The participants for this year’s BERLIN Artist-in-Residency (Berlin AiR) programme, funded by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and with applications from Türkiye processed through the Istanbul Film Festival's Meetings on the Bridge platform, have been selected. The filmmakers who will develop their new projects in Berlin are Cansu Baydar and Melik Kuru.

In Berlin, the filmmakers will have the opportunity to come together with professionals from the Berlin-Brandenburg film industry and build networks on a global scale.

Tailored mentorship and industry support for filmmakers

The working processes, specifically designed to address the individual and project-specific needs of the filmmakers (such as script consultancy, industry connections, etc.), will be organiszed and guided by the Nipkow Programm within the scope of Berlin AiR. With the financial support of Medienboard, the selected filmmakers will focus on their new projects for 3 months. 

A strong legacy of collaboration between Meetings on the Bridge and Medienboard

The partnership between Meetings on the Bridge and Medienboard has paved the way for many successful filmmakers from Türkiye to gain international visibility. The prominent alumni of the programme include: Seyfettin Tokmak, Emine Yıldırım, Elif Refiğ, Eylem Kaftan, Mustafa Nuri, Onur Sefer, Fikret Reyhan, Çiğdem Vitrinel, Zeynep Güzel, Selcen Ergun, Berke Baş, Gürcan Keltek, Burak Çevik, Zeynep Dadak, and Ceylan Özgün Özçelik.

As part of this deep-rooted tradition, this year's selected filmmakers, Cansu Baydar and Melik Kuru, will seize the opportunity to develop their projects in Berlin and build new bridges with international film professionals.