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Faysal Sosyal was born in Batman in 1979. He left medical school to focus on poetry and cinema in 2000. Between 2003 and 2007, he finished his Masters Degrees on “Film Directing” in Tehran Art University-Iran and at the same time “New Turkish Literature” at Van Yuzuncuyil Universities-Turkey. He did 4 short films in Iran those which were awarded at several international film festivals. With his 35mm short film ‘Dreams of Lost Time, he’s become closer to find his own cinematographic expression and language which can be considered as poetic cinema.

 

In 2008, with a scholarship, he attended to the New York Film Academy. Faysal directed 4 short films; three of them were shot in 16mm in New York. In 2002, he published his first poem book ‘Duse Yagmalanan Hayal Kuyusu’. He then published his latest poem book ‘Bir Olunun Defteri’ in 2011. Faysal also translated poems from Sohrab Sepehri and F.G.Lorca in his book ‘Akdenizdeki Col’ and Babek Ahmedi’s, one of the best books on Tarkovsky ‘The Re-found Hope’ in to Turkish.

 

He finished filming his first feature film ‘Crossroads’ in 2013, Turkey and Bosnia &Herzegovina. Crossroads got 13 awards from national and international film festival. He followed the real story of Hatice Mehmedovic from Crossroads film and found her at Srebrenica. He did ‘Missing Times’ in documentary film format in Srebrenica, that depicts to massacre of Srebrenica and Prijedor. After that he did a documentary serial about Srebrenica’s Mother.  Soysal  is a volunteers for Doctors Worldwide Foundation and He did a documentary serials about to be volunteer in Africa. He published books on poetry and cinema. He has directed International Amity Short Film Festival since two years. He is father of twins Aliye and Aziz. Silenced Tree is his second feature film.

 

 

 
Biography

 

‘Crossroads’

Best Screenplay at 32.Tehran International Fajr Film Festival, 2014

Best Turkish film of 2013 by Eskader Art Critics

Best New Talented Director 25.Ankara Film Festival, 2014

Special Juri Prize, 10.Kazan International Film Festival, 2014

Best Actor, 6.Prifest Kosova International Film Festival, 2014

 

“Dreams of Lost Time” 

Best Short Film - Boston Turkish Film Festival, 2008

Best Cinematography and Best film - Marmara University Film Festival, 2007

Honorary Award - Tehran International Short Film Festival, 2007

Best Short Film - Istanbul International Film Festival, 2007

 

“The Day I Became My Mother”

Special Media Prize - Baku Audio Visual Film Festival, Azerbaijan, 2006

 

“Forbidden Dream”

Second Short Prize - Kristal Klaket Film Festival, 2007

Best Script and Best Cinematography - Kisa Cek Short Film Festival, 2006

Best Film - Human Rights Short Film Festival in Istanbul, 2005

Best Film from Qazvin (Iran) Short Film Festival, 2005

 

 
Award
Feature Film

Crossroads, 2013

 

Documentary

 

Missing Times in Srebrenica-Prijedor, 2015

First Songs has been Changed in Istanbul, 2013

Worldwide Stories 10 episode, 2015-2016

Mother of Srebrenica 5 episode, 2016

Palestine, Doctors Worldwide, 2011,

Somalia, Doctors Worldwide, 2012,

 

Short Film

Forbidden Dream 2005

Ithaki 2005

The Day I Became My Mother 2006

Dreams of Lost Time 2007

Mizan-sen 2008

What Time It Is ?, 2008

 

Music Video

İstanbul 2008

İthaca 2008

 

His Books

 

Düşe Yağmalanan Hayal Kuyusu,poetry, 2003

Bir Ölünün Defteri, poetry, 2011

Akdenizdeki Çöl, Sohrab Sepeheri & F.G. Lorca, translated poems, 2011

The re-found Hope, A. Tarkovsky’s Cinema, Babak Ahmadi, Translation,

 

 
Filmography
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