Nadir Sönmez

Nadir SÖNMEZ (Turkey) is an İstanbul based actor, writer, director and interdisciplinary artist who creates theatre, video and film projects. He graduated from Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle University, where he studied theatre, and then obtained an MA in Theatre from Istanbul Kadir Has University. His work is focused on themes such as sexual politics, masculinities, gay culture, queer activism, porn studies and visual anthropology. His feature film debut, Ama (2019), was released on MUBI.
Filmography
AMA (2022), Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship (co-dir. 2024)
Nadir Sönmez at IFFR
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Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship
A collection of politically daring films stresses the need for criticality in times of censorship and repression.