Ersin Çelik
Ersin ÇELIK (1984, Turkey) is a writer, journalist and filmmaker. In 2006, he graduated from the Physical Sciences Teaching Department of the Samsun OMU. He then started working as a journalist, which often led to arrests and prosecution. Much of his work as a writer and filmmaker focuses on conflict areas such as Rojava and Kurdistan. The End Will Be Spectacular is his feature film debut; it premiered at the 2019 Kolkata International Film Festival.
Filmography
Nature (2011, TV doc), Min Rastî Nivîsand/Deftera Lîceye/I Wrote the Truth – The Notebook of Lice (2012, short doc), Cemre (2016, short doc), Berfenbar (2017, short), Ji bo azadiyê/The End Will Be Spectacular (2019)
Ersin Çelik at IFFR
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The End Will Be Spectacular
A young woman returns to the city of her birth, where she becomes embroiled in a bitter struggle between young rebels and the Turkish army.
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Future Lasts Forever
Sumru travels to Diyarbakir to do research for her thesis. Listening to the evidence of Kurdish victims of the sanguinary oppression, she is confronte