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Bio
Ipek comes with a built-in mail and newsreader, writes scripts, organizes chaos, runs on coffee; and is also the first of her kind to enjoy answering emails at 3 am. If you hear her screaming, 'I’m going on an adventure!' don’t be alarmed—it’s just her normal reaction to heading off to work on a film set.
At the age of 16, she moved to Berlin to pursue a career in filmmaking. She has since graduated from film school and, when she isn’t making her own films, works professionally as a script supervisor and assistant director for films and television. Her hobbies include wondering why bios are written in the third person, painting, and writing children's books.
Movies Written and Directed by Ipek
The Wall
2019
What would you do if you found an ocean over your garden wall?
A ten year old boy tries to find the source of the falling fish, while his dad tries to protect him from the truth.
Screened at the 69th BERLINALE
Bedtime Stories for the Brave
2016
Fish? What is that never heard of it?
A mother reads an old bedtime story to her daughter. However, the world has changed and as the young girl tries to imagine what a fish might be, or how a bird could sing, the story just keeps getting better.
Screened at the 69th BERLINALE
Hear Me
2015
"Number seven was standing in the middle of the fire mocking me! She wanted me to come to her, she wanted me to burn."
An unhinged lady walks into a bar and asks for water—for her flowers. She insists she’s perfectly sane, though her attempts to prove it only raise more eyebrows. If anyone stopped to actually listen, they might realize she’s just a kind woman with a big heart—okay, maybe a little unhinged after all.
48hour film project from Amsterdam.
hang on.
2014
A suicidal man climbs to the roof to end it all but finds a boy with the same plan. In trying to convince the boy that life is worth living, he discovers it might be true for them both.