BIO
İbrahim Sırdaş YILDIZ
Originally from Kızıltepe, Mardin, Sırdaş was born in 1982 in Sivas, Turkey. Because of his father's job he and his family lived in many different Anatolian cities. While studying Maths at İnönü University in Malatya, he shot his first short movie and acted in over 20 theater plays. His first independent movie, the feature film Carton Ship, was shot in 2014. Shortly after he started to work as a video journalist, cameraman and editor for a number of television channels based in Middle East. He is currently working at the Istanbul branch of RAI, Italy's public broadcaster.
FILMOGRAPHY
Arayış
February 2008
Search, a short movie shot during the years as a student, tells about the actions and the feelings that people share without expecting anything in return.
Karton Gemi
July 2014
The feature film Carton Ship leads us through a quasi-fantastic journey, showing the thousands opprtunities that life offers, and the many chances that we often don't take.
Coronavirus in Turkey
July 2016
A short documentary about the paragliding activity in the touristic area of Fethiye, Turkey.
Fethiye doc
July 2016
A short documentary about the paragliding activity in the touristic area of Fethiye, Turkey.
Bodrum doc
August 2016
A short documentary about the town of Bodrum, Turkey, with a focus on a street artist painting caricatures.
Istanbul buskers
December 2018
A short documentary aired on Italian public television, Rai, about street musicians in Istanbul.
Coronavirus in Turkey
May 2020
A short reportage about the forgotten categories in the society during coronavirus pandemic in Turkey. It aired on Rai.