Faysal Soysal (born 24 October 1979) is a Turkish poet and film
director Faysal Soysal was born in Batman in 1979. He left medical
school to focus on poetry and cinema in 2000. Between 2003 and 2007,
he finished MA on “Film Directing†in Tehran Art University-Iran
and at the same time “New Turkish Literature†at Van Yuzuncuyil
University-Turkey. He did 4 short films in Iran, which were awarded at
international film festivals. With ‘Dreams of Lost Time’(35mm),
he’s become closer to find his own cinematographic language.In 2008,
with a scholarship, he attended to the New York Film Academy and
directed 4 short films. He has been selected for Talent Campus of
Sarajevo Film Festival at 2009. He did his first feature film
‘Crossroads’ in 2013, (Filmed in Turkey and Bosnia) and it got 13
awards from film festivals. He did documentary series for Al Jazire
and TRT TV. He used to be voluntary of Doctors Worldwide and produced
Africa documentaries about their aid. They have been screened on TRT
Documentary Channel in the name Worldwide Stories as 11 episodes. He
published books on poetry and cinema.He is the director of
International Amity Short Film Festival since two years. He finished
his second feature film Silenced Tree as a first co-production of
Turkish-Iranian at 2020.
director Faysal Soysal was born in Batman in 1979. He left medical
school to focus on poetry and cinema in 2000. Between 2003 and 2007,
he finished MA on “Film Directing†in Tehran Art University-Iran
and at the same time “New Turkish Literature†at Van Yuzuncuyil
University-Turkey. He did 4 short films in Iran, which were awarded at
international film festivals. With ‘Dreams of Lost Time’(35mm),
he’s become closer to find his own cinematographic language.In 2008,
with a scholarship, he attended to the New York Film Academy and
directed 4 short films. He has been selected for Talent Campus of
Sarajevo Film Festival at 2009. He did his first feature film
‘Crossroads’ in 2013, (Filmed in Turkey and Bosnia) and it got 13
awards from film festivals. He did documentary series for Al Jazire
and TRT TV. He used to be voluntary of Doctors Worldwide and produced
Africa documentaries about their aid. They have been screened on TRT
Documentary Channel in the name Worldwide Stories as 11 episodes. He
published books on poetry and cinema.He is the director of
International Amity Short Film Festival since two years. He finished
his second feature film Silenced Tree as a first co-production of
Turkish-Iranian at 2020.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.