Team
Dedication. Creativity. Passion.
Here's the dream team made "The Mollie Project" real!
DIRECTOR, WRITER (THEY/THEM)
Ahmet Alim Yılmaz
Ahmet is a Kurdish-Armenian filmmaker and visual artist from Turkey. They directed “Yazar-landın!” (Short movie, 2022) and co directed “#2400" (short movie, 2023) with Huseyin Zerder. Also took the role of Art Director in feature film “Gayda Yolu” ( Movie, 2023, director: Bişar Bektaş) and “Saykanot” (Short Movie, 2023, director: Bilge Su Işık). You can learn more about Ahmet and find links through theit bio and IMDb profile: www.ahmetalimyilmaz.art https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14892868/
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (SHE/HER)
Mensure Ozturk
Mensure is a Kurdish theatre and film producer and actress
LEADING ACTRESS (THEY/THEM)
DUNYA AYDOĞDU
Dunya Aydogdu was born on June 19, 1989 in Istanbul Turkey. Majored art photography at Marymount Manhattan College and later studied Method Acting at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute Lo Angeles and Performed at the Lee Strasberg Los Angeles and took rol in TV Series called Adini Sen Koy and Paramparca
EDITOR (HE/HIM)
OMER LEVENTOGLU
Omer is a Kurdish film director and editor from Turkey. He’s known for his 2013 production “The Blue Van” movie which gained him screenings and festival accreditations. He currently works as editor
CINEMATOGRAPHER (HE/HIM)
ILKER CAN KARAGULLE
Ilker is a Turkish cinematographer and action director. He worked as a cinematographer in Kelebeğin Çocukları (2022) & The Legend of Zelda (2020). He designed and directed action scenes for many series and films such as 'Dirilis Ertugrul', 'Mehmet Bir Cihan Fatihi' and 'Adanis Kutsal Kavga'. He has about 140 tv series, 5 Cinema Movie, 3 documentaries and many Commercial and Music clip experiences. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8614515
ACTRESS (SHE/HER)
ESIN GEDIKOGLU
She is a Turkish actress who studied camera acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and has been in plays at the Müjdat Gezen Theatre. She worked with the Chubbuck method. Later, she specialized in the Eric Morris Method with Tuğçe Tanış. Finally, she worked with Bahar Kerimoglu in advanced classes. She has been dancing since a young age. She currently lives in Turkey.
PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER (HE/HIM)
HUSEYIN ZERDER
Huseyin is a Kurdish cinematographer and photographer in Cappadocia. He worked as a cinematographer at “Yazar-landın!” (Short movie, 2022) and co-directed “#2400" (short movie, 2023) with Ahmet Alim Yılmaz. His photography works were published and shown in exhibitions and magazines.
ART SUPERVISOR (HE/HIM)
Ahmet KARSLI
Ahmet is an art director and set designer. He worked in several TV series and movies. He established his art/decor production company in Istanbul, creating products for productions now
1ST AD & CASTING DIRECTOR (She/Her)
Gonca Öztürk
Gonca Öztürk's theater adventure, which started at Bursa Konak House at a young age, lasted 9 years. During the same period, she worked as a theater actress at Kültür Schools. Öztürk, who started studying cinema and television at Bahçeşehir University in 2018, worked as a set manager and cast director in documentary series”Eskiden Beri”, TV series “Aze” and clips during this period. He worked as an art assistant, art director and assistant director.
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (HE/HIM)
Alex Nikolic
Alex is a Serbian film producer and distributor from Macedonia.
He’s founded Studios Inc. and CineIsland. He’s also the founder
of Cinemac est in 2021.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexnikolicstudiosinc
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3456386
ACTRESS (SHE/HER)
Banu Topçu
Banu Topçu is an actress who conducts academic studies in the field of Cinema and Media. The actress, who was born in Turkey in 1986, acted in theater plays for many years. She is originally a chemical engineer, started her acting education with two years of performative acting training at Studio Players in 2012, attended various international acting workshops and completed her master's degree in 'Acting' at Bahçeşehir University. She continues her doctoral studies on 'Cinema and Media Studies' at the same university and teaches acting lessons.
ACTOR (HE/HIM)
Musa Öztep
Actor & Film critic from Turkey
ACTOR (HE/HIM)
Mirza Elöver
Mirza Elöver is 25 years old. In 2019, he took part in a social responsibility project focused on theater with kids with autism and dyslexia. In 2023 after the devastating earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, he continued his social responsibility work in the Ramadan Theater and Activities for Kids project. In 2024, he directed his first project, a rap video. He is currently studying Radio, Television and Cinema at İstanbul University, and he is working as a videographer.
ACTOR (HE/HIM)
Fatih Süzer
Actor & Film critic from Turkey