Zeynep Güzel, filmmaker, consultant, and the Head of Doc Station at the Berlinale Talents in the Berlin International Film Festival, is confirmed for Training of co-pro participants prior to their pitching on July 23rd.
Training will be held on-line, on Thursday 18th of July.
Zeynep has produced several documentaries and written, directed, and produced her debut feature documentary Come Rain or Shine in 2019.
Zeynep currently works on her feature fiction film When The Sun Comes Out with which she was a fellow of Berlin Artist in Residency at Nipkow Program and the project is funded by the Medienboard German-Turkish co-production development fund.
As former head of the Yeni Film Fund in Turkey and senior consultant to the Documentary Association of Europe, Zeynep has many years of experience working with emerging and established creatives, helping them explore their artistic vision and voice and supporting them with her knowledge of international documentary film industry and a global network of like-minded professionals.
Dok Leipzig Industry, Cannes Docs at Marché du Film, the Institute of Documentary Film, and the European Film Market at Berlinale are among the many other international documentary platforms where Zeynep regularly runs workshops or mentors. She is a visiting lecturer at The Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer. Since 2022 Zeynep is the programming consultant at the International Documentary Association’s biennial conference Getting Real and a member of the European Film Academy.
