Orhan Eskiköy (born 1 January 1980) is a Turkish director. He studied at the Faculty of Communication at

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. In the second grade, he took part in a project with

Özgür Doğan Özgür Doğan (1 January 1978) is a Kurdish filmdirector. His works include '' On the Way to School'' and '' Voice of My Father''. Biography Özgür Doğan was born in a Kurdish village in Varto, Muş. He spoke only in Kurdish until the age of ...

. In this period, he decided to make documentary films as an amateur. In 2003, together with Özgür Doğan, they decided to make a film about "miscommunication", but when financial problems intervened, they postponed the film. In September 2007, they began the film with their own efforts, and later received support from the Greenhouse Documentary Development Workshop, the Sundance Documentary Fund and the Dutch Jan Vrijman Fund. After nine months of work, they completed the documentary film ''

On the Way to School ''On the Way to School'' () is a 2008 Turkish documentary film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary. The film is an openhearted account of a young T ...

''. The film received several awards from various festivals, including the Best Film Award at the Golden Orange Film Festival. As

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aimed to create an environment in which new talents can develop original film projects and work with leading writers and directors, it initiated Sundance Lab in Istanbul and chose four directors to oversee the project, one of whom was Eskiköy. In 2012, he shot a film called ''

Voice of My Father ''Voice of My Father'' ( Turkish: ''Babamın Sesi'', Kurdish: ''Dengê Bavê Min'') is a 2012 drama film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Doğan and written by Eskiköy. Its world premiere took place in the International Rotterdam Film Fe ...

'' with Zeynel Doğan about the story of a

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family affected by the Maraş massacre.

Filmography

*'' İki Dil Bir Bavul'' (2008) *'' Babamın Sesi'' (2011) *'' Başgan'' (2016) *'' Taş'' (2017)

References

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