to run a harmonious tight knit team, led by Zeynep and Alex. They have produced some of the most prestigious film, TV and commercial productions in Turkey including the Oscar winner Argo, BAFTA winner Tinker Tailor Solider Spy and The Two Faces of January (both for Working Title), the Oscar award nominated A War, Ridley Scott’s Turkish Airlines commercial The Journey, numerous Nike and Apple campaigns, and the Heineken UEFA Champions League Commercial The Match, which was shot on a container ship across seven days.

Flint Culture is an award-winning communications consultancy that specialises in the cultural and creative industries. We deliver campaigns worldwide through offices in London, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai and Istanbul supported by an international network of associates. Our work is driven by specialist expertise, regional insights and a belief in the value of culture.

Zeynep Santıroğlu Sutherland (Producer/Director) graduated with a degree in Art History and is fluent in both English and Spanish. Working closely with the ministry of culture she has been producing and directing international documentaries for channels such as BBC, Nat Geo, PBS, Channel 4, Discovery Channel. She has recently produced Turkish Airlines commercial directed by Ridley Scott, the branded films premiered at the super bowl 2019. She has recently produced Netflix global first movie Swimmers in Turkey.

Umut Kurç started his career as a stage manager at a theater company. Later on, he was appointed as the manager of the production department of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and acted as the production manager of many major festivals in Turkey. He then founded his own company, Faprika Festival and Event Management where he consults and manages various events and activities.

Ece Öncü has a degree from New York University in Media, Culture and Communication with a Minor in Film Production. She started her career at Film Society of Lincoln Center, then moved to Los Angeles to become a Films Trailers Producer at Ignition and Create Advertising. Since moving back to Turkey, Ece has worked in both agency and client side of commercial films and photography, finally landing in AZ Celtic Films to pursue her passion of cinema.

Mehmet Yorulmaz started his career in early 2000 for tourism and organisation business. Main aim is always to provide accessible and simple solutions to partners all over the World for whole land arrangements, hotels, flights and all related requests for production companies. He is a graduate of Kocaeli University Travel Management and has adopted and educated many tourism professionals to the tourism industry. Mehmet is still combining the tourism and production industry with a valuable time saving for whole production partners. He is co-partner at Ozyo Global DMC and presenting services, especially in all European countries, America, the Far East, the Middle East, the Balkans and CIS countries.

Özgüç Özgümüş started his career in hotel management in Turkey after completing his university education in the United States. Later on, he started to work at a tourism agency, which will become the profession he will really love. He has been producing easy and sustainable solutions for its partners both inbound and outbound for about 15 years. He still continues his career as one of the founding partners of Ozyo Global DMC.