Lady Mukhtar
Documentary / 21' / DV / Colour / 2009
Gülay Dayıcan completed her education on neuropsychology in New York State and she worked there in this field for long years; then she retired and returned back to his father's village, Turkey to live. After a while, with the villagers'' support she declared her candidature for the mukhtar elections. She won the elections, but with a difference of "one" vote because the other half of the villagers did not welcome this modern, urban woman with the same hospitality.
Director: Didem Şahin
Producer: Didem Şahin
Director of Photography: Yönetmen:i Didem Şahin
Edit: Didem Şahin - Kamil Koç
Sound: Buket Kazık - Kerim Gözüaçık
CV
After she graduated from the TV and Cinema Department of the Faculty of Communication of the Marmara University, she went to England, where she completed a scenario education at the Birkbeck University. Afterwards, she completed MA on Documentary Film Production and Direction of the Brunel University in London, with the scholarship awarded by the British Council. Her first documentary film was "Beirut" "Don't Tell My Mother That I'm Going to Beirut" (2007). This documentary was awarded as the Best Turkish Documentary Film by SIYAD in the 4th International Bodrum Film Festival.
Filmography
Beyrut'a gittiğimi anneme söylemeyin (2007)
Contact:
E-Mail: didemdsahin@gmail.com
